physical therapy specialty

Preferred Label : physical therapy specialty;

MeSH definition : The auxiliary health profession which makes use of PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES to prevent, correct, and alleviate movement dysfunction of anatomic or physiological origin.; 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.;

MeSH synonym : specialty, physical therapy; therapy specialty, physical; physiotherapy specialty; specialty, physiotherapy;

CISMeF synonym : therapies, physical (specialty); physiotherapies (specialty); physical therapies (specialty); therapy, physical (specialty); physiotherapy (specialty); Physiothérapie (spécialité);

Wikipedia automatic translation : Kinesiotherapy;

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

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesiotherapy;

Details

Origin ID

D026761;

UMLS CUI

C0031818;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Metaterm(s)
- physical medicine and rehabilitation [CISMeF Metaterm]
- physiotherapy [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- physical therapy specialty [MeSH concept]
See also
- physical therapist assistants [MeSH Descriptor]
- physical therapists [MeSH Descriptor]
- physical therapy modalities [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- osteopathic medicine [MeSH Descriptor]
- physical therapist assistants [MeSH Descriptor]
- physical therapists [MeSH Descriptor]
- physiotherapy consulting room [CISMeF resources Type]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]

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