Physical Therapy

Specialty Definitions: Physical Therapy

Domain	Definitions
Health	The restoration of function and the prevention of disability following disease or injury with the use of light, heat, cold, water, electricity, ultrasound, and exercise. (references)
Medicine	The branch of physical medicine that makes use of physical and other effective properties of light, heat, cold water, electricity. . . and kinesitherapy. . Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Physical Therapy

Synonyms: physiatrics (n), physiotherapy (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Physical Therapy

English words defined with "physical therapy": diathermy ♦ megavitamin therapy, modality ♦ occupational therapy ♦ physiatrics, physiotherapeutic, physiotherapy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "physical therapy": Allied Health Occupations, Ancillary Services, Hospital, ART THERAPIST ♦ child development specialist, clinical counselo, CLINICAL THERAPIST, COORDINATOR OF REHABILITATION SERVICES ♦ DANCE THERAPIST, development disability specialist, DIETITIAN, CLINICAL, dietitian, therapeuti, director of rehabilitative service, doctor, chiropracti ♦ Exercise Test ♦ Health Occupations ♦ infant educator ♦ MUSIC THERAPIST ♦ nutrition educator ♦ parent trainer, PHYSIATRIST, physical medicine specialis, PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT, physical therapy assistant, Physical Therapy Department, Hospital, physical therapy technicia, physiotherapis, Prescriptions, Non-Drug, primary care nurse practitione, PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIAN ♦ Socioenvironmental Therapy ♦ TEACHER, HOME THERAPY ♦ WEIGHT-REDUCTION SPECIALIST. (references)

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Modern Usage: Physical Therapy

Domain	Usage
Clever	I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Physical Therapy

Domain	Title
References	U.S. Physical Therapy Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Decision Making in Pediatric Neurologic Physical Therapy (reference) Physical Therapy for Children (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Journal Of Aquatic Physical Therapy (reference) Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal (reference) Orthopedic Physical Therapy Practice (reference) Physical Therapy Reimbursement News (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Physical Therapy

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Photo Album: Physical Therapy

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Physical Therapy Department, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania : AETNA Steerometer - very beneficial for knee and ankle exercise.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		U.S. Air Force Hospital, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA. : Physical therapy.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C. : Interior view- Physical Therapy Dept., Hydrotherapy.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Physical Therapy

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Many can be treated with appropriate medication or physical therapy. (references)
		Also, physical therapy, orthotic supports, and rehabilitation are useful. (references)
		Recovery from hip fractures may necessitate many hours of physical therapy. (references)
Business		Some of the Russian-made devices for physical therapy, ozone and hypoxia therapy do not have analogs abroad. (references)
		Rehabilitation centers and physical therapy centers are a new and promising niche in the healthcare service market. (references)
		Another indirect factor is a rapid introduction of new domestically made home health care products and devices for physical therapy as well as for treatment of respiratory and orthopedic diseases. (references)
Children	Oman	While the Government may charge a small fee to citizens seeking government health care, persons with disabilities generally are not charged for physical therapy and prosthetics support. (references)
	Bangladesh	The Center for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed, a privately funded facility, provides both in-patient and out-patient medical services including physical therapy, occupational therapy, social work, counseling, and telemedicine for both children and adults with various physical disabilities. (references)
Human Rights	Israel and the occupied territories	The closures have made it impossible for most patients living outside large cities who need repeated medical treatment, such as dialysis or physical therapy, to reach medical centers on a regular basis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Physical Therapy

Country	Name
USA	U.S. Physical Therapy Inc.
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Physical Therapy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
physical therapy	1,868	aquatic physical therapy	24
physical therapy school	405	physical therapy journal	24
physical therapy equipment	216	physical therapy picture	24
physical therapy job	169	college physical therapy	23
american physical therapy association	155	physical therapy clinic	22
physical therapy program	82	physical therapy graduate school	21
physical therapy education	59	physical therapy software	21
physical therapy college	56	new york physical therapy	19
physical therapy continuing education	56	physical therapy seminar	18
pediatric physical therapy	51	physical therapy training	18
physical therapy aide	44	career in physical therapy	18
physical therapy association	43	physical therapy employment	17
physical therapy supply	42	doctor physical therapy	16
physical therapy exercise	39	board physical therapy	16
degree physical therapy	37	history physical therapy	16
physical therapy product	35	advance physical therapy	16
information about physical therapy	34	florida physical therapy	15
physical therapy career	29	used physical therapy equipment	14
board california physical therapy	29	physical therapy university	14
knee physical therapy	24	sports physical therapy	14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Physical Therapy

Language		Translations for "physical therapy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		sygegymnastik (cinesitherapy, kinesiatrics, kinesitherapy, movement-cure, physiotherapy), fysioterapi og rehabilitering (physiotherapy), fysioterapi (physiotherapy). (various references)

Dutch		revalidatie (physiotherapy, re-adaptation, re-education, rehabilitation, rehabilitative medicine, rehability), oefentherapie (cinesitherapy, kinesiatrics, kinesitherapy, movement-cure), kinesitherapie (cinesitherapy, kinesiatrics, kinesitherapy, movement-cure, physiotherapy, respiratory physical therapy), heilgymnastiek (physiotherapy), fysiotherapie (physiotherapy). (various references)

Finnish		kinesioterapia (respiratory physical therapy). (various references)

French		physiothérapië2)physicothéraphie (physiotherapy), gymnastique curative. (various references)

German		Physiotherapie (physiotherapy), Heilgymnastik (physiotherapy, re-education, rehabilitation, rehabilitative medicine, rehability, remedial exercises). (various references)

Greek		φυσικοθεραπεία (nature cure), φυσιοθεραπεία (physiotherapy). (various references)

Hungarian		fizikoterápia (physiotherapy), fizikai terápia (physiotherapy). (various references)

Italian		ginnastica terapeutica, fisioterapia (physiotherapy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		物理療法 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぶつりりょうほう. (various references)

Pig Latin		ysicalphay erapythay

Portuguese		fisioterapia (physique). (various references)

Romanian		fizioterapie (physiotherapy). (various references)

Russian		физиотерапия (physiotherapy). (various references)

Spanish		fisioterapia (physio, physiotherapy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Physical Therapy

Misspellings
	"Physical Therapy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: physical terapy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Physical Therapy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-h-i-l-p-p-r-s-t-y-y"
	-2 letters: hyperphysical.
	-3 letters: hyperplastic, hypertypical.
	-4 letters: hyperplasia.
	-5 letters: applecarts, archetypal, aspherical, caliphates, cheapishly, hypaethral, hysterical, paralytics, phylactery, psychiatry.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-h-i-l-p-p-r-s-t-y-y"
	+5 letters: plethysmographically.
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