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Study: Clinic Ball Pits Carry Bacterial Risks

Dec 3, 2018/Review

Children's ball pits often found in fast food restaurants are the stuff of a germaphobe's nightmares. Now it turns out that if not properly maintained, ball pits in physical therapy clinics are capable of inducing shudders too.

Fall and Balance

Feb 1, 2020/Column

When patient confidentiality and broader need are in conflict.

Mary McMillan Scholarship Award

Awards

This award acknowledges and honors outstanding physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students who are nearing the completion of their respective programs of study.

Reach Our Members by Direct Mail

Direct mail continues to be one of the most effective and economical ways to reach prospects with your catalogs, flyers, samples, surveys, or personalized letters. APTA has the largest, most accurate, and most current mailing list of physical therapy professionals available. 

The Injury That Changed My Trajectory

May 3, 2018/Perspective

At the physical therapy clinic people, despite the various injuries and conditions, could very much relate to my physical and emotional pain.

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Pain Interference, PROMIS Pain Interference, PROMIS-PI

May 16, 2019/Test & Measure

Measures the extent to which pain hinders an individual's engagement with physical, mental, cognitive, emotional, recreational, and social activities.

APTA Resource Makes it Easy to Deliver Personalized Comments On Proposed Home Health Rule

Aug 22, 2017/News

If a rule from CMS is adopted as proposed, PTs and PTAs who work in home health could find themselves in a very different payment environment as early as 2019. APTA offers a template letter for PTs and PTAs who want to comment on the proposed 2018 HH PPS.

Jeanne Fischer, Pediatric Physical Therapy Pioneer and Distinguished Mentor, Dies at 94

Oct 3, 2018/News

One of the first school therapists in Washington State and a lifelong advocate for persons with disabilities.

Payment Cuts and PTA Differential: Act (and Learn)

Aug 27, 2021/Roundup

Join us on social media for a #FightTheCut rally Sept. 1. In the meantime, here are six ways to better understand what we're fighting.

APTA Academy of Hand and Upper Extremity Physical Therapy and Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy: Hand Pain and Sensory Deficits: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CPG+)

May 1, 2019/CPG

This guideline rpovides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for management of patients with hand pain, and sensory deficits: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome