The role and importance of the physiotherapists in educational institutions

This research aimed to introduce at least one physiotherapist in the interdisciplinary team of the schools, including teachers, doctors, dentists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and auxiliary staff, for the assessment and, if necessary, the periodic postural treatment of the students. The study included 25 students aged between 16 and 18, of which 12 were female and 13 were male. The subjects were divided as follows: 13 students represented the experimental group, and the other 12 constituted the control group. Individuals from the first group followed an individualized kinetic program, and those from the second group followed Physical Education classes within the educational unit. The final results of the research confirmed the hypothesis of our study, namely, the subjects in the experimental group who followed a personalized rehabilitation program developed by a pediatric physical therapist, which contains specific exercises to correct postural deformities for whole body prophylaxis, obtained significantly better results in terms of posture compared to the subjects in the control group who followed the Physical Education class in the school curriculum. Following the initial assessment at the beginning of the study, we concluded that students show multiple postural variations that could be prevented in educational establishments in the presence of at least one pediatric physiotherapist