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Clinical Practice Guidelines

The American Physical Therapy Association supports evidence-based practice to reduce unwarranted variation in care and improve the value of physical therapist services.

APTA provides its members with relevant clinical practice guidelines, which are based on a systematic review of the evidence. APTA, APTA academies and sections, and other health care associations, organizations, and societies publish the CPGs. APTA does not endorse any of these guidelines unless specifically noted.

The guidelines assist in clinical decision-making, not to take the place of clinician judgment. A team of experts conducts a CPG+ analysis on some of the CPGs — a translation aid for applying the guidelines to practice, including Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II.

APTA supports the development of CPGs.

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Shoulder Injury Medical Treatment Guidelines

February 1, 2015 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Young Adult (19-24)
Condition & Symptoms: Occupational Injuries, Shoulder Conditions

Spanish Society of Rheumatology: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis

January 1, 2015 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44), 80 and over (80+), Aged (65+), Adolescent (13-18), Middle Aged (45-64)
Condition & Symptoms: Ankylosing Spondylitis, Osteoarthritis

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Hypertension Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline

January 1, 2015 | CPG

Patient Age: 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), Adult (25-44)
Condition & Symptoms: Hypertension, Obesity

IWGDF Guidance on Use of Interventions to Enhance the Healing of Chronic Ulcers of the Foot in Diabetes

January 1, 2015 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64), Adolescent (13-18)
Condition & Symptoms: Diabetes Complications, Foot Conditions, Ulcer

Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: A Dutch Practice Guideline

January 1, 2015 | CPG

Patient Age: 80 and over (80+), Aged (65+)
Condition & Symptoms: Heart Failure

American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: The Diagnosis of Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness in Adults

December 15, 2014 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+)
Condition & Symptoms: Critical Illness, Frailty

European Physiotherapy Guidelines for Parkinson's Disease

December 1, 2014 | CPG

Patient Age: Condition & Symptoms: Parkinson Disease

Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) Venous and Pressure Ulcer Guidelines

November 1, 2014 | CPG

Patient Age: Aged (65+), Middle Aged (45-64), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Ulcer

American Academy of Neurology and American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine: Evidence-Based Guideline Summary Diagnosis and Treatment of Limb-Girdle and Distal Dystrophies

October 14, 2014 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Adolescent (13-18), Adult (25-44)
Condition & Symptoms: Muscular Dystrophy

Prevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism: A National Clinical Guideline [SIGN 122]

October 1, 2014 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44)
Condition & Symptoms: Deep Vein Thrombosis

Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians

September 16, 2014 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Aged (65+), Middle Aged (45-64), Adolescent (13-18), 80 and over (80+), Adult (25-44)
Condition & Symptoms: Incontinence

Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment Following Spinal Cord Injury, 2nd Edition

September 7, 2014 | CPG

Patient Age: Aged (65+), Adult (25-44), Young Adult (19-24), 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64)
Condition & Symptoms: Spinal Conditions, Ulcer