Medical Definition of Physiatry
1. A medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in rehabilitating physically diseased or injured patients. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physiatry
Literary usage of Physiatry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession by Henry Ebenezer Handerson, Johann Hermann Baas (1889)
"... nnd lien- learned to value her powers and to utilize them at the sick bed : •
i'4-d his whole therapeutic bent is commonly designated physiatry. ..."
2. Physician Versus Bacteriologist by Ottomar Rosenbach (1904)
"... the theory of exclusively chemical irritants) plays the dominating part in
our science, whereas history and simple reflection teach that physiatry and ..."
3. Post-Stroke Rehabilitation by Pamela W. Duncan, William B. Stason (2004)
"... Center for Functional Assessment Research State University of New York at
Buffalo Buffalo, NY Specialty: physiatry Audrey L. Holland, PhD Professor and ..."
4. Resource Directory for Older Peopleby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... and prevalence of impairments, disability, and handicaps; promote societal
health; and enhance the understanding and the development of physiatry ..."
5. Gait Analysis In The Science Of Rehabilitation by Joel A. DeLisa (1998)
"EDITORIAL by Joel A. DeLisa, MD, MS I had the pleasure of doing my residency in
physiatry under Justus Lehmann, MD, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation ..."
6. Gait Analysis In The Science Of Rehabilitation by Joel A. DeLisa (1998)
"EDITORIAL by Joel A. DeLisa, MD, MS l had the pleasure of doing my residency in
physiatry under Justus Lehmann, MD, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation ..."
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