TY - JOUR
T1 - Awareness of Various Aspects of Physiotherapy among Medical Residents
AU - Abichandani, Deepa
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - Physiotherapy profession has emerged as important medical and rehabilitation complement in health care delivery and vital
therapeutic tool but there exists a variation in the referral. Method: A survey based study using self-devised pre validated questionnaire.
Results: Musculoskeletal physiotherapy (97.22%) was most known among various fields of physiotherapy followed by sports (93.80%), neuro (86.66%) while least in industrial therapy (66.10%) and community based rehabilitation (64.40%). Only 2% knew about both pre and post-operative physiotherapy. Conclusion: There’s need for physiotherapists to educate medical residents about fields of physiotherapy, treatment modalities and evaluative procedures through continuing education programs.
AB - Physiotherapy profession has emerged as important medical and rehabilitation complement in health care delivery and vital
therapeutic tool but there exists a variation in the referral. Method: A survey based study using self-devised pre validated questionnaire.
Results: Musculoskeletal physiotherapy (97.22%) was most known among various fields of physiotherapy followed by sports (93.80%), neuro (86.66%) while least in industrial therapy (66.10%) and community based rehabilitation (64.40%). Only 2% knew about both pre and post-operative physiotherapy. Conclusion: There’s need for physiotherapists to educate medical residents about fields of physiotherapy, treatment modalities and evaluative procedures through continuing education programs.
U2 - https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v4i10/SUB159055.pdf
DO - https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v4i10/SUB159055.pdf
M3 - Article
SN - 2319-7064
SP - 1460
EP - 1465
JO - International Journal of Science and Research
JF - International Journal of Science and Research
ER -