Australian Physiotherapy Association

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Australian Physiotherapy Association
AbbreviationAPA
FormationDecember 1905; 115 years ago (1905-12)
FounderTeepoo Hall
Headquarters1175 Toorak Road,
Camberwell, Victoria Australia
President
Phil Calvert
Websitehttps://australian.physio
Formerly called
Australasian Massage Association

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (formerly the Australasian Massage Association) was founded by Teepoo Hall in 1905. The APA has published the Journal of Physiotherapy since 1954.[1]

History[]

In February 1905, the prominent physician Frederick Teepoo Hall called a meeting of scholars to call attention to the need for an organization which protected the profession of massage.[2] By December 1905, the idea had considerable traction and Teepoo Hall convened a special meeting to form the Australasian Massage Association (AMA) with the purpose of establishing massage as a professional field.[3] Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart was the association's first president.[4]

The first formal field of study for physiotherapy was developed by the AMA, and was approved by Federal Council in May 1906.[5] During World War I and World War II, physical therapy and massage as a field became in much higher demand, and the term physiotherapy became more well known.[6]

At the Second National Physiotherapy Congress in 1939, a decision was made to rename the organization as the Australian Physiotherapy Association.[7] The APA began publishing Australian Journal of Physiotherapy (which was later renamed the Journal of Physiotherapy) in 1954. In August 1962 Queen Elizabeth II granted royal patronage to the APA.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Journal of Physiotherapy" – via www.journals.elsevier.com.
  2. ^ "AN ASSOCIATION OF MASSEURS". South Australian Register. 30 December 1905. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ Fioritti, Nathan (2016-09-08). "Recognising a founder of physiotherapy education in Australia, Frederick Teepoo Hall". Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ^ Evans, E. P. (1955-01-01). "THE HISTORY OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION: formerly the Australasian Massage Association". Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 1 (2): 76–78. doi:10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60817-5. ISSN 0004-9514.
  5. ^ McMeeken, Joan M., author. (2017). Science in our hands : physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne, 1895-2010. ISBN 978-0-7340-5393-0. OCLC 1058404249.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Chipchase, Lucy S (2006). "Looking back at 100 years of physiotherapy education in Australia" (PDF). Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. 52 (1): 3–7. doi:10.1016/S0004-9514(06)70055-1. PMID 16515416 – via Academia.edu.
  7. ^ Bentley, Philip Geoffrey; Dunstan, David (2006). The Path to Professionalism: Physiotherapy in Australia to the 1980s. pp. 83–86. ISBN 978-1-875107-12-4.
  8. ^ Bentley, Philip Geoffrey; Dunstan, David (2006). The Path to Professionalism: Physiotherapy in Australia to the 1980s. pp. 155–156. ISBN 978-1-875107-12-4.
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