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.
    

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A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Reclaiming the maimed : a handbook of physical therapy / by R. Tait McKenzie.

A man is treated to a cascade of water in the name of hydropathy. Lithograph by C. Jacque, 1843.

A surgeon and two assistants manipulating dislocated shoulder back into the correct position and other diagrams of different methods of curing dislocation. Etching.

Patricia Morphew.

Belysning af Hr Professor G. Brantings "Upplysningar" / af F.A. Cederschjöld.

Three-dimensional treatment for scoliosis : a physiotherapeutic method for deformities of the spine / Christa Lehnert-Schroth.

Journal de physiothérapie.

Die Behandlung der steifen Finger / von Otto Thilo.

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Patricia Morphew.

Belysning af Hr Professor G. Brantings "Upplysningar" / af F.A. Cederschjöld.

Three-dimensional treatment for scoliosis : a physiotherapeutic method for deformities of the spine / Christa Lehnert-Schroth.

Journal de physiothérapie.

Die Behandlung der steifen Finger / von Otto Thilo.