Health discipline that deals with the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with pathologies or dysfunctions in the motor, neuromotor, visceral and cognitive area through physical, manual and instrumental therapies. Main objectives: functional recovery, pain reduction, prevention of complications, improvement of quality of life.
Techniques include: manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, postural re-education, physical therapies (electrotherapy, ultrasound, laser), water therapies. Areas of intervention: orthopedics and traumatology, neurology, cardiology, pulmonology, geriatrics, pediatrics. For people with disabilities, physiotherapy is essential to maintain or recover motor autonomy, prevent deformities and contractures, manage chronic pain. The physiotherapist develops individualized programs evaluating residual capacities and functional objectives. In Italy it is a regulated health profession (DM 741/1994) with mandatory three-year degree.
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Author: DisabilityHub Editorial Team
Created: 01/25/2026
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