Here are some physiotherapy abbreviations:
OKC - open kinetic chain
OKCE - open kinetic chain exercise
CKC - closed kinetic chain
CKCE - closed kinetic chain exercise
LBP - Low back pain
SIJ - Sacroiliac joint
PFJ - Patellofemoral joint
BPTB - Bone-pattelar tendon-bone , as in BPTB
autograft used in ACL reconstruction
PCL - posterior cruciate ligament
LCL - lateral collateral ligament (of a number of
joints - knee, elbow, wrist)
MCL - medial collateral ligament (as above)
IPJ - inerphalangeal joint (of fingers or toes)
MCPJ - metacarpophalangeal joint (of fingers)
MTPJ - metatarsophalangeal joint (of toes)
TMJ - temperomandibular joint
GHJ - glenohumeral joint (of shoulder)
TENS - transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
PEME - pulsed electromagnetic energy
SWD - Shortwave diathermy
DOMS - delayed onset muscle soreness
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