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Lois Douthitt

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Lois Douthitt is senior director of member communications at APTA, where she contributes to the strategic development and implementation of the association’s overall communications and publications. Before joining APTA in 2000, she was director of publications at the American Gas Association. She is

Now More Than Ever, Self-Care Is Crucial

Jul 1, 2022/Feature

PTs and PTAs often tell patients to practice self-care. Now it's time for them to take their own advice.

Beyond Clinical Practice: The Less-Traveled Path

Aug 1, 2022/Feature

For some physical therapists, the best way to influence clinical practice might be to leave it.

Defining Moment: Lending a Helping Hand

Nov 7, 2023/Podcast

How an indoor climbing event confirmed one PT's career.

A Deathly Silence

Oct 1, 2016/Column

Should a physical therapist tell a patient that she is terminally ill?

Reckoning With Reentry

Apr 1, 2020/Feature

Stepping out from full-time practice looks different from how it once did. The options during and after a hiatus vary for PTs and PTAs.

Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT)

Oct 1, 2014/Test & Measure

This is a popular, moderately predictive, reliable and brief method of screening fall risk in subacute and residential aged care.

Multi-Directional Reach Test, Multidirectional Reach Test, Multi Directional Reach Test (MDRT), Reach in Four Directions Test (RFDT)

Dec 16, 2021/Test & Measure

The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) measures balance and the limits of stability in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions by testing how far an individual can voluntarily reach forward, to the right, to the left, and lean backward, while standing with their feet flat on the ground,

Student Focus: APTA Federal

Nov 1, 2024/Column

Matt Glassoff, PT, DPT, interviews Renee Schroeder, PT, DPT, secretary of APTA Federal.

Student Focus | A Career in Pelvic Health

May 1, 2025/Column

Learn more about pelvic health physical therapy, with Conner Murphy, SPT, interviewing Darla Cathcart, PT, DPT, PhD, president of APTA Pelvic Health.