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Bess Mensendieck (1 July 1864 New York City - 27 January 1957, born Elizabeth Marguerite de Varel Mensendieck) was an American physician and gymnastics teacher of Dutch descent who developed the Mensendieck System, a therapeutic teaching methodology for female physical education claimed to be both corrective and preventive.
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.
At the Second National Physiotherapy Congress in 1939, a decision was made to rename the organization as the Australian Physiotherapy Association. [8] The APA began publishing Australian Journal of Physiotherapy (which was later renamed the Journal of Physiotherapy) in 1954. In August 1962 Queen Elizabeth II granted royal patronage to the APA.
The Journal of Physiotherapy is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering physiotherapy. It is published by Elsevier on behalf of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA). The journal was established in 1954 as ( The ) Australian Journal of Physiotherapy and obtained its current title in 2010.
World Physiotherapy is the operating name of World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT). [2] [3] World Physiotherapy is committed to furthering the physiotherapy profession and improving global health. It believes every individual is entitled to the highest possible standard of culturally appropriate healthcare, delivered in an atmosphere ...
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 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy believe "it is the most popular approach for treating neurologically-impaired patients in the western world."
The European Journal of Physiotherapy is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering physiotherapy. It was established in 1999 as Advances in Physiotherapy, obtaining its current name in 2013. It is published by Taylor & Francis and the editor in chief is Gunnevi Sundelin (Umeå University).
Physiotherapy is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal. It was established in 1915 and is published by Elsevier on behalf of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy . [ 1 ]