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Sep 1, 2025/Column
One PT’s longtime passion for helping older adults and preventive health combined into a promising career in falls prevention.
Sep 2, 2025/News
In July, APTA and other provider groups secured a 2.5% funding increase from Congress to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2026. While this was a positive development, it is a short-term fix. For the Medicare payment system to stabilize and compensate providers fairly, major and urgent reforms
Sep 11, 2021/Video
Drugs contribute to falls, mortality, and obesity. That is why as a clinician it is important to help patients model healthy behaviors.
Aug 31, 2018/Review
Consult by a PT in the ED reduced the odds of a fall-related revisit within 30 days by 35% and within 60 days by 32%.
Jan 10, 2014/Clinical Summary
PTs provide a wide range of rehabilitation services and play a key role in educating and training patients, caregivers, and families in strategies to improve quality of life and prevent medical complications.
Jan 21, 2015/Test & Measure
Measures impact of MS on the individual's walking ability (self-report).
PTPAC is a mechanism through which the physical therapy profession channels financial and grassroots support to congressional candidates who are responsive to the profession's goals and viewpoints.
Oct 19, 2014/Test & Measure
Test of dynamic balance that clinically assesses the person's ability to step over objects forward, sideways, and backwards.
Nov 1, 2021/Test & Measure
The 2-Minute Step Test (2MST) is used to assess aerobic endurance and functional fitness originally
Dec 9, 2021/Clinical Summary