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APTA's National Elections

APTA elections are held each year during the House of Delegates to fill open positions on the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.

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Act now to join APTA or renew your membership.

APTA Financial Solutions Center Faculty Toolkit

Jan 12, 2021/Resource

Start your students on a path toward better financial security and a more rewarding career in physical therapy with these financial solution tools, resources, and information.

Serving Patients With Limited English Proficiency

Individuals with LEP can include those with sensory impairments, who are Deaf or hard of hearing and communicate using ASL, have speech impairments, or who are blind or have visual impairments.

Academic Coordinator/Director of Clinical Education (ACCE/DCE) Performance Assessments

Feb 27, 2018/Article

These voluntary Academic Coordinator/Director of Clinical Education Performance Assessments are being made available as a resource for use by PT and PTA academic programs.

Understanding Risk: Fraud and Abuse Laws

Jul 30, 2020/Article

These five federal fraud and abuse laws are important for physical therapists to know.

Outstanding Physical Therapist Fellow Award

This award honors recent fellowship graduates in order to recognize the intrinsic value of post-professional training and thereby promote and provide for the development and accreditation of fellowship education programs in physical therapy.

Ethical Decision-Making in Physical Therapist Practice

Jan 1, 2022/Article

Access considerations, guidelines, tools and resources to help you with general clinical decision-making in physical therapist practice.

Definitions: Fraud, Abuse, and Waste

Aug 3, 2020/Article

Review and understand the key terms of health care fraud, abuse, and waste to prevent and mitigate risks in your practice.

Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy

Awards

This award acknowledges an individual who has made significant contributions to physical therapy through excellence in research.

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Reliability of the Attraction Method for Measuring Lumbar Spine Backward Bending

Feb 28, 1987/Research

The distraction method is one method used to measure forward bending of the spine.

Journals Relevant to Practice

Feb 28, 1987/Letters and Responses

<italic>To the Editor:</italic>

In a recent article (Physical

Reliability and Validity of Goniometric Measurements at the Knee

Jan 31, 1987/Research

The purposes of this study were to assess 1) the intertester reliability of goniometric

Static Measurement of Tibia Vara Reliability and Effect of Lower Extremity Position

Jan 31, 1987/Research

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability of tibia vara measurements

Effect of Pulsed Short Wave Diathermy on Skeletal Muscle Injury in Rabbits

Jan 31, 1987/Research

The purpose of this study was to determine whether short wave diathermy (SWD) would

Limited Joint Mobility in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus

Jan 31, 1987/Research

Limited joint mobility (LJM) has been identified as a manifestation of diabetes

High Intensity Electrical Stimulation Effect on Thigh Musculature During Immobilization for Knee Sprain A Case Report

Jan 31, 1987/Practice

We conducted high intensity electrical stimulation of the quadriceps femoris and

Thermoplastic Minerva Body Jacket—A Practical Alternative to Current Methods of Cervical Spine Stabilization A Clinical Report

Jan 31, 1987/Practice

The halo body jacket and plaster Minerva body jacket have been the preferred orthoses

Cost of Clinical Instructors' Time in Clinical Education—Physical Therapy Students

Jan 31, 1987/Education

The purpose of this study was to estimate the total clinical instructor time required

Relative Dynamic Muscular Endurance of Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders and of Healthy Matched Control Subjects

Dec 31, 1986/Research

This study was undertaken to determine whether the relative muscular endurance