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  2. List of exercise prescription software - Wikipedia

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    MediGraph [14] is a physical therapy software package that includes support for customized exercises programs; Myclinicspace [15] is an online exercise prescription tool for health professionals to deliver video and exercise images to patients. Generate PDF handouts for patients.

  3. Geriatric rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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    Geriatric rehabilitation also have a role in intermediate care, where patients are referred by a hospital or family doctor, when there is a requirement to provide hospital based short term intensive physical therapy aimed at the recovery of musculoskeletal function, particularly recovery from joint, tendon, or ligament repair and, or, physical ...

  4. Williams Flexion Exercises - Wikipedia

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    The WFEs stand in some opposition to another type of back exercises, devised by Robin McKenzie and known as the "McKenzie extension exercises", which involve the opposite motion of extending the spine backwards. One review stated that "Perhaps no two methods of physical therapy treatment for low back pain are so contradictory in both theory and ...

  5. Rehabilitation in spinal cord injury - Wikipedia

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    Physical therapists can improve the quality of life of individuals with spinal cord injury by developing exercise programs that are tailored to meet individual patient needs. Adapted physical activity equipment can also be used to allow for sport participation: for example, sit-skiis can be used by individuals with a spinal cord injury for ...

  6. McKenzie method - Wikipedia

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    The McKenzie method is a technique primarily used in physical therapy.It was developed in the late 1950s by New Zealand physiotherapist Robin McKenzie. [1] [2] [3] In 1981 he launched the concept which he called "Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT)" – a system encompassing assessment, diagnosis and treatment for the spine and extremities.

  7. Manual therapy - Wikipedia

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    Manual therapy, or manipulative therapy, is a treatment primarily used by physical therapists and occupational therapists to treat musculoskeletal pain and disability. It mostly includes kneading and manipulation of muscles, joint mobilization and joint manipulation .

  8. Buteyko method - Wikipedia

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    The Buteyko method emphasizes the role of carbon dioxide and hyperventilation in respiratory diseases as well as overall health. It is known that hyperventilation can lead to low carbon dioxide levels in the blood (or hypocapnea), which can subsequently lead to disturbances of the acid-base balance in the blood and lower tissue oxygen levels.

  9. Aerobic exercise - Wikipedia

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    Aerobic exercise, also known as cardio, is physical exercise [1] of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process. [2] " Aerobic" is defined as "relating to, involving, or requiring oxygen", [ 3 ] and refers to the use of oxygen to meet energy demands during exercise via aerobic metabolism adequately. [ 4 ]