Study on cardio-respiratory fitness of physiotherapy students: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Now days, demands of Physiotherapy profession is increasing day by day. For this, Physiotherapist is required to be engaged in various activities. The therapists work in hospitals and in rehabilitation centers with varieties of patients. Their work involves giving various exercises to patient, transferring of patients for that they need good amount of strength, endurance and flexibility. Therefore they have to maintain a good physical fitness level to meet their demands. But due to poor attention given to the physical fitness, it has been reported that there is increased prevalence of musculoskeletal disorder among the Physiotherapists as well as students. As trainers of fitness, they are themselves expected to have a good amount of fitness.