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The Payment Squeeze in Postacute Care

Feb 1, 2018/Article

Last year, CMS proposed significant changes in the home health and skilled nursing settings, seeking to improve the value of payment in postacute care. PTs and PTAs must understand what's behind these efforts, what they need to do, and what may lie ahead.

Taking the Road Less Traveled

May 1, 2018/Feature

These PTs have widened their possibilities by narrowing their patient and client base.

What to Expect When They're Expecting: PTs Who Treat Patients During & After Pregnancy

Dec 1, 2017/Feature

Many women's health PTs treat patients during and after pregnancy. Here are some of the services they offer-and why they say it's important to spread the word to other health care professionals.

The New Frontier

Dec 1, 2017/Feature

How is technology altering physical therapist practice? APTA's new FiRST Council provides some insight.

Preventing Reinjury in Surgical Patients

Dec 1, 2017/Column

Here's how PTs can best avoid potential problems and reduce litigation risks.

Viewpoints

Nov 1, 2017/Magazine

Ask Questions. Remember Wellness.

How Schools and Sites Manage Clinical Education In an Era of Change

Jun 1, 2018/Feature

Each PT school seems to have a unique clinical education program. Meanwhile, sites have their own needs and requirements. How do these variations affect the profession? How can these programs remain viable as health care evolves?

Protecting the Protectors

May 1, 2017/Feature

Tactical athletes-firefighters, law enforcement officers, and military personnel-make it their mission to keep Americans safe. Across the country, PTs are committed to returning the favor.

Keeping Pain Out of the Red Zone

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.

Employer Self-Insurance Offers Opportunities for PTs

Jun 1, 2017/Feature

As more employers opt for self-funded health plans, a growing number of physical therapists are finding ways to benefit.

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Effect of Graded Electrical Stimulation on Blood Flow to Healthy Muscle

May 31, 1986/Research

The purpose of this study was to determine whether 2,500-Hz sine-wave electrical

Relationship Between Independent Sitting Balance and Side of Hemiparesis

May 31, 1986/Research

We conducted a retrospective chart audit of initial physical therapy evaluations

Effects of Short-term Electrical Stimulation on the Ultrastructure of Rat Skeletal Muscles

May 31, 1986/Research

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of short-term, 2,500-Hz

Management of Metatarsalgia Secondary to Biomechanical Disorders A Case Report

May 31, 1986/Practice

Metatarsalgia is defined as pain in the anterior segment of the foot.1

Predictors of Academic Achievement in Physical Therapy

May 31, 1986/Education

We undertook this retrospective study to determine the best predictors of academic

A Moment for Biomechanics

May 31, 1986/Letters and Responses

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As an engineer and physiologist

Chi-Square Limitations and Alternatives

May 31, 1986/Letters and Responses

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Given the simplicity of chi

Plan for Your Professional Writing Career

Mar 31, 1986/Editor's Notes

You know already that writing professional scientific literature requires you to

Decreased Isometric Knee Flexion Torque with Hip Extension in Hemiparetic Patients

Mar 31, 1986/Research

I measured the 90-degree isometric knee flexion torque of 12 hemiparetic patients

Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Persons by Family Members A Special Communication

Mar 31, 1986/Practice

Abuse and neglect of elderly persons, particularly by adult family members, is