Prof. Eugeniusz Piasecki's Contribution to the Development of Polish Physiotherapy.

Prof. Eugeniusz Piasecki's Contribution to the Development of Polish Physiotherapy. Ortop Traumatol Rehabil. 2018 Apr 16;20(2):103-112 Authors: Łuczak M, Jandziś S, Puszczałowska-Lizis E Abstract Based on source materials, this article presents the activity of Prof. Eugeniusz Piasecki towards the development of physiotherapy in Poland. After completing his studies at the Faculty of Medicine of Jagiellonian University and a pedagogical course in physical education for gymnastics teachers at secondary schools and teacher training centres, he went to Vienna to deepen his knowledge of medical gymnastics and hydrotherapy. During a scientific trip to Sweden, he became acquainted with Pehr Henrique Ling's method. In the years 1900-1916, E. Piasecki ran a healing gymnastics, orthopaedics and massage facility in Lviv. He was also active in the "Sokol" Gymnastic Society and worked in the gymnasiums owned by his father Wenanty Piasecki in Cracow and Zakopane. At the University of Lviv he taught school hygiene, theory of physical education as well as conducting research and teaching in the physiology of exercise. There he also obtained his habilitation in 1909. His overarching objective was to eliminate German gymnastics, which he considered harmful, from schools in Galicia. Instead, he advocated Swedish gymnastics, based on scientific evidence and anatomo-physiological analysis of each movement. His research focused, among others, on the eff...
Source: Ortopedia, Traumatologia, Rehabilitacja - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Ortop Traumatol Rehabil Source Type: research