OtherFrontiers in rehabilitation sciences2025

Do we need internal medicine specialists in physical therapy? Recognizing the need for updating the clinical practice paradigm.

Mansour M Alotaibi

PMID 40995425

WHAT IT FOUND

No patient outcome is reported.

This perspective paper argues for an internal medicine specialty for physical therapists. It gives no evidence that the specialization works.

What this paper is

This is a perspective paper that argues for an internal medicine specialty for physical therapists. It contains no study methods, patient data, or outcome results, so there is nothing here to change your practice on.

The easy way to misread this

Do not read this as evidence that an internal medicine specialty improves patient care. It is a perspective paper with no outcome results.

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    Mansour M Alotaibi Do we need internal medicine specialists in physical therapy? Recognizing the need for updating the clinical practice paradigm. Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences. 2025.

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