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Combined Sections Meeting: Better Together and Bigger Than Ever

May 1, 2018/Feature

The Combined Sections Meeting brought more than 17,000 people to New Orleans-yet another record-breaking attendance for the annual conference of the association’s 18 specialty sections.

Position Paper: The Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act

Jul 16, 2021/Position Paper

APTA supports the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide evidence-based physical activity recommendations for the general public.

Active&Fit Direct Program Now Available to APTA Members

Apr 14, 2021/News

The program includes fitness center membership, access to exercise videos, and more, offered only through participating organizations.

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity

Feb 1, 2023/CPG

This guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics provides pediatricians and other pediatric health care providers with key action statements and consensus recommendations for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents (aged 2-18) with obesity.

APTA Fee Schedule Calculator Updated to Reflect Recent Changes

Mar 20, 2024/Article

Members can choose between two versions of the tool, depending on when services were provided.

9-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT or NHPT)

Jan 21, 2013/Test & Measure

For people with neurological conditions such as parkinson disease (early/mild, middle/moderate Hoehn and Yahr stages), stroke, brain injury.

4-Square Step Test (FSST) for Vestibular Disorders

May 19, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures balance; ability to change directions while stepping.

Foundation for Physical Therapy Research

Jan 1, 2018/Website

The Foundation is the only national nonprofit solely dedicated to funding physical therapy research and promising researchers.

Americans with Disabilities Act

To be protected by the ADA, one must have a disability or have a relationship or association with an individual with a disability.