Abstract

There is need for physiotherapists to identify with the science or the knowledge base of the profession -.which is pathokinesiology. The NUC (1989) "Minimum Standards ... for Training ... of Physiotherapists ... "simply defines patholkinesiology as the science of physiotherapy. A broader definition coins pathokinesiology as the kinesiology of the human body under pathological condition or the analytical and systematic study of human movement in disease or sequel to trauma. In other words, any abnormality of human movement is a concern for physiotherapeutic interventions. Such abnormality may be due to disease, trauma, congenital malformation or motor disorders.