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Remembering Lucinda A. Pfalzer: A Leader Within the Physical Therapy Community

Dec 31, 2025/Article

Lucinda Ann "Cindy" Pfalzer passed away on Dec. 6, 2025, at the age of 67. An APTA member for 35 years, Pfalzer demonstrated a lifelong passion for advocating on behalf of clinicians while advancing research and clinical innovation in physical therapy.

2023 Year in Review

Thank you for the opportunity to live APTA's mission and pursue our shared vision.

Study: Manual Therapy Works as Well, And Sometimes Better, Than Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Mar 6, 2017/News

Researchers found similar improvement in self-reported function and CTS symptom severity for both surgical and physical therapy patients after 1 year, but the physical therapy group reported more significant gains in the first month.

Top APTA Magazine Articles of 2024

Jan 17, 2025/Article

APTA Magazine brought members content that explores the issues the profession is talking about in 2024.

APTA in 2020, Part 4: Fighting the Medicare Payment Cut

While a pandemic raged, together we advocated for the profession.

Alice Bell, PT, DPT

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Alice Bell, PT, DPT, is a senior specialist, health policy and payment at APTA. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy. Before joining APTA in 2017, she was a practicing clinician for 35 years and involved in Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation demonstration

What's New In Telerehabilitation Research

Apr 19, 2024/Roundup

Five articles explore the feasibility of telerehabilitation and the factors that could lead to successful implementation.

Preferred Nomenclature for an Internationally Educated Physical Therapist

Jul 22, 2024/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Describes the association's position on the use of the terms internationally educated physical therapist and IEPT in its documents and publications.

CMS Seeking Comments on Self-Referral Prohibitions in Stark Law

Jun 26, 2018/News

In its ongoing efforts to decrease regulatory burdens, CMS has turned its attention to a law that, with the exception of physical therapy and a few other treatments and procedures, bars physicians from referring patients to services in which the physician has a financial interest.

Imaging Information from the APTA Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy

Oct 5, 2021/Article

Relevant resources from the academy include and education manual and special interest group.