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APTA's National Elections

APTA elections are held each year during the House of Delegates to fill open positions on the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.

Clinical Summaries

Article

Clinical summaries synthesize evidence on managing specific conditions.

Outstanding Physical Therapist Fellow Award

This award honors recent fellowship graduates in order to recognize the intrinsic value of post-professional training and thereby promote and provide for the development and accreditation of fellowship education programs in physical therapy.

Ethical Decision-Making in Physical Therapist Practice

Jan 1, 2022/Article

Access considerations, guidelines, tools and resources to help you with general clinical decision-making in physical therapist practice.

Definitions: Fraud, Abuse, and Waste

Aug 3, 2020/Article

Review and understand the key terms of health care fraud, abuse, and waste to prevent and mitigate risks in your practice.

Signe Brunnstrom Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching

Awards

This award acknowledges an individual who has made significant contributions to physical therapy clinical education through excellence in clinical teaching, has served as a role model in clinical teaching, and has demonstrated expertise in at least one area of practice to which the clinical teaching

Marilyn Moffat Leadership Award

Awards

This award acknowledges and honors a physical therapist who has made sustained and outstanding leadership contributions at the component, national, international, or community levels that have had an impact upon the advancement of the physical therapy profession.

Outstanding Physical Therapist/Physical Therapist Assistant Team Award

Awards

This award recognizes outstanding clinical practice interaction between physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who are a part of a highly functional PT-PTA Team.

Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy

Awards

This award acknowledges an individual who has made significant contributions to physical therapy through excellence in research.

Public Service Award

Awards

This award recognizes public servants who have enhanced the profession of physical therapy.

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Physical Therapy and Hospice Concept and Practice

Apr 30, 1984/Practice

Hospice, a concept for dying patients and their families, combines human intervention

Preparation of Physical Therapists for Employment in Public Schools A New Approach

Apr 30, 1984/Education

Physical therapists are providing services increasingly to children in public school

Effect of Forearm Abduction on the Ulnar Collateral Ligament

Apr 30, 1983/Research

Seven fresh cadaveric elbows from one woman and three men were studied to determine

Motor Control How Posture and Movements are Governed

Apr 30, 1983/Practice

This article is a review of the nature of motor control: the abilities and limitations

Academic Tenure: What Does It Mean?

Apr 30, 1983/Education

Tenure is an integral aspect of academia. Because tenured faculty give esteem to

Commentary

Mar 31, 1983/Research

As the authors suggest, knowledge of functional differences between CVA patients

Authors' Response

Mar 31, 1983/Research

We thank Ms. Kirkman for her time and consideration in reviewing our manuscript

Strength Changes in the Normal Quadriceps Femoris Muscle as a Result of Electrical Stimulation

Mar 31, 1983/Research

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an electronic muscle

Electromyographic Study of Muscular Overflow During Precision Handgrip

Mar 31, 1983/Research

This study was designed to describe the “overflow” of muscular activity to muscles

Current Principles in the Nonoperative Management of Structural Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Mar 31, 1983/Practice

Physical therapists routinely identify and manage adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.