p rimary Health care performance of the physiotherapist: a review of the Brazilian literature

The role of physiotherapists in primary health care (PHC) seems to have been driven by the curricular guidelines for physiotherapy undergraduate courses, which dates from 2002. Since then, several representative professional entities have produced new knowledge and spread research papers, allowing for a deeper reflection on the practice in this particular field. This study aimed to analyze the per formance of physiotherapists, through a literature review, which included full Brazilian texts published in scientific journals, including virtual ones. The profiles of the arti