intro to pt - 1st shifting Flashcards
Chinese (3000 BC)
employed rubbing as therapeutic measure
thales of Miletus (641 BC)
discovered the magnetic properties of amber
Hector (460 BC)
hydrotherapy was practiced through baths and river worships in Greece
Hippocrates (460 BC)
wrote about therapeutic efforts of rubbing
Dr Gilbert Cholchester (1600)
Laid down the foundation of modern scientific electrotherapy
Luigi Galvani (1791_)
discovered DC (galvanic current)
Michael faraday (1831)
discovered AC (faradic current)
D’Arsonval (1890)
high frequency currents
Dr. Kellog
used incandescent lights for radiant heating
Finsen
demonstrated the value of UV
Swedish founder of curative gymnastics described the scientific basis of rubbing (1812)
Peter Henry Ling
what happened in 1887?
PTs were given official registration by Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare
what happened in 1894?
Charted society of Physiotherapy
In 1913..?
University of Otago, New Zealand
In 1914..?
Reed College Portland, Oregon
When and what event therapy was performed widely?
1917-1918 (WW1)
3 principal divisons of physical treatments:
- electrotherapy (electrical currents to manage neuromuscular)
- hydrobalneology (through bath)
- massage and exercise
PT in ENGLAND
it evolved into Physical Medicine
1st hospital PT department (electrotherapy) under Dr. Golding Bird?
Guy’s Hospital (London)
2 major historical events of PT in US:
Poliomyelitis epidemics of 1800s and 1950s
Ravages of several wars
Who worked with Goldthwait and the director of the reconstruction aide program in 1917. She also established a training program for reconstruction aides at Walter Reed General Hospital.
Marguerite Sanderson
She headed the Walter Reed Program and published “Massage and Therapeutic Exercise.” She also set up a medical and surgical unit in UST during WW II.
Mary Mcmillan
In 1920, what happened to the Rehabilitation Physicians?
From “physiotherapists” to “physical therapy physicians”
What year they achieved recognition as a medical specialtyand and began to call themselves “physiatrists”?
1937