CPGs in Development

APTA

• PT Management of Total Knee Arthroplasty: Revision 2026 (Leads: Michael Bade, PT, DPT, PhD and Allyn Bove, PT, DPT, PhD)

APTA Acute Care

• Discharge planning / transitions of services (Lead: Erin Michelle Thomas, PT, DPT)

• Outcome Measures in Lower Extremity Amputation (Lead: Michael Verbsky, PT, MSPT, EMT-B)

APTA Academy of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Physical Therapy

• Exercise Testing in Physical Therapy (Lead: Lawrence P. Cahalin, PT, PhD, FAPTA)
• Guidelines for exercise training interventions in home settings for patients post cardiac events and surgeries (Leads: Shweta Gore, PT, DPT, PhD and Sherry Osborn Pinkstaff, PT)

• Physical Therapist Management of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (Leads: Kaelee Sara Brockway, PT, DPT, EdD, Shakeel Ahmed, PT, PhD and Crystal Gluch, PT, DPT)

• Rehabilitation Management of Heart Failure: Revision (Leads: Ashley Poole, PT, DPT and Michael James Shoemaker, PT, DPT, PhD)

APTA Federal

• Diagnosis of Medical and Surgical Conditions: Criteria for Referral in Primary Contact Musculoskeletal Practice (Lead: Joseph J. Godges, PT, DPT, MA)

APTA Geriatrics

• Pain management for people living with dementia (Lead: Annalisa Na, PT, DPT, PhD)
• Physical therapist management among older adults who are prefrail/ frail: interventions for physical frailty (Lead: June A. Kume, PT, MSPT, PhD)

APTA Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy

• Balance Rehabilitation and Falls Prevention in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis (Lead: Kelly Westlake, PT, PhD)
• Balance Rehabilitation and Falls Prevention in Adults with Parkinson Disease (Lead: Kelly Westlake, PT, PhD)
• Core Set of Outcome Measures for Adults with Neurologic Conditions Undergoing Rehabilitation: An Update (Lead: Kirsten A. Potter, PT, DPT, MS)
• Improve Locomotor Function in Acute and Subacute Stroke, Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury Survivors (Lead: Mark Goodman Bowden, PT, PhD)
• Improve Locomotor Function Following Chronic Stroke, Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury: Revision (Lead: Thomas George Hornby, PT, PhD, FAPTA)

APTA Oncology

• Treatment of Cancer-related Fatigue (Lead: Mary Insana Fisher, PT, MSPT, PhD)

APTA Orthopedics

• Ankle Stability and Movement Coordination Impairments: Lateral Ankle Ligament Sprains (Lead: Lindsay A. Carroll, PT, DPT, PhD)
• Shoulder Instability (Lead: Amee Seitz, PT, DPT, PhD)
• Temporomandibular Disorders (Lead: Janey Prodoehl, PT, PhD)

APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy

• Cerebral Palsy and Mobility CPG (Leads: Margaret Eileen O'Neil, PT, PhD and Maria A. Fragala-Pinkham, PT, DPT, MS)
• Interventions to Improve Functional Outcomes Following Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (Lead: Amy Schulz, PT)
• Management of Idiopathic Toe Walking in Children 2-21 years old (Lead: Sally Patterson Le Cras, PT, DPT)
• Physical therapy management of infants, children, and youth with Down syndrome (Lead: Kathryn Sue Martin, PT, DHS)

APTA Pelvic Health

• Assessment and Treatment of Perinatal Diastasis Recti Abdominis (Lead: Rita Elizabeth Deering, PT, DPT, PhD)
• Pelvic health physical therapy rehabilitation for patients with prostate cancer (Lead: Gina Kelly-Elliott, PT, DPT)
• Physical Therapy Care for Adult Women with Antepartum Lumbopelvic Pain (Leads: Deborah York Edwards, PT, DPT, DSc and Sinead Patricia Dufour, PT)
• Pregnancy and Exercise (Lead: Shefali Christopher, PT, DPT, ATC, PhD)
• Rehabilitation Interventions for Urgency Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Urgency and /or Urinary Frequency in Adult Women: Update (Lead: Mary Austin, PT, DPT)

APTA Academy of Research

• Revision Efforts for the Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment After Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury CPG (Lead: Catherine Celeste Quatman-Yates, PT, DPT, PhD)

List updated February 2026