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APTA Financial Solutions Center Faculty Toolkit

Jan 12, 2021/Resource

Start your students on a path toward better financial security and a more rewarding career in physical therapy with these financial solution tools, resources, and information.

Serving Patients With Limited English Proficiency

Individuals with LEP can include those with sensory impairments, who are Deaf or hard of hearing and communicate using ASL, have speech impairments, or who are blind or have visual impairments.

Social Responsibility Finds a Home in the House

Feb 1, 2020/Feature

The APTA House of Delegates increasingly is taking stances on societal matters. But members of the policymaking body still are getting comfortable with when to do so.

Actors With Disabilities and the PTs Who Treat Them

Mar 1, 2020/Feature

More and more actors with disabilities are appearing in TV shows and movies. Physical therapists are playing a supporting role.

The Power of Predictive Analytics

Feb 1, 2020/Feature

How patient data can answer questions to help PTs provide better care, improve outcomes, and lower costs.

Institutionalizing Inventiveness

Mar 1, 2020/Feature

A growing number of schools that offer DPT and pre-physical therapy programs are exposing their students to strategies for inventing and innovating, from concept to production and marketing. And the programs' goals reach well beyond the invention itself.

Good to Be Home

Feb 1, 2020/Feature

Physical therapists working in home health discuss their evolving role in the continuum of patient care.

Professional Pulse

Dec 1, 2019/Magazine

Health Care Headlines; Research Roundup; Update on Opioids; Business Sense; Association Resources

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Straight-Leg-Raising Test Comparison of Three Instruments

Aug 31, 1983/Research

The purpose of this study was to compare three instruments in the assessment of

Effect of Electrical Stimulation to the Vastus Medialis Muscle in a Patient with Chronically Dislocating Patellae A Case Report

Aug 31, 1983/Practice

Lateral subluxation and dislocation of the patella have been attributed to a number

A Positional Biofeedback Device for Sitting Balance Suggestion from the Field

Aug 31, 1983/Practice

Impaired sitting balance is a frequent complication in the treatment of a patient

Incidence, Recovery, and Management of Serratus Anterior Muscle Palsy after Axillary Node Dissection

Jul 31, 1983/Research

The purposes of this study were to determine the occurrence of serratus anterior

Physical Fitness of Physical Therapy Students

Jul 31, 1983/Research

Physical fitness norms do not exist for physical therapists or physical therapy

Using Isokinetic Dynamometry to Test Ambulatory Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Jul 31, 1983/Research

This study was designed to 1) determine whether isokinetic dynamometry is appropriate

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in the Management of Nonoperative Intra-abdominal Pain A Case Report

Jul 31, 1983/Practice

Since its first application in the management of both acute and chronic pain, transcutaneous

Reversal of a Sudeck's Atrophy by the Adjunctive Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation A Case Report

Jul 31, 1983/Practice

The patient, a 43-year-old man, fell from a ladder on January 19, 1981, sustaining

Effect of a Thermoplastic Orthosis in the Rehabilitation of a Patient with a Scapular Fracture A Case Report

Jul 31, 1983/Practice

The incidence of scapular fractures appears low, based on a review of the literature.1–5

NDT-Certification Notes

Jul 31, 1983/Letters and Responses

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