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Health Occupations > Allied Health Occupations > Physical Therapy Specialty

Preferred term

Physical Therapy Specialty

Topical Descriptor

Allied Health Occupations

Physical Therapist Assistants

Physiotherapy Specialty
Specialty, Physiotherapy

use for the specialty only; use MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS or PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES or their specifics for therapy

The auxiliary health profession by which PHYSICAL THERAPISTS make use of PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES to prevent, correct, and alleviate movement dysfunction of anatomic or physiological origin.

History note

2012 (1963)

fysioterapia erikoisalana

Finnish
lääkintävoimistelu erikoisalana
Fysioterapi, disciplin

Swedish
Sjukgymnastik, disciplin

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D026761

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