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physiotherapy|fɪzɪəʊˈθɛrəpɪ|
[f. physio- + therapy.]
The treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by physical methods, such as massage, exercise, and the application of heat, light, fresh air, and other external influences.
1905Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 July 126/2 The first congress of physiotherapy will be held at Liége on August 12th. 1928Sunday Dispatch 16 Dec. 1/1 Two new specialists, both experts in radiology and massage, and in the treatment generally known as physio-therapy, were called to Buckingham Palace yesterday. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Apr. 187/2 Full details are given of methods of physio⁓therapy that can be carried out in the home. 1958[see physiotherapist]. 1975Scrutton & Gilbertson Physiotherapy in Paediatric Pract. 1 Physiotherapy involves the modification of the patient's physical external environment, either generally or topically, so as to promote healing or otherwise improve the body's efficiency.
Hence ˌphysiotheraˈpeutic a., of, pertaining to, or involving physiotherapy.
1905Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 July 126/2 The abuses caused by ‘healers’ who pretend to treat by physiotherapeutic procedures. 1926Encycl. Brit. III. 686/1 As convalescence goes on, physiotherapeutic measures..are employed to hasten recovery. 1957M. Spark Comforters viii. 196 He is receiving physiotherapeutic treatment. 1976Nichols & Hamilton Rehabilitation Med. ii. 21 There are innumerable reports in the medical and physio⁓therapeutic literature extolling the virtues of specific techniques. |