Key Department Guide

Neurological Rehabilitation

The Department of Neurorehabilitation serves patients with motor, sensory, speech and swallowing, cognitive, and daily living ability impairments caused by stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological disorders. The core objective is to promote functional recovery, reduce complications, and improve quality of life through early, systematic, and task-oriented rehabilitation training. Commonly used methods include comprehensive interventions such as kinesiology, occupational therapy, speech and swallowing therapy, cognitive rehabilitation, spasticity management, gait and balance training, orthosis and assistive device fitting, and neuromodulation. The timing and intensity of rehabilitation must be individualized based on the stability of the patient's condition, the risk of complications, and tolerance. Systematic screening and treatment should be conducted for problems such as swallowing disorders, aspiration risk, deep vein thrombosis, pressure sores, shoulder-hand syndrome, spasticity, and neurogenic bladder and bowels. In cases of progressive neurological disorders, refractory epilepsy, severe cardiopulmonary instability, or complex surgical problems, multidisciplinary collaboration with neurosurgery, neurology, and intensive care units is necessary.

Hospital Rankings

Hospitals Specializing in Neurological Rehabilitation

The following hospitals provide relevant clinical capabilities in this department. Rankings are for care-planning reference only.

3 Hospitals
NO.01 Beijing · Partner Hospital

China Rehabilitation Research Center (Beijing Bo'ai Hospital)

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The hospital serves as a model and technological resource center in the field of rehabilitation medicine in China, and is a training center for master's and doctoral students at the School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University. In the Fudan University specialty rankings for rehabilitation medicine, the hospital ranks among the top in the country in several subspecialties, including neurorehabilitation, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, orthopedic joint rehabilitation, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, cerebral palsy rehabilitation, and urological rehabilitation. The hospital is a national-level clinical trial institution and undertakes numerous national-level research projects and industry standard setting in rehabilitation medicine.

NO.02 Chengdu · Partner Hospital

West China Hospital of Sichuan University

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The hospital is among the first batch of national medical center construction units and a pilot hospital for high-quality development jointly built by the national and provincial governments. It has established a national medical center for mental illness and two national regional medical centers. The hospital has 43 national key clinical specialties, ranking first among hospitals in China; its clinical medicine ESI ranking is in the top 0.252‰ globally. In the Fudan University version of the China Hospital Ranking, the hospital's comprehensive strength has ranked among the top three in China for many consecutive years (ranking second in the country for 11 consecutive years). Its anesthesiology department ranks first in the country, and many other specialties such as radiology, pathology, urology, ultrasound medicine, and geriatrics are among the top in the country. More than 10 specialties in the hospital are ranked among the top three in the country, and nearly 30 specialties are ranked among the top ten in the country.

NO.03 Beijing · Partner Hospital

Xuanwu Hospital (First Clinical Medical College), Capital Medical University

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The hospital is one of the joint entities of the National Medical Center for Neurological Diseases (established in 2021 by the National Health Commission with Xuanwu Hospital and Beijing Tiantan Hospital as joint entities), and also hosts the China International Neuroscience Institute and the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases. Both neurology and neurosurgery are national key disciplines, with neurosurgery having won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award three times. The Functional Neurosurgery and Movement Disorders Treatment Center has been designated a "Clinical Center of Excellence" by an internationally authoritative organization. The Beijing Neurological Consultation Center is located within the hospital and is renowned as the "ultimate diagnostic institution" in China.