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After the start of World War I, the first official school of physical therapy was established in Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. After World War II, physical therapy was widely used to care for patients. Because there was so much success with physical therapy in World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War, many medical care programs teaching physical therapy opened.[http://www.catalogs.com/info/b2b/the-history-of-physical-therapy.html] | After the start of World War I, the first official school of physical therapy was established in Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. After World War II, physical therapy was widely used to care for patients. Because there was so much success with physical therapy in World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War, many medical care programs teaching physical therapy opened.[http://www.catalogs.com/info/b2b/the-history-of-physical-therapy.html] | ||
In recent years, the field of physical therapy has changed very much due to vast changes and enhancements that have been occuring in the nation's health care delivery system. The physical therapy profession has kept up to date with the most recent advances in science and technology in order to provide the most effective treatment possible to patients. [http://www.physicaltherapy.com/pt_defined.php] | |||
