DeCS

Descriptor English:

Physical Therapy Specialty

Descriptor Spanish:

Especialidad de Fisioterapia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	especialidad de fisioterapia
Scope note:	Profesión sanitaria auxiliar en la cual los FISIOTERAPEUTAS utilizan MODALIDADES DE TERAPIA FÍSICA para prevenir, corregir y paliar alteraciones del movimiento de origen anatómico o fisiológico.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Especialidade de Fisioterapia

Descriptor French:

Kinésithérapie (spécialité)

Entry term(s):

Physiotherapy Specialty
Specialty, Physical Therapy
Specialty, Physiotherapy
Therapy Specialty, Physical

Tree number(s):

H02.010.625

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D026761

Scope note:

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.

Annotation:

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

Allowable Qualifiers:

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

Previous Indexing:

Physical Therapy Techniques (1963-2001)

Public MeSH Note:

2012; see PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY) 2002-2011, see PHYSICAL THERAPY 1963-2001

History Note:

2012 (1963)

DeCS ID:

36319

Unique ID:

D026761

NLM Classification:

WB 460

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

2002/01/01

Date of Entry:

2001/07/25

Revision Date:

2016/07/01

DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS

Health Occupations [H02]

Health Occupations

Allied Health Occupations [H02.010]

Allied Health Occupations

Audiology [H02.010.150]

Audiology

Medical Laboratory Science [H02.010.450]

Medical Laboratory Science

Occupational Therapy [H02.010.500]

Occupational Therapy

Paramedicine [H02.010.563]

Paramedicine

Physical Therapy Specialty [H02.010.625]

Physical Therapy Specialty

Speech-Language Pathology [H02.010.750]

Speech-Language Pathology

Technology, Dental [H02.010.800]

Technology, Dental

Technology, Radiologic [H02.010.850]

Technology, Radiologic

Physical Therapy Specialty - Preferred

Concept UI	M0378771
Scope note	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.
Preferred term	Physical Therapy Specialty
Entry term(s)	Physiotherapy Specialty Specialty, Physical Therapy Specialty, Physiotherapy Therapy Specialty, Physical

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