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It has been used as a well-established therapeutical resource since the early 20th century.<ref name="Shoemaker1908">{{cite book|last=Shoemaker|first=John Vietch|title=A practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: with especial reference to the clinical application of drugs|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=E-1xq8ScRD8C|accessdate=21 March 2012|year=1908|publisher=F.A. Davis|page=1000}}</ref> Back then, various devices were used including vibrating devices to stimulate the muscles.<ref name="Office1918">{{cite book|author=United States. Patent Office|title=Classification Bulletin of the United States Patent Office ...: Containing the Classification of Subjects of Invention ...|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gX0oAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 March 2012|year=1918|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=7}}</ref> | ||
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Kinesiotherapy or Kinesitherapy or kinesiatrics, (kinēsis, "movement") literally movement therapy, is the therapeutic treatment of disease by passive and active muscular movements (as by massage) and of exercise. · It is the core element of physiotherapy/physical therapy.
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Equivalents of the term Kinesiotherapy are used in place of the term physiotherapy/physical therapy in several non-English speaking countries (e.g. Bulgaria, Lithuania, Rwanda, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Belgium, France, Chile, Paraguay, and Romania).
History
It has been used as a well-established therapeutical resource since the early 20th century. Back then, various devices were used including vibrating devices to stimulate the muscles.
References
- "Kinesitherapy". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- Doury, Paul; Dirheimer, Yves; Pattin, Serge (1981). Algodystrophy: diagnosis and therapy of a frequent disease of the locomotor apparatus. Springer-Verlag. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-387-10624-3. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- Shoemaker, John Vietch (1908). A practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics: with especial reference to the clinical application of drugs. F.A. Davis. p. 1000. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- United States. Patent Office (1918). Classification Bulletin of the United States Patent Office ...: Containing the Classification of Subjects of Invention ... U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 7. Retrieved 21 March 2012.