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APTA supports the development of CPGs to reduce unwarranted variation in care and improve the value of care.

Our national association assists section and academy development of clinical practice guidelines through a program that provides support and funding, including education and resources.

We also provide our members easy access to clinical practice guidelines relevant to our profession.

CPGs in Development

CPGs in the Planning Phase

  • Concussion CPG KT taskforce project. *

    ( Development Section(s): Neurology. Contact: Annie Fangman, PT )

  • Core outcome measures for acute care physical therapy

    ( Development Section(s): Acute Care. )

  • Discharge planning / transitions of services *

    ( Development Section(s): Acute Care. Contact: Erin Michelle Thomas, PT, DPT )

  • Focal Hand Dystonia

    ( Development Section(s): Hand and Upper Extremity. Contact: Mia Lane Erickson, PT, EdD )

  • Heart Failure in the Home; Reducing Rehospitalization

    ( Development Section(s): Home Health. Contact: Paula DeLorm, PT, DPT )

  • Patient mobility for hospitalized patients

    ( Development Section(s): Acute Care. )

  • Rehabilitation for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

    ( Development Section(s): Oncology. Contact: Laura Sisola Gilchrist, PT, PhD )

  • Revision Efforts for the Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment After Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury CPG *

    ( Development Section(s): Neurology, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Research, Sports. Contact: Catherine Celeste Quatman-Yates, PT, DPT, PhD )

  • Shoulder Instability Clinical Practice Guideline *

    ( Development Section(s): Orthopaedics, Sports. Contact: Timothy Lee Uhl, PT, BSPT, ATC, PhD )

  • Thigh Muscle Injuries

    ( Development Section(s): Orthopaedics. Contact: Lori Bolgla, PT, ATC, PhD )

CPGs in the Appraising Literature Phase

  • Cerebral Palsy and Mobility CPG *

    ( Development Section(s): Pediatrics. Contact: Margaret Eileen O'Neil, PT, PhD )

  • Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Cancer-related Fatigue *

    ( Development Section(s): Oncology. Contact: Mary Insana Fisher, PT, MSPT, PhD )

  • CPG for Obstructive Lung Pathologies *

    ( Development Section(s): Cardiovascular and Pulmonary. Contact: Kaelee Sara Brockway, PT, DPT, EdD )

  • Differential Diagnosis of Medical Conditions That Resemble Common Musculoskeletal Conditions *

    ( Development Section(s): Federal, Orthopaedics. Contact: Amanda Michelle Ferland, PT, DPT )

  • Differential Diagnosis of Medical Conditions That Resemble Common Musculoskeletal Conditions *

    ( Development Section(s): Federal, Orthopaedics. Contact: Rebecca Junelle Vogsland, PT, DPT )

  • Exercise Testing in Physical Therapy *

    ( Development Section(s): Cardiovascular and Pulmonary. Contact: Lawrence P. Cahalin, PT, PhD, FAPTA )

  • Guidelines for exercise training interventions in home settings for patients post cardiac events and surgeries *

    ( Development Section(s): Cardiovascular and Pulmonary. Contact: Sherry Osborn Pinkstaff, PT )

  • Guidelines for exercise training interventions in home settings for patients post cardiac events and surgeries *

    ( Development Section(s): Cardiovascular and Pulmonary. Contact: Shweta Gore, PT, DPT, PhD )

  • Lung Cancer Rehabilitation to Maximize Functional Outcomes

    ( Development Section(s): Oncology, Orthopaedics. Contact: Mary Insana Fisher, PT, MSPT, PhD )

  • Outcome Measures in Lower Extremity Amputation *

    ( Development Section(s): Acute Care. Contact: Michael Verbsky, PT, MSPT, EMT-B )

  • Pain management for people living with dementia: An evidence-based clinical practice guideline *

    ( Development Section(s): Geriatrics. Contact: Annalisa Na, PT, DPT, PhD )

  • Physical therapist management among older adults who are prefrail/ frail: a clinical practice guideline of interventions for physical frailty *

    ( Development Section(s): Geriatrics. Contact: June A. Kume, PT, MSPT, PhD )

  • Physical therapy management of infants, children, and youth with Down syndrome: An evidence-based clinical practice guideline *

    ( Development Section(s): Pediatrics. Contact: Kathryn Sue Martin, PT, DHS )

  • PT Management of TKA CPG Revision *

    ( Development Section(s): American Physical Therapy Association. )

  • REV Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines: Rehabilitation Interventions for Urgency Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Urgency and /or Urinary Frequency in Adult Women *

    ( Development Section(s): Pelvic Health. Contact: Mary Austin, PT, DPT )

  • Revision Clinical Practice Guideline for the Rehabilitation Management of Heart Failure *

    ( Development Section(s): Cardiovascular and Pulmonary. Contact: Ashley Poole, PT, DPT )

  • Revision Clinical Practice Guideline for the Rehabilitation Management of Heart Failure *

    ( Development Section(s): Cardiovascular and Pulmonary. Contact: Michael James Shoemaker, PT, DPT, PhD )

  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorder *

    ( Development Section(s): Orthopaedics. Contact: Janey Prodoehl, PT, PhD )

CPGs in the Drafting Phase

  • A CPG to Improve Locomotor Function in Acute and Subacute Stroke, Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury Survivors *

    ( Development Section(s): Neurology. Contact: Mark Goodman Bowden, PT, PhD )

  • Balance Rehabilitation and Falls Prevention in Adults with Neurologic Conditions *

    ( Development Section(s): Neurology. Contact: Kelly Westlake, PT, PhD )

  • CPG for PT Management of Critically Ill Patients in the ICU *

    ( Development Section(s): Acute Care, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary. Contact: Amy Joyce Nordon-Craft, PT, DSc )

  • Intervention to Improve Implementation of the APTA Breast Cancer- Related Lymphedema Diagnosis and Intervention Clinical Practice Guidelines *

    ( Development Section(s): Oncology. Contact: Meredith Alison Wampler, PT, BSPT, DPTSc )

  • Interventions to Improve Functional Outcomes Following Selective Dorsal Rhizoto *

    ( Development Section(s): Pediatrics. Contact: Amy Schulz, PT )

  • Management of Idiopathic Toe Walking in Children 2-21 years old *

    ( Development Section(s): Pediatrics. Contact: Sally Patterson Le Cras, PT, DPT )

CPGs in the External Review Phase

  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Clinical Practice Guideline *

    ( Development Section(s): Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management. Contact: Elizabeth Ann Altenburger, PT )

  • Rehabilitation Management of Distal Radius Fracture *

    ( Development Section(s): Hand and Upper Extremity, Orthopaedics. Contact: Saurabh Mehta, PT, PhD )

  • Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Diagnosis, Nonsurgical Medical Care and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Practice Guideline *

    ( Development Section(s): Orthopaedics. Contact: Lori Michener, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA )