December 2012/January 2013

Features

• Stand By Your Brand

  Here's what "living" the Move Forward brand for physical therapy looks like in practice.

• The Joint Manipulation Debate

  APTA's current policy is that only PTs—not PTAs—should perform spinal and peripheral joint mobilization and manipulation. However, CAPTE recently said it is "not inappropriate" to train PTAs to perform grade I and II peripheral joint mobilization techniques. Where do PTs stand in this debate?

• PT in Motion 2012 Annual Index

  A List of articles published in PT in Motion in 2012 by author and subject.

Columns and Departments

• Compliance Matters: Quality Reporting in the Hospital Inpatient Setting

  Implications for physical therapists.

• Ethics in Practice: We're Being Used

  We're being used. And that's a good thing. Reflections on an anniversary.

• PTAs Today: Great Fit

  A Practice Owner Promotes Healthy Habits.

• This Is Why: Renewal at the SNF

  Youth served, a PT rejuvenated.

• Marketplace

  Industry News: Resistance Exercise Can Boost Cancer Survivors' Self-Esteem

• PT Resource

  - Health Care Headlines
  - Business Sense
  - Research Roundup
  - Practice Partner
  - The Funny Bone
  - Data Points