Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Physical Education and Training

Instructional programs in the care and development of the body, often in schools. The concept does not include prescribed exercises, which is EXERCISE THERAPY.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Instructional programs in the care and development of the body, often in schools. The concept does not include prescribed exercises, which is EXERCISE THERAPY.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Physical Education, Training
  • Education, Physical
  • Physical Education

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

"instructional" and "often in schools": differentiate from EXERCISE (see MeSH definition there), from GYMNASTICS (see note there) and from EXERCISE THERAPY (prescribed exercise and physical activity)

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  1. I02w.233.543w

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NLM Classification

QT 255

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Physical Education and Training. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010806. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010806
  2. Physical Education and Training. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_education
  3. Physical Education and Training. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243253