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Elecnor renews its collaboration with the Foundation Step by Stepfor the third consecutive year

the infrastructure company collaborates with the working of thePioneer Centre in Europe of rehabilitation for injured spinal cord


Hospitalet de Llobregat, June of 2012- Elecnor, company ofreference in the sector infrastructure, renewable energies and new technologies,Renews its agreement for collaboration with the Foundation Step by Step, Centrepioneer in Europe in rehabilitation and treatment for people with injuriescore.

This will be the third year that Elecnor presents its collaborationwith the Foundation, which is dedicated to the recovery of affected people ofneurological disease with involvement of the central nervous system,especially in the case of spinal cord injury. Develops a new methodology ofwork in the field of the rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries, a proposalvirtually unknown until now in Europe, but preceded physiotherapyvery good results in the United States. Since its creation, the Centre ofrehabilitation Step by Step has offered more than 14,000 hours of treatment.

in the institutional field, also emphasizes collaborationsocial work la Caixa ”, Tabasa, Agrupació Mútua Foundation, l ’ Council ofL ’ Hospitalet, the Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol Foundation, Fundació Futbol ClubBarcelona, among others.

Step by Step

Step by Step is a dedicated non-profit agency tothe recovery of those injured who, once have passed the stages ofrehabilitation in hospitals and centres of excellence after the crash,they chose to continue rehabilitation from physiotherapy to get abetter quality of life.

the creation of Step by Step arose from the experience of itsfounder Frederic Crespo, than to obtain the best results in their own rehabilitationIt decided to investigate the best treatments in this field. Advised by theDr. Miguel Ángel González old and DRA. Mercè Avellanet, Vice-Presidents ofSbS, traveled to the Foundation Center of Project Walk in California, StatesUnited, where he could see first hand the latest advances in thesemodern treatments of physiotherapy which enjoy worldwide recognition and thatnow the Foundation Step by Step applies in Catalonia, at its headquarters in L ’ Hospitaletde Llobregat (Barcelona).