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physiotherapy
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health profession that aims to address the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to function in everyday lives
Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession focused on helping people recover from illnesses or injuries that make it difficult to perform their daily activities. It matters because it works to restore people's ability to function independently in their everyday lives.
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Research
276,034 papers- [Physiotherapy in lumbar disc herniation ].ReviewTherapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique · 2001Stoll T, Germann D, Hagmann HDOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.58.8.487
- [Evidence-based physiotherapy].ReviewOrvosi hetilap · 2013Bender TDOI: 10.1556/OH.2013.29758
- Physiotherapy's identity.Manual therapy · 2013Jull G, Moore ADOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.09.006
- Physiotherapy Assessment for the Equine Athlete.ReviewThe Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice · 2016Goff LDOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2015.12.002
- Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Yang M, Yan Y, Yin X et al.DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006338.pub3
- Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010Yang M, Yuping Y, Yin X et al.DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006338.pub2
- Physiotherapy.The Medical journal of Australia · 1978de Jersey M, Dally P
- Physiotherapy as a complex assemblage of concepts, ideas and practices.Physiotherapy theory and practice · 2012Nicholls DA, Gibson BEDOI: 10.3109/09593985.2012.692557
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Article
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists. It focuses on promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through patient education, physical interventions, disease prevention, and health promotion. The term physical therapist or physiotherapist is used to represent the trained person providing physical therapy.
The profession has many specialties including musculoskeletal, orthopedics, cardiopulmonary, neurology, endocrinology, sports medicine, geriatrics, pediatrics, women's health, wound care and electromyography. PTs practice in many settings, both public and private.