History of Physical Therapy
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What are the major events that shaped the development of PT in the US?
Polio epidemic in the early 1900s (because of paralysis and muscle atrophy)
World War 1 (returning soldiers needed care)
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Who is Mary McMillian?
Was appointed to lead agroup of women at the Waler Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.) in 1918
First known as reconstruction aides, the group was later known as physiotherapists
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What was the APTA first known as?
The American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association ( est. 1921)
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When did the first PTA’s graduate and start helping PT’s?
1969
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