A medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in rehabilitating physically diseased or injured patients.
Synonyms: Physiatry, Medicine, Physical, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Physiatrics, Physical Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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2013 (1966) ,the specialty; for therapy consider REHABILITATION or PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES and their specifics and /rehabil with specific disease ,2013; see PHYSICAL MEDICINE 1966-2012
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D010810