Physiotherapy in brazil and its context during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic
International Journal of Development Research
Physiotherapy in brazil and its context during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic
Received 28th June 2020; Received in revised form 17th July 2020; Accepted 08th August 2020; Published online 23rd September 2020
Copyright © 2020, Roquenei da Purificação Rodrigues et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Physiotherapy is recognized as a science and regulated profession for more than 50 years and has shown significant evolution in technical and scientific fields in Brazilian scenario. In the context of Coronavirus 2019, physiotherapists have faced major challenges in primary health care, adapting themselves to changes in secondary care through remote assistance that was recently authorized by the Federal Council of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy as an exception and finally have achieved a great importance in tertiary care due to prevention and treatment of respiratory disabilities and reduction of functional impairment that may occur during hospitalization.
