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Physical therapy addresses the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives. [3] PTs use an individual's history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and, when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies like X-rays, CT-scan, or MRI findings.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional body and trade union for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom.. Founded in 1894, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has grown to become the profession's largest membership organisation with 65,000 members.
Physical medicine and rehabilitation encompasses a variety of clinical settings and patient populations. [citation needed]In hospital settings, physiatrists commonly treat patients who have had an amputation, spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other debilitating injuries or conditions.
Berta Bobath, MBE (5 December 1907 – 20 January 1991) was a German physiotherapist who created a method of rehabilitation and therapy [1] known as the Bobath concept in 1948. [2]
The McKenzie method is a technique primarily used in physical therapy.It was developed in the late 1950s by New Zealand physiotherapist Robin McKenzie. [1] [2] [3] In 1981 he launched the concept which he called "Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT)" – a system encompassing assessment, diagnosis and treatment for the spine and extremities.
It was the foundation of the Medical Gymnastics, the original Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy, developed for over 100 years in Sweden (starting 1813). [78] The new medical therapy created in Sweden was originally called Rörelselära , and later in 1854 translated to the new and invented international word "Kinesiology". The Kinesiology ...
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is an American individual membership professional organization representing more than 100,000 member physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students of physical therapy.
World Physiotherapy is the international organisation for physiotherapy, representing more than 600,000 physiotherapists worldwide through its 128 member organisations. [1] World Physiotherapy is the operating name of World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT).