DeCS

Descriptor English:

Physical Education and Training

Descriptor Spanish:

Educación y Entrenamiento Físico

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	educación y formación física
Scope note:	Programas instructivos sobre los cuidados y el desarrollo del cuerpo, con frecuencia en las escuelas. El concepto no incluye ejercicios prescritos, que es TRATAMIENTO CON EJERCICIOS.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Educação Física e Treinamento

Descriptor French:

Éducation physique et entraînement physique

Entry term(s):

Education, Physical
Physical Education
Physical Education, Training

Tree number(s):

I02.233.543

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010806

Scope note:

Instructional programs in the care and development of the body, often in schools. The concept does not include prescribed exercises, which is EXERCISE THERAPY.

Annotation:

instructional and "often in schools": differentiate from EXERCISE (see MeSH definition there), from GYMNASTICS (see note there) and from EXERCISE THERAPY (prescribed exercise and physical activity)

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends

Entry Version:

PHYS ED

DeCS ID:

11239

Unique ID:

D010806

NLM Classification:

QT 255

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

1999/11/03

ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA

Education [I02]

Education

Education, Nonprofessional [I02.233]

Education, Nonprofessional

Education, Special [I02.233.213]

Education, Special

Health Education [I02.233.332]

Health Education

Physical Education and Training [I02.233.543]

Physical Education and Training

Vocational Education [I02.233.862]

Vocational Education

Physical Education and Training - Preferred

Concept UI	M0016780
Scope note	Instructional programs in the care and development of the body, often in schools. The concept does not include prescribed exercises, which is EXERCISE THERAPY.
Preferred term	Physical Education and Training
Entry term(s)	Physical Education, Training

Physical Education - Narrower

Concept UI	M0016779
Preferred term	Physical Education
Entry term(s)	Education, Physical

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