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In Our Communities, PTs and PTAs Are Superheroes

Oct 6, 2020/Perspective

Valerie Rucker, PT, DPT, encourages physical therapists and physical therapist assistants to use their knowledge and tools to serve their communities.

APTA Practice Update: Long COVID Resources, Anxiety Screening Practice Advisory, and More

Feb 1, 2023/Podcast

APTA staff experts offer updates to support your practice.

Immunization Schedules and Resources

Sep 11, 2020/Article

The profession's attention to population health must include knowledge and promotion of immunization.

Long COVID Resources for the Physical Therapy Profession

APTA is committed to gathering information and resources about COVID-19 and Long COVID to help clinicians provide optimal care.

Symptoms and Conditions

We have resources to support your evidence-based practice and improve your clinical decision-making. What was in PTNow is now on apta.org.

APTA Physical Therapist Resources in Spanish

APTA offers physical therapy resources in Spanish. Access resources such as clinical practice guidelines, PTJ articles, Learning Center courses, and information for consumers.

JAMA Study: Opioids No Better Than Nonopioids in Improving Pain-Related Function, Intensity for Chronic Back Pain, Hip/Knee OA

Mar 7, 2018/Review

A JAMA has concludes that the drugs probably don't even do that much, at least not any more effectively than nonopioid medications.

Legal Topics of Interest

Aug 1, 2019/Article

PTs and PTAs practice in an environment that requires compliance with health care laws, rules, and regulations.

EQ-5D©™ (Health-Related Quality of Life Measure)

Dec 30, 2022/Test & Measure

The EuroQol 5 Dimension 5 Level (EQ-5D-5L) is a self-report survey that measures quality of life across 5 domains: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Each dimension is scored on a 5-level severity ranking that ranges from "no problems" through "extreme

General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)

Aug 4, 2021/Test & Measure

This summary reviews a questionnaire to measure self-efficacy and contains information on use of it to screen patients or clients in a general clinical setting and reviews the use of this questionnaire with adolescents and adults in a general clinical setting without regard to a specific diagnosis or