Age and gender prevalence and its correspondence with the outpatient physical therapy sector of a reference orthopedics and traumatology institute in the municipality of São Paulo

ABSTRACT Regardless of the nature of accidents that occur daily, the consequences often require specialized rehabilitation. This study aims to verify which outpatient physical therapy sector of an orthopedics and traumatology institute has the highest prevalence of referral forms for care. In addition, it verifies which gender predominates and what is the relationship between age groups and the outpatient physical therapy sectors of a reference hospital in the municipality of São Paulo. This is a prospective study conducted between March and December 2016 with a sample of 1507 referral forms to the Physical Therapy Outpatient Clinic of the Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Clinical Hospital of the Medicine School of University of São Paulo. The study showed that the Trauma sector for Outpatient Physical Therapy has a higher number of referral forms, the male gender was predominant, and the different age groups corresponded to each Outpatient Physical Therapy sectors.