It is an INGO, whose purpose is to study all problems relating to lesions of the spinal cord.
The International Medical Society of Paraplegia was founded in 1961.
The first President was Sir Ludwig Guttmann.In September 2001, at the General Meeting in Nottwil, Switzerland, it was agreed another name of the Society: The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS).
The Editorial Office is at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in UK.
The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Lisa Harvey, University of Sydney, Australia.