Importance of motor rehabilitation (R.I.C) in medullary lesions in chronic phase

The RIC (Continuous and Personalized Intensive Motor Rehabilitation) is a rehabilitative method which, based on the plasticity of the CNS, requires to adequately stimulate the subject affected by spinal cord injury through personalized exercises of determined intensity, protracted over time [1,2] and suitable for all physiological postures (supine and prone lying down, lateral decubitus, quadrupedal position, kneeling position, semi-upright posture, standing erect and free standing), which allows, even in chronic phase, several years after the injury, the recovery of some lost features, the maintenance of the performances obtained and the prevention of secondary complications of the lesion itself.