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Revista Ciencias de la Salud
versión impresa ISSN 1692-7273
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OCAMPO PLAZAS, Mary Luz et al. Reflections about physiotherapist professional performance in the field of physical activity. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2012, vol.10, n.2, pp.243-252. ISSN 1692-7273.
The physiotherapist professional activities, in the beginning were focused only in the clinical field, nowadays it has many different action fields including Physical Activity. Physical activity can be viewed from two dimensions: one biological, which is defined as any activity which requires energy expenditure involving the combined action of multiple systems; on the other side social, understood as a human activity concerning subjectivity conditions influenced by the environment where the individual and the community are developed. Given these dimensions as well as national and international benchmarks this paper's objective is to present a series of reflections that the authors have done regarding the physiotherapist professional performance in the field of physical activity and the large possibilities derived from their practice in this field.
Palabras clave : physical activity; professional performance; biological dimension; social dimension; physical therapy performance.