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as a professional group

word for physiotherapist

is “sjukgymnast” = “sick-gymnast.” In 1887, physiotherapist’s

were given official registration by Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare

In 1894 four nurses in Great Britain formed the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. The School of Physiotherapy at the University of Otago in New Zealand in 1913, and the United States’ 1914

Modern physiotherapy

was established in Britain

end of the 19th

century

Soon following American orthopedic surgeons began treating children with disabilities and began employing women trained in physical education, massage, and remedial exercise

These treatments were applied and promoted further during the Polio outbreak of 1916

The first physical therapy research was published in the United States in March 1921 in “The PT Review

In 1924, the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation promoted the field by touting physical therapy as a treatment for polio.

The American Physical Therapy Association defines physical therapy as: “clinical applications in the restoration, maintenance, and promotion of optimal physical function

In 1921 in the physiotherapist’s

within the United States formed the first professional association called the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association

This gave birth to what is known today as the American Physical Therapy Association

and currently represents approximately 76,000 members throughout the United States

Specialization for physiotherapy

specializing in orthopaedics

In the same year, the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists was formed, which has ever since played an important role in advancing manual therapy worldwide

in the U.S. occurred in 1974, with the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association being formed for those physiotherapist’s