Professional Organizations

The Professional organizations that oversees the Physiotherapy or Physical Therapy profession are listed below based on their Countries in Alphabetical Order.

Afghanistan[edit | edit source]

  • Afghan Association for Physical Therapy (Members: 220 (2013))

Argentina[edit | edit source]

  • Asociacion Argentina de Kinesiologia (Members: 1,099 (2013))

Australia[edit | edit source]

  • Australian Physiotherapy Association (Members: 10,723 (2012))

Austria[edit | edit source]

  • Austrian Physiotherapy Association (Members: 4,023 (2013))

Bahamas[edit | edit source]

  • Bahamas Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 13 (2013))

Bahrain[edit | edit source]

  • Bahrain Physical Therapy Association (Members: 91 (2013))

Bangladesh[edit | edit source]

  • Bangladesh Physiotherapy Association (Members: 350 (2014))

Barbados[edit | edit source]

  • Barbados Physical Therapy Association (Members: 25 (2012))

Belgium[edit | edit source]

  • Axxon, Physical Therapy in Belgium (Members: 4,589 (2013))

Bermuda[edit | edit source]

  • Bermuda Physiotherapy Association (Members: 37 (2013))

Bolivia[edit | edit source]

  • Colegio De Fisioterapia Y Kinesiologia De Bolivia (Members: 40 (2010))

Brazil[edit | edit source]

  • Associacao de Fisioterapeutas do Brasil (Members: 5,439 (2013))

Bulgaria[edit | edit source]

  • Bulgarian Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 290 (2014))

Cambodia[edit | edit source]

  • Cambodian Physical Therapy Association (Members: 78 (2014))

Cameroon[edit | edit source]

  • Cameroon Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 82 (2012))

Canada[edit | edit source]

  • Canadian Physiotherapy Association (Members: 10,219 (2013))

Chile[edit | edit source]

  • Colegio de Kinesiologos de Chile (Members: 500 (2013))

Colombia[edit | edit source]

  • Croatian Council of Physiotherapists (Members: 1,321 (2012))

Curaçao[edit | edit source]

  • Curacaose Vereniging Van Fysiotherapeuten (Members: 42 (2013))

Cyprus[edit | edit source]

  • Cyprus Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 418 (2010))

Czech Republic[edit | edit source]

  • Union of Physiotherapists of the Czech Republic (Members: 896 (2013))

Denmark[edit | edit source]

  • Association of Danish Physiotherapists (Members: 9,960 (2014))

Ecuador[edit | edit source]

  • Federacion Ecuatoriana De Fisoterepia (Members: 90 (2013))

Egypt[edit | edit source]

  • General Physical Therapy Syndicate of Egypt (Members: 650 (2009))

Estonia[edit | edit source]

  • Estonian Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 174 (2013))

Ethiopia[edit | edit source]

  • Ethiopian Physiotherapists' Association (Members: 84 (2012))

Fiji[edit | edit source]

  • Fiji Physiotherapy Association (Members: 61 (2013))

Finland[edit | edit source]

  • Finnish Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 7,289 (2013))

France[edit | edit source]

  • Federation Francaise des Masseurs Kinesitherapeutes Reeducateurs (Members: 4,600 (2013))

Germany[edit | edit source]

  • Deutscher Verband fuer Physiotherapie (Members: 26,359 (2013))

Ghana[edit | edit source]

  • Ghana Physiotherapy Association (Members: 121 (2014))

Greece[edit | edit source]

  • Panhellenic Physical Therapy Association (Members: 800 (2012))

Guatemala[edit | edit source]

  • Asociacion Nacional de Fisioterapistas de Guatemala (Members: 50 (2013))

Guyana[edit | edit source]

  • Guyana Physiotherapy Association (Members: 19 (2013))

Hong Kong[edit | edit source]

  • Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association (Members: 898 (2014))

Hungary[edit | edit source]

  • Association of Hungarian Physiotherapists (Members: 919 (2013))

Iceland[edit | edit source]

  • Icelandic Physiotherapy Association (Members: 463 (2013))

India[edit | edit source]

  • Indian Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 21,511 (2010))

Indonesia[edit | edit source]

  • Indonesian Physiotherapy Association (Members: 974 (2013))

Iran[edit | edit source]

  • Iranian Physiotherapy Association (Members: 1,596 (2012))

Ireland[edit | edit source]

  • Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (Members: 2,662 (2014))

Israel[edit | edit source]

  • Israeli Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 709 (2013))

Italy[edit | edit source]

  • Associazione Italiana Fisioterapisti (Members: 4,120 (2011))

Jamaica[edit | edit source]

  • Jamaica Physiotherapy Association (Members: 24 (2013))

Japan[edit | edit source]

  • Japanese Physical Therapy Association (Members: 77,791 (2014))

Jordan[edit | edit source]

  • Jordanian Physiotherapy Society (Members: 42 (2013))

Kenya[edit | edit source]

  • Kenya Society of Physiotherapists (Members: 420 (2013))

Korea[edit | edit source]

  • Korean Physical Therapy Association (Members: 4,500 (2013))

Kuwait[edit | edit source]

  • Kuwaiti Physical Therapy Association (Members: 297 (2014))

Latvia[edit | edit source]

  • Latvian Physiotherapists' Association (Members: 400 (2013))

Lebanon[edit | edit source]

  • Order of Physiotherapists in Lebanon (Members: 745 (2013))

Liechtenstein[edit | edit source]

  • Physiotherapeuten Verband Furstentum Liechtenstein (Members: 86 (2013))

Lithuania[edit | edit source]

