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In Esports, Gaming and Gamers Join the Big Leagues

Oct 1, 2020/Feature

PTs are making their mark in what has become a billion-dollar industry.

How Do You Know When You Are Providing High-Quality Care?

Oct 1, 2020/Feature

Eliminate these biases and fallacies to improve your quality of care.

Member Input Shapes the Conversation During APTA's Annual All-Member Meeting

Apr 1, 2026/Feature

The meeting featured answers to member questions, advocacy updates, and insights on how APTA’s Strategic Framework supports the profession.

Success Story | Symbols of Service: The Creation of a Physical Therapy Stole Ceremony

Apr 1, 2026/Article

Being problem-solvers is part of the job description for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. In each edition of Success Story, APTA members share their insights into an issue they faced at work and the creative solution they used to address it. This installment features AbbyMarie Leibrand,

Research Spotlight | The Evolution of Tendon Care: Karin Silbernagel on Her Research and Clinical Impact

Apr 1, 2026/Article

Karin Silbernagel, PT, PhD, FAPTA, discusses how her evidence program has illuminated how tendons heal, adapt, and respond to load — reshaping clinical frameworks.

President's Note | What It Means to Be Your Professional Home

Jun 1, 2026/Column

In this issue of APTA Magazine, we focus on the second pillar of APTA's Strategic Framework for 2030: Empowering Our Members. The goal of this pillar? To provide a professional home for all PTs and PTAs. This is not an abstract goal. It's a daily practice — one that shows up in how we listen, how we

APTA President's Message | Advancing Our Payment, Together

Apr 1, 2026/Column

Every profession has a defining challenge — the one issue that shapes its future more than any other. For us, that challenge is payment.

Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

CJR is a payment model being tested for episodes of care related to total knee and total hip replacements (MS-DRG 469 and 470) under Medicare. One track of the CJR model qualifies as an Advanced APM under QPP.

Beyond Borders: US Physical Therapists Working Overseas

Jul 1, 2025/Feature

How U.S.-trained PTs are helping to transform global health and the role of physical therapy therein.

Dealing With Debt

Apr 1, 2025/Feature

How students and early-career PTs and PTAs can manage student loans.

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Author Response

Mar 31, 2007/Letters

Disability and Our Identity

Apr 30, 1994/Editor's Notes

Disability Following Hip Fracture

Apr 30, 1994/Special Issue: Physical Disability

Risks for hip fractures are greater for women than for men and increase with age.

Arthritis and the Process of Disablement

Apr 30, 1994/Special Issue: Physical Disability

Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis are two medical conditions that broadly

Disability in Poliomyelitis Sequelae

Apr 30, 1994/Special Issue: Physical Disability

Patients who have been affected by poliomyelitis may develop new symptoms such

Looking for Physical Therapy Outcomes

Apr 30, 1994/Special Issue: Physical Disability

Assessing the outcomes of physical therapy will be difficult in many instances,

Impairments and Disabilities—The Difference: Proposal for Adjustment of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps

Apr 30, 1994/Special Issue: Physical Disability

In this article, a proposal for adjustment of the Classification of Impairments

Measuring Physical Disablement: The Contextual Challenge

Apr 30, 1994/Special Issue: Physical Disability

Context is a fundamental consideration in physical therapy assessment and in the

Are Measures of Function and Disability Important in Low Back Care?

Apr 30, 1994/Special Issue: Physical Disability

Currently, disablement due to low back syndrome (LBS) inflicts an extremely high