History and Foundations of Physical
Therapy: Key Milestones and Concepts Exam
Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest Updated 2026
When did ancient records first As early as 3000 BC by the Chinese and
demonstrate the use of therapeutic around
massage and exercises? 400 BC by the Romans/Greeks.
What ancient Chinese exercise Cong Fu.
was
used for pain relief around 1000
BC?
Who is considered the father of Hippocrates.
medicine and prescribed exercises
for patients?
What did Hippocrates recognize Muscle wasting (atrophy).
as a
consequence of inactivity?
What type of exercise did Greek An elaborate system called Ars
physician Herodicus advocate? Gymnastica,
including wrestling and long-distance
walking.
, What significant contribution did He reinforced the therapeutic effects of
Roman physician Galen make to exercise
physical therapy? for strength, circulation, and spiritual
well-being.
What was the first printed text Libro del Exercicio by Christobal Mendez
about in the
exercise and who wrote it? 1500s.
What did Nicolas Andry contribute He related the musculoskeletal system to
to the field of physical therapy? movements created by exercise.
Who developed the first Per Henrik Ling.
gymnastics
school incorporating Chinese
martial
arts?
What were the names of the Effleurage, petrissage, and tapotement.
techniques adopted by Johan
Mezger from Ling's gymnastics?
What invention did Gustav Zander Machines for active, assistive, and
create to aid in physical therapy? resistive
exercises.
What event in the 1890s Polio epidemics.
contributed
to the formation of physical
therapy
as a profession?
Therapy: Key Milestones and Concepts Exam
Questions and Answers with Verified
Solutions | Latest Updated 2026
When did ancient records first As early as 3000 BC by the Chinese and
demonstrate the use of therapeutic around
massage and exercises? 400 BC by the Romans/Greeks.
What ancient Chinese exercise Cong Fu.
was
used for pain relief around 1000
BC?
Who is considered the father of Hippocrates.
medicine and prescribed exercises
for patients?
What did Hippocrates recognize Muscle wasting (atrophy).
as a
consequence of inactivity?
What type of exercise did Greek An elaborate system called Ars
physician Herodicus advocate? Gymnastica,
including wrestling and long-distance
walking.
, What significant contribution did He reinforced the therapeutic effects of
Roman physician Galen make to exercise
physical therapy? for strength, circulation, and spiritual
well-being.
What was the first printed text Libro del Exercicio by Christobal Mendez
about in the
exercise and who wrote it? 1500s.
What did Nicolas Andry contribute He related the musculoskeletal system to
to the field of physical therapy? movements created by exercise.
Who developed the first Per Henrik Ling.
gymnastics
school incorporating Chinese
martial
arts?
What were the names of the Effleurage, petrissage, and tapotement.
techniques adopted by Johan
Mezger from Ling's gymnastics?
What invention did Gustav Zander Machines for active, assistive, and
create to aid in physical therapy? resistive
exercises.
What event in the 1890s Polio epidemics.
contributed
to the formation of physical
therapy
as a profession?
