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FUNCTIONAL PAIN [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

A person skilled in the techniques of physical therapy and qualified to administer treatments prescribed by a physician.

CONT

Physiotherapists are becoming more prominent on the home care team. They enable consumers to remain in their home by working to improve the mobility and functional independence of consumers in the home environment.... They provide assessment and treatment, including education and pain control, for a variety of conditions related to cardio-respiratory, orthopedic and neurological impairment or injury, and for cancer and arthritic conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Physiothérapie
DEF

Spécialiste de physiothérapie.

OBS

[Au Québec], pour porter le titre de physiothérapeute (pht), il faut avoir complété une « Maîtrise en sciences » en physiothérapie et être membre de l'Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec (OPPQ).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Fisioterapia
CONT

[...] existen programas de fisioterapia diseñados y dirigidos por fisioterapeutas que, realizados con personas mayores que viven en residencias, han conseguido mantener o incluso mejorar diversas funciones que favorecen la prolongación del período libre de incapacidad por el que pasan los mayores antes de sufrir algún tipo de disfunción que les haga dependientes o discapacitados para el desarrollo de determinadas tareas de la vida cotidiana. [...] los últimos trabajos publicados manifiestan la obtención de importantes beneficios en capacidades como el equilibrio, flexibilidad, coordinación, disminución de la frecuencia cardiaca, aumento de la capacidad vital y el índice de masa corporal [...]

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Record 2 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vertebrae and Bone Marrow
OBS

Abnormal intervertebral motion has been shown to occur frequently in patients with low-back pain. Various roentgenographic procedures have been used for evaluating normal and abnormal spinal biomechanics.(The functional radiographic examination of patients with low-back pain : a study of different forms of variations.(J. Manipulative Physiol. Ther., June, 1984, 7(2) pp. 89-97)(Medline)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vertèbres et moelle
CONT

Biomécanique du rachis dorsal. Étude théorique mathématique (Rhumatologie; Lyon, France; 1977; Vol 29; No. 1; pp. 7-16)

OBS

biomécanique de la colonne vertébrale : base de données Pascal

Spanish

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