  • Lithuanian Kinezitherapy Association (Members: 139 (2013))

Luxembourg[edit | edit source]

  • Association Luxembourgeoise Des Kinesitherapeutes (Members: 437 (2013))

Macau[edit | edit source]

  • Macau Physical Therapists Association (Members: 82 (2013))

Malawi[edit | edit source]

  • Physiotherapy Association of Malawi (Members: 27 (2011))

Malaysia[edit | edit source]

  • Malaysian Physiotherapy Association (Members: 410 (2013))

Malta[edit | edit source]

  • Malta Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 100 (2013))

Mauritius[edit | edit source]

  • Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 48 (2014))

Mexico[edit | edit source]

  • Asociación Mexicana de Fisioterapia (Members: 400 (2013))

Montenegro[edit | edit source]

  • Physiotherapists' Association of Montenegro (Members: 116 (2012))

Namibia[edit | edit source]

  • Namibian Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 80 (2012))

Nepal[edit | edit source]

  • Nepal Physiotherapy Association (Members: 207 (2013))

Netherlands[edit | edit source]

  • Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap Voor Fysiotherapie (Members: 17,500 (2013))

New Zealand[edit | edit source]

  • Physiotherapy New Zealand (Members: 3,266 (2014))

Nigeria[edit | edit source]

  • Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 63 (2009))

Norway[edit | edit source]

  • Norwegian Physiotherapist Association (Members: 6,840 (2013))

Oman[edit | edit source]

  • Omani Physiotherapy Association (Members: 200 (2013))

Pakistan[edit | edit source]

  • Pakistan Physical Therapy Association (Members: 720 (2013))

Panama[edit | edit source]

  • Asociacion Panamena de Fisioterapia Y/O Kinesiologia (Members: 124 (2013))

Paraguay[edit | edit source]

  • Asociacion de Kinesiologos y Fisioterapeutas del Paraguay (Members: 212 (2012))

Peru[edit | edit source]

  • Asociacion Peruana De Terapistas Fisicos (Members: 30 (2013))

Philippines[edit | edit source]

  • Philippine Physical Therapy Association (Members: 734 (2013))

Poland[edit | edit source]

  • Polish Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 1000 (2012))

Portugal[edit | edit source]

  • Associação Portugesa de Fisioterapeutas (Members: 1,100 (2013))

Puerto Rico[edit | edit source]

  • Associacion Puertorriquena de Fisioterapia (Members: 131 (2013))

Romania[edit | edit source]

  • Romanian Federation for Physiotherapy (Members: 200 (2014))

Rwanda[edit | edit source]

  • Association of Rwandan Physiotherapy (Members: 160 (2013))

Saudi Arabia[edit | edit source]

  • Saudi Physical Therapy Association (Members: 462 (2012))

Serbia[edit | edit source]

  • Association of Physiotherapists of Serbia (Members: 809 (2013))

Singapore[edit | edit source]

  • Singapore Physiotherapy Association (Members: 479 (2014))

Slovakia[edit | edit source]

  • Slovak Chamber of Physiotherapists (Members: 400 (2014))

Slovenia[edit | edit source]

  • Slovenian Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 500 (2013))

South Africa[edit | edit source]

  • South African Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 3,532 (2013))

Spain[edit | edit source]

  • Asociación Española de Fisioterapeutas (Members: 5,612 (2013))

Sri Lanka[edit | edit source]

  • Sri Lanka Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 90 (2013))

Suriname[edit | edit source]

  • Surinaamse Vereniging Voor Fysiotherapie (Members: 40 (2013))

Swaziland[edit | edit source]

  • Association of Physiotherapists of Swaziland (Members: 20 (2014))

Sweden[edit | edit source]

  • Swedish Association of Physiotherapists (Members: 9,745 (2013))

Switzerland[edit | edit source]

  • Schweizer Physiotherapie Verband (Members: 8,143 (2013))

Syria[edit | edit source]

  • Syrian Physical Therapy Association (Members: 92 (2013))

Taiwan[edit | edit source]

  • Taiwan Physical Therapy Association (Members: 822 (2014))

Tanzania[edit | edit source]

  • Association of Physiotherapists in Tanzania (Members: 22 (2013))

Thailand[edit | edit source]

  • Physical Therapy Association of Thailand (Members: 1,220 (2014))

Togo[edit | edit source]

  • Association des Masseurs Kinesitherapeutes du Togo (Provisional Member (2012))

Trinidad and Tobago[edit | edit source]

  • Physiotherapy Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Members: 35 (2013))

Turkey[edit | edit source]

  • Turkish Physiotherapy Association (Members: 1,289 (2013))

Uganda[edit | edit source]

  • Uganda Association of Physiotherapy (Members: 50 (2012))

Ukraine[edit | edit source]

  • Ukrainian Association of Physical Therapy (Members: 113 (2014))

United Arab Emirates[edit | edit source]

  • Emirates Physiotherapy Society (Members: 47 (2013))

United Kingdom[edit | edit source]

  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 39,251 (2014))

United States of America[edit | edit source]

  • American Physical Therapy Association (Members: 57,191 (2013))

Uruguay[edit | edit source]

  • Asociacion de Fisioterapeutas del Uruguay (Members: 235 (2014))

Venezuela[edit | edit source]

  • Federacion Venezolana de Fisioterapeutas (Members: 200 (2013))

Zambia[edit | edit source]

  • Zambia Society of Physiotherapy (Members: 120 (2012))

Zimbabwe[edit | edit source]

  • Zimbabwe Physiotherapy Association (Members: 47 (2013))