Editorial Open Access
Volume 5 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/rehabilitation.5.025
Sports physiotherapy: A revolution for the athletes
Shyamal Koley1,2,*
- 1Associate Dean and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, USAHS, Rayat Bahra University, Mohali, Punjab, India
- 2Former Dean and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Corresponding Author
Shyamal Koley, drkoley@yahoo.co.uk, drskoley@gmail.com
Received Date: February 15, 2024
Accepted Date: February 20, 2024
Koley S. Sports physiotherapy: A revolution for the athletes. J Rehabil Res Pract. 2024;5(1):1-3.
Copyright: © 2024 Koley S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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