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Abstract

Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb.

One of the most important excellence of the Physiotherapy Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta is community physiotherapy can be expanded to boost the physical therapy profession. There is a need for opportunities for students, teachers and physiotherapists to share information, disseminate science, and create an international research collaboration network.

In 2021, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta is proud to host a virtual symposium and call for paper called the Academic Physiotherapy Conferences 2021 (APC 2021). The theme of this symposium is “Innovation of Community Physiotherapy on Increasing Physical Activity during Pandemic Covid-19”. We hope such work will be an essential mechanism for the innovation of research. This symposium should provide a forum for graduate students, teachers, and physical therapist to disseminate the information obtained from research and to create a further national and international research network in the field of physical therapy.

The aims of this virtual symposium are (1) to create a forum for the dissemination to the attendees of information from innovation of community physiotherapy and related science, (2) to create partnerships, communication and information networks between attendees, (3) to build a forum to share academic learning and research experience in physiotherapy for students, graduate students, graduate alumni and (4) to strengthen the ability of attendees for presenting research findings, both verbal and poster, in international language at the academic conference.

The speakers of this symposium are (1) Pramono Dwi Putro, F.Tr., MM (Indonesia), (2) Prof. Bhisma Murti, dr., MPH., M.Sc., PhD (Indonesia), (3) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chutima Jalayondeja (Thailand), (4) Prof. Hwang Seongsoo, PT. PhD (South Korea) and (Assist. Prof. Ryuichi Sawa, PhD (Japan).

Wassalamualaikum Wr.Wb.