Awareness of Various Aspects of Physiotherapy among Medical Residents

Dr Deepa Abichandani, Vidhi Radia

Abstract: 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 Theres need for physiotherapists to educate medical residents about fields of physiotherapy, treatment modalities and evaluative procedures through continuing education programs.

Keywords: Physiotherapy, fields, medical residents, awareness, referral

How to Cite?: Dr Deepa Abichandani, Vidhi Radia, "Awareness of Various Aspects of Physiotherapy among Medical Residents", Volume 4 Issue 10, October 2015, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1460-1465, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SUB159055, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SUB159055