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The Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research about physical therapy. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Physical Therapy Association and was established in 1921. [1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 3 ...
Frank H. Krusen (June 26, 1898 – September 16, 1973) was an American physiatrist.He is regarded as a "founder" of the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.He founded the first Department of Rehabilitation at Temple Hospital in 1928.
Mechanotherapy is a type of medical therapeutics in which treatment is given by manual or mechanical means. Mechanotherapy is a general term for physical therapy modalities that exploit mechanobiology principles for tissue rehabilitation and regeneration using the application of specific mechanical forces.
APTA annually holds two large conferences and publishes the Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal, the leading international journal for research in physical therapy and related fields, [2] and APTA Magazine, a professional issues magazine providing legislative, health care, human interest, and association news. [3]
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal; Physiotherapy (journal) Physiotherapy: Theory and Practice; S. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences This page was last ...
1926: The journal changed its name from the Journal of Radiology to the Archives of Physical Therapy, X-ray, Radium, and was declared the official journal of the American Congress of Physical Therapy. 1930: Albert F. Tyler, MD, presented the Archives to the American Congress of Physical Therapy as a debt-free, unencumbered gift.
Physical therapy addresses the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives. [3] PTs use an individual's history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and, when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies like X-rays, CT-scan, or MRI findings.
Residents are trained in the inpatient setting to take care of multiple types of rehabilitation including: spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, orthopedic injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, burn, pediatric rehab, and other disabling injuries. The residents are also trained in the outpatient setting to know how to take care of the ...