Situación actual de la Fisioterapia en los balnearios de España

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Objective. Description of number of physiotherapists actually working in Spanish spa centers and obtain by entraty information through medical directors about knowing if the presence of a physiotherpist in the team increases or could increase the welfare quality. Materials and method. Observance descriptive study in which the information in a prospective form has been picked up. The field of study have been the spa centers in all the Spanish autonomus communities Outcome. A total of 88 spa centers have been identified in our country. La Rioja is the Autonomous Community with a largest number of physiotherapist by spa center: 12/1, while Cataluña is the one having a largest number of doctors with: 14 (20%) and bath masseur-assistants: 42 (33,1%). The opinion of the medical directors and/or managers about if the presence of a physiotherapist increases or could increase the welfare quality has been clearly positive as well in the Galician Autonomous Community as in the other parts of the country.C Conclusions. From the outcome of our study we can infer that only a small number of physiotherapists perform his professional work in Spanish spa centers, especially when you compare with the other groups (bath masseur-assistants).