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physiotherapy
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physiotherapy /phys·io·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) physical therapy.
phys·i·o·ther·a·py (fz--thr-p)
n.
See physical therapy.
physi·o·thera·peutic (-thr-pytk) adj.
physi·o·thera·pist n.
physiotherapy.
physiotherapy [fiz″e-o-ther´ah-pe]
chest physiotherapy
1. chest physical therapy.
2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as assisting the patient to move airway secretions from peripheral airways to more central airways for expectorating and/or suctioning.
physiotherapy,
n physical therapy; may include massage, exercise, applied heat, ultrasound, electrotherapy, and short-wave diathermy.
physiotherapy
physical therapy.
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Passive mobilisation of shoulder region joints plus advice and ... by Chen, Judy F.; Ginn, Karen A.; Herbert, Robert D. / Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
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