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Feb 4, 2025/News
Our public policy priorities are aimed at increasing payment, decreasing administrative burden, and improving the value of patient care.
Feb 25, 2018/Article
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over 115 people die from opioid overdose every day in the United States. In 2016 alone, 11.5 million people misused prescription opioids. According to a Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation survey: 34% of respondents who had taken
Nov 1, 2025/Feature
The APTA Future of Rehab Therapy Summit highlighted emerging technologies and partnerships changing rehabilitation and patient care.
Jan 11, 2019/Review
Can functional decline from hospitalization be blunted—and even reversed—through the addition of exercise that goes beyond ambulation-only?
Dec 6, 2023/Review
Researchers found that brisk walking — 4 mph or more — was associated with a 39% drop in risk.
Feb 1, 2016/Column
Identifying and addressing a chronic need.
Jul 1, 2017/Feature
The mechanisms of pain are both physical and psychological. Here's what PTs and PTAs need to know in order to gauge treatment strategies.
Apr 11, 2024/Resource
Access core competencies expected of a physical therapist resident upon graduation from the program.
Mar 2, 2020/Perspective
As a first-year physical therapy student, I didn't know what to think when I first heard about the 2020 Combined Sections Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Sep 20, 2022/Article
As digital health technology continues to evolve and incorporate into clinical care, APTA has identified resources from the international community that can enhance your digital literacy.