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APTA Media Corps

APTA's Media Corps members serve as a resource for journalists who are working on stories that involve physical therapy.

Box and Block Test (BBT)

Oct 6, 2014/Test & Measure

Assesses unilateral gross manual dexterity.

Stroke Rehab: Four Insights From PTJ

May 16, 2023/Roundup

From a study of upper-limb approaches to interviews with PTs on how they motivate patients, PTJ sheds light on an important area of care.

Analysis: Exercise, Psychological Treatment Outperforms Drug-Based Approaches for Cancer-Related Fatigue

Sep 20, 2017/Review

"Clinicians should prescribe exercise or psychological interventions as first-line treatments for CRF."

APTA, Women's Section Help Clear Up Misinformation in NPR 'Mummy Tummy' Report

Aug 21, 2017/News

If the idea of a single, daily, 10-minute exercise being the solution to diastasis recti, aka "mummy tummy," seems too good to be true, that's because it probably is.

Crafting Your Dream Job Starts With Knowing Your Crystal Balls

Jan 29, 2018/Perspective

Crystal balls are the truly important things in your life that you can't let fall.

The Integrated Clinical Experience

May 7, 2020/Perspective

My first integrated clinical experience was in a public school system. Now, I have the chance to explore a whole new setting: outpatient.

Chester Step Test (CST) 2020

Dec 31, 2020/Test & Measure

This summary contains information on the use of this test in adult patients or clients with all diagnoses and populations.

Motor Activity Log (MAL)

May 29, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures amount of use (AOU) and quality of movement (QOM) of the affected arm in a person with hemiplegia following a stroke.

Pain Centralization

Nov 30, 2017/Test & Measure

This test is used to obtain information with regard to centralization or peripheralization of pain or other symptom behavior as a response to testing in specific directions or mechanical loading.