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Aug 14, 2017/Test & Measure
This is a self-reported pain scale that was created to assess the intensity of children’s pain.
Jan 30, 2025/CPG
This guideline, supported by the American Physical Therapy Association, Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Quebec Rehabilitation Network, and Quebec Pain Research Network, provides 25 evidence-based recommendations and 15 consensus recommendations.
Jun 1, 2019/Column
Sometimes you need to walk away. But that's not all.
Apr 13, 2021/Review
CMS says the PDPM is 5% more costly than the previous payment system, and warns SNFs to not let finances "override" clinical judgment.
Jan 29, 2021/Perspective
PTs are facing Medicare payment cuts. But what does that really mean?
Apr 2, 2020/Perspective
One day my schedule was full and our clinic was bustling, and the next the cancellations came sweeping in.
Nov 22, 2019/News
The physical therapy profession can breathe a little easier after convincing the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to back off from some of its more troubling proposals around work done by physical therapist assistants (PTAs) in the final 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).
Apr 1, 2023/Article
For one PT, a lack of meaningful literature led to an illustrious career in clinical physical therapy research.
Jan 22, 2013/Test & Measure
Measures the impact of respiratory disease on participation.
May 21, 2013/Test & Measure
Assesses walking speed in meters per second (m/s) over a short duration.