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Also Known As	physiotherapy

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A physiotherapist uses a handheld device to treat the shoulder of a shirtless senior man lying face down on a padded therapy table.

New approaches to pain relief and prevention

Robots assisting the elderly in Japan

Understand about the rehabilitation physiotherapy program in which people with spinal cord injuries learn to sail and go sailing

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Topics

vestibular rehabilitation functional measurement physical medicine and rehabilitation occupational therapy osteopathy rehabilitation, medical and vocational diathermy kinesiology hydrotherapy massage