Skip to main content

Search

  • Sort by:

Showing results for "" sorted by relevance

Robotics and Sensors

Sensing technologies and robotic interfaces have tremendous potential for physical therapy.

Safe Patient Handling and Movement

Research has found that PTs and PTAs have a high rate of injury when doing manual lifts, making it important to have a thorough understanding of how to avoid risk factors for injury.

Virtual Reality

Virtual reality is an emerging area of physical therapy.

Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility in Physical Therapy

Cultural competence isn't a destination; it's a journey that never stops.

Nutrition and Physical Therapy

Diet and nutrition are key components of many conditions managed by physical therapists.

Education and Workforce Legislation Advocacy

More needs to be done to care for the physical therapy workforce.

Fair Physical Therapy Copays Advocacy

Physical therapy saves money and achieves results that help patients get and stay healthy. But too often, insurance requires copays that effectively reduce access. This must change.

Health Information Technology Advocacy

PTs and PTAs need to be part of the evolution in health information technology.

Medicaid Advocacy

Medicaid should put patients first.

Safe Pain Management Advocacy

The ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S. reflects the unintended consequences of an effort to control pain by masking it. We're paying a terrible price.

View more APTA.org results
Response of the Patient in the Case Report

Oct 23, 2016/research-article

News from the Foundation for Physical Therapy

Oct 23, 2016/research-article

Changes in Body Weight After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Short-term and Long-term Effects

Apr 30, 2012/Research Reports

Background

Elevated body weight is associated with hip osteoarthritis

Direct Access: Factors That Affect Physical Therapist Practice in the State of Ohio

Apr 30, 2012/Research Reports

Background

Direct access to physical therapist services is permitted

Hippotherapy—An Intervention to Habilitate Balance Deficits in Children With Movement Disorders: A Clinical Trial

Apr 30, 2012/Research Reports

Background

Clinical observations have suggested that hippotherapy

Construct Validity of Clinical Tests for Alar Ligament Integrity: An Evaluation Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Apr 30, 2012/Research Reports

Background

The alar ligaments are integral to limiting occipito-atlanto-axial

Responsiveness and Validity of the Six-Minute Walk Test in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury

Apr 30, 2012/Research Reports

Background

A simple test of aerobic fitness for patients with