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Dec 13, 2022/News
APTA's political action committee is celebrating 50 years of working for the profession, and you're invited.
Sep 9, 2025/News
Congress must act by Sept. 30 to extend current telehealth access for PTs, PTAs, and other therapy providers.
May 18, 2024/CPG
This clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons provides recommendations, based on current best evidence, for the diagnosis and medical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Jan 3, 2019/News
APTA's Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry (Registry) has been approved again by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a qualified clinical data registry (QCDR). The designation for 2019 means that physical therapists (PTs) who participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System
Apr 14, 2020/News
Home health guidance, relief funds for providers and students, CDC recommendations on essential workers who may have been exposed, and more.
May 21, 2013/Test & Measure
Assesses walking speed in meters per second (m/s) over a short duration.
Jun 28, 2013/Test & Measure
Measures aerobic fitness; functional mobility.
Jun 26, 2016/Test & Measure
The BESS test was developed as an outcome measure of postural stability. It is often used in the population of athletes with concussion or mild traumatic brain injury.
Dec 1, 2017/News
Patients with OA may be underusing nonsurgical therapies such as physical therapy, say authors of a recent study published in Arthritis Care & Research. The use of physical therapy, a guideline-recommended first-line treatment, is “a key area for improvement,” researchers write.
Apr 9, 2018/News
Two PTs are among the volunteers who have been honored for their efforts to strengthen the health care workforce in some of the world's most in-need places.