Delevopment of kinesitherapy in France during 1914– 1969

Abstract

Nowadays the development of medicine and rehabilitation in Ukraine is especially important for society. Leading Ukrainian specialists are acquainting the foreign experience, in particular, French one, and use the best achievements in daily practice. The purpose of the article is to analyze the history of kinesitherapy in France from 1914 till 1969. The obtained results can be used to supplement and expand courses in higher education institutions of medical and physical culture and sports profile. The scientific novelty of the paper consists in the fact that for the first time in the Ukrainian educational system the history of kinesitherapy in France in the twentieth century will be presented. To achieve this purpose the complex of scientific (analysis, synthesis, generalization) and special-historical (historical-typological and historical-systemic) methods have been used. Results. It was found that the consequences of the First and Second World Wars had a significant impact on the development of kinesitherapy in France. The use of massage and remedial gymnastics contributed to the processes of rehabilitation and functional recovery of the wounded people. The profession of masseur-kinesitherapist was officially founded in France in 1946, April 30. It was the combination of massage, remedial gymnastics, functional recovery and physiotherapy. The professional training of masseurs-kinesitherapists at schools lasted two years. The main attention was paid to the peculiarities of the use of massage in combination with physical therapy in traumatology, neurology and rheumatology. One of the principal conditions for those who wanted to study was French citizenship and perfect health. The French medical community tried to qualify the professional actions of massage therapists in accordance with the needs of the specialists they cooperate with. The three year studies was officially introduced only in 1969.