The Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM) was formally founded at its first general meeting held on March 30, 1972. After the professional certification system was established in the field of rehabilitation medicine on July 22, 1982, the group of rehabilitation medicine specialists has grown from an initial base of just 22 in 1983 to a current base of 3,075 in 2021. KARM holds academic conferences in spring and autumn every year. The official journal of KARM, Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, is published in English bi-monthly.

Foundation

1971	Foundation of KARM (December 1971)
1972	The inaugural meeting and seminar on rehabilitation medicine (March 1972)

PM&R board certification

1982	Foundation of KARM (December 1971)
1983	1st examination for PM&R board certification

Academic conference

1973	1st academic conference (May 1973)
1986	Holding annual conferences in spring and autumn (Since April 1986)

Training for members

1980	Continuing education program for members (Since October 1980)

Monthly academic seminar

1972	1st academic seminar at Woosuk Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine (September 1972)
2002	Discontinuation after 135th academic seminar (December 2012)

Publication of journal

1977	Launch of Journal of KARM (April 1977)
2010	Publication as an English language journal (Volume 34, number 6, December 2010)
2011	Change the name to Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine (Volume 35, number 3, June 2011)
2012	Inclusion in SCOPUS and PubMed Central
2013	Approval of ISPRM endorsement (September 2013)
2015	Inclusion in EGSCO (March 2015)
2017	Inclusion in E-SCI (September 2017)
2018	Joining DOAJ (November 2018)
2019	Re-approval of ISPRM endorsement (December 2019)

International academic activity

1974	Participation in the 2nd annual general meeting of the International Rehabilitation Medicine Society (October 1974)
1976	Attending the 7th International Physical Therapy Symposium (August 1976)
2007	Holding the 4th International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine World Congress in Seoul (June 2007)
2015	Organizing the International advisory board (March 2015)
2020	Holding the 7th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine in Seoul (July 2020)