to give a national state licence to physiotherapists/physical therapists. the swedish medical gymnast and kinesiologist carl august georgii (sv), professor at the royal gymnastic central institute gci in stockholm, was the one who created and coined the new international word kinesiology in 1854. the term kinesiology is a literal translation to greek+english from the original swedish word rörelselära, meaning "movement science". it was the foundation of the medical gymnastics, the original physiotherapy and physical therapy, developed for over 100 years in sweden (starting 1813). the new medical therapy created in sweden was originally called rörelselära (sv), and later in 1854 translated to the new and invented international word "kinesiology". the kinesiology consisted of nearly 2,000 physical movements and 50 different types of massage therapy techniques. they were all used to affect various dysfunctions and even illnesses, not only in the movement apparatus, but also into the internal physiology of man. thus, the original classical and traditional kinesiology was not only a system of rehabilitation for the body, or biomechanics like in modern academic kinesiology, but also a new therapy for relieving and curing diseases, by affecting the autonomic nervous system, organs and glands in the body., in 1886, the swedish medical gymnast nils posse (1862-1895) introduced the term kinesiology in the u.s. nils posse was a graduate of the royal gymnastic central institute in stockholm, sweden and founder of the posse gymnasium in boston, ma. he was teaching at boston normal school of gymnastics bnsg. the special kinesiology of educational gymnastics was the first book ever written in the world with the word "kinesiology" in the title of the book. it was written by nils posse and published in boston, 1894–1895. posse was elected posthumously as an honorary fellow in memoriam in the national academy of kinesiology. the national academy of kinesiology was formally founded in 1930 in the united states. the academy's dual purpose is to encourage and promote the study and educational applications of the art and science of human movement and physical activity and to honor by election to its membership persons who have directly or indirectly contributed significantly to the study of and/or application of the art and science of human movement and physical activity. membership in the national academy of kinesiology is by election and those elected are known as fellows. fellows are elected from around the world. election into the national academy of kinesiology is considered a pinnacle achievement and recognition with the discipline. for further information see: http://nationalacademyofkinesiology.org technology in kinesiology motion capture technology has application in measuring human movement, and thus kinesiology. historically, motion capture labs have recorded high fidelity data. while accurate and credible, these systems can come at high capital and operational costs. modern-day systems have increased accessibility to mocap technology.