The polio epidemic between 1916 and 1955 drove the rapid expansion and development of the physical therapy profession in the United States.
The polio epidemic significantly shaped the growth, politics, philosophy, and personality of the physical therapy profession in the United States.
Admittedly, it may appear incongruous that a review of a disease that infected the nervous system of persons in the first half of the twentieth century would appear in the Journal of Orthopaedic 34(8):479–492. doi:10.2519/jospt.2004.0301
Donald A. Neumann (Sun,) conducted a review in Polio. Physical therapy was evaluated. The polio epidemic between 1916 and 1955 drove the rapid expansion and development of the physical therapy profession in the United States.