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EMPLOYMENT & FOCUS
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employment settings and duties of program graduates. A survey of kinesiotherapists registered
within 1987-1990 and published by Greninger et.al. in Clinical Kinesiotherapy,
Volume 46, (3),1992, revealed that Registered Kinesiotherapists were employed in
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, public and private hospitals,
sports medicine facilities, rehabilitation facilities, learning disability
centers, schools, colleges and universities, private practice and as exercise
consultants. The types of treatments carried out by
kinesiotherapists focus on, but are not limited to therapeutic exercise,
ambulation training, geriatric rehabilitation, aquatic therapy, prosthetic/orthotic
rehabilitation, in home exercise therapy, psychiatric rehabilitation and driver
training. Dependent on the particular job setting, the
average projected starting salary for Registered Kinesiotherapists is
$34,000-$37,000 annually. FOCUS
OF KINESIOTHERAPY WITHIN REHABILITATION Kinesiotherapy is the application of scientifically based
exercise principles adapted to enhance the strength, endurance, and mobility of
individuals with functional limitations or those requiring extended physical
conditioning. The Kinesiotherapist is a health care professional competent in
the administration of musculoskeletal, neurological, ergonomic, biomechanical,
psychosocial, and task specific functional tests and measures. The
Kinesiotherapist determines the appropriate evaluation tools and interventions
necessary to establish, in collaboration with the client, a goal specific
treatment plan.
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