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Definition
It's an area of great social relevance, directed
to individuals with perturbations ou lack of movements, that takes them
to functional incapacity of an organ ou system of the human body.
Physiotherapy "center itself in the analysis and evaluation of the movement
and posture, based in the structure and function of the body, using specific
educational and therapeutic modalities, based essencialy in movements,
manipulative therapies and physical and natural means, with the finality
of health promotion and prevention of the desease, deficiency, incapacity
and the inadaptation and to treat, to prepare or to rehabilitate, individuals
with disfunctions of physical, mental, growth nature, or otheras, such
as pain, with the objective of helping them to achive the best functionality
and life quality."
From Decree-Law #261/93, published July 24th
, 1993.
Function
Suits the physical therapist the evaluation and diagnosys
of kinetic-functional disturbance of the human body's organs. The development
of their actions, in the several phases of health, presents importants
restoring efects, such as: central origin disfunctions, cardio-pulmonary
system disfuntions, muscle-skeleton system disfunction, pre and/or post
operatory and profilaxy in postural disfunction, work deseases, etc.
Work Field
The Physical Therapist works in hospitals, clinics,
homes, education and health institutions, assitential and sports associations,
among many others.
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