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Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Tree Number(s)
H02.403.680
Unique ID
D010810
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010810
Annotation
the specialty; for therapy consider REHABILITATION or PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES and their specifics and /‌rehabil with specific disease
Scope Note
A medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in rehabilitating physically diseased or injured patients.
Entry Term(s)
Medicine, Physical
Physiatrics
Physiatry
Physical Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
NLM Classification #
WB 460
See Also
Biomechanical Phenomena
Public MeSH Note
2013; see PHYSICAL MEDICINE 1966-2012
History Note
2013 (1966)
Date Established
2013/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2013/07/10
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Preferred
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