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Descriptor English: Physical Therapist Assistants
Descriptor Spanish: Asistentes de Fisioterapeutas
Descriptor ayudantes de fisioterapeutas
Entry term(s) ayudantes de fisioterapia
Scope note: Personas que bajo la supervisión de FISIOTERAPEUTAS aplican el tratamiento al paciente mediante diversas TÉCNICAS DE FISIOTERAPIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Assistentes de Fisioterapeutas
Descriptor French: Assistants de kinésithérapeutes
Entry term(s): Assistant, Physical Therapist
Assistant, Physical Therapy
Assistants, Physical Therapist
Assistants, Physical Therapy
Physical Therapist Assistant
Physical Therapy Assistant
Physical Therapy Assistants
Tree number(s): M01.526.485.067.738
N02.360.067.732
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063372
Scope note: Persons who, under the supervision of licensed PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, provide patient treatment using various PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Allied Health Personnel (1971-2012)
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
Related: Physical Therapy Modalities MeSH
Physical Therapy Specialty MeSH
DeCS ID: 55141
Unique ID: D063372
NLM Classification: WB 460
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Physical Therapist Assistants - Preferred
Concept UI M0573034
Scope note Persons who, under the supervision of licensed PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, provide patient treatment using various PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES.
Preferred term Physical Therapist Assistants
Entry term(s) Assistant, Physical Therapist
Assistant, Physical Therapy
Assistants, Physical Therapist
Assistants, Physical Therapy
Physical Therapist Assistant
Physical Therapy Assistant
Physical Therapy Assistants



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