Letter to Editor: Community physiotherapy or community-based physiotherapy

Dear Editor, The profession of physiotherapy gained recognition during the time of World War I, with services being rendered in acute-care as well as community settings. It can thus be inferred that physiotherapy services in and for the community could have begun as early as 1914. Since then, there has been ample research globally (developed world more than the developing) on this specialization of physiotherapy and the importance of the same need not be more emphasized. The terms “community physiotherapy” and “community-based physiotherapy” have been used interchangeably by many researchers, although the meaning of each is different. Based on the concepts discussed in the original paper and book on communitybased nursing by Hunt, this paper hopes to highlight the differences between community physiotherapy and community-based physiotherapy.