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Physical therapy first professional association started out on 1921 Its association was originally called American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association This Association was led by Mary McMillan The American Women's Physical Therapeutic Associations changed its name various of times In 1922 they changed their name from American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association to American Physiotherapy Association During the 1940 s they eventually changed their association name to American Physical therapy Association Physical therapist were a greater demand during the 1940's and 1950s due to world war II This cause for the 16 39 programs to develop During the 1960s educations programs started to grow As mentioned by the APTA it grew to 52 education programs and now there are about 215 institutions that offer physical therapy education
