To investigate the general practitioners recognition about the role of physiotherapy in treating and improving the confined patients

The objective of this study was to investigate the amount of medical society's knowledge about the role of physiotherapy in treating and improving the confined patients. A questionnaire has prepared with five clinical questions by multiple choice items. The volunteers have one or more items to choice. These questionnaires have randomly completed by the medical students of the Medical Universities around Iran. Our results have shown that only 47.5% of physicians are familiar with the role of physiotherapy for treating and improving restricted patients, on the other hand 18.6% prescribed unsuitable,expensive, and even harmful techniques for curing these patients. The results of our study emphasis on the limited knowledge and information of the medical society about physiotherapy. Even in some cases that the role of physiotherapy has proven, they are not familiar with it. It may reflect the lack of medical training program and their educational syllabus.