The Chair for Neurorehabilitation was founded on June 1, 2024 as one of the first in this field in Germany. It is an endowed chair that is currently funded exclusively by donations and Therapiezentrum Burgau.

Neurorehabilitation is a specialist field that is becoming increasingly important in an ageing population. The aim of neurorehabilitation is to enable people with neurological disorders, e.g. after a stroke or traumatic brain injury, to maximize their social and occupational participation and quality of life. The approach of neurorehabilitation is based on the idea of interdisciplinary and multi-professional teamwork and the treatment measures are geared towards individual therapy goals.

Rehabilitation methods range from classic treatment methods from the fields of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, neuropsychology, physical therapy and music therapy to robotic training therapy, virtual reality and neuromodulation methods, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) or magnetic stimulation (TMS).

The duration of inpatient treatment in rehabilitation usually ranges from several 6-8 weeks to 6-8 months. Ventilation weaning and neurological intensive care can also be part of the neurological rehabilitation chain.

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The Chair of Neurorehabilitation is located at Therapiezentrum Burgau, which is approx. 30 minutes by car from the 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 Hospital Augsburg. The therapy center has a total of approx. 130 beds (including 10 beds in its own neurological intensive care unit), approx. 600 employees and treats approx. 900 inpatients per year.

The research focus of the department is on the diagnosis and treatment of severe disorders of consciousness (coma, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, minimally conscious state), motor recovery after a stroke and structures and processes of neurological rehabilitation, including out-of-hospital ventilation. We have a broad range of methods at our disposal and are involved in national and international multicenter studies and collaborations.