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Oct 16, 2025/Resource
Primary care physical therapy highlights the role of physical therapists as integral members of a patient’s primary care team. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants should familiarize themselves with the specific roles, scope, and competencies that define primary care physical therapy.
Nov 4, 2024/Test & Measure
Various patient-reported and clinician-administered tools can screen individuals for auditory impairment.
PTs are qualified to serve in primary care roles, but there are policy barriers.
Nov 4, 2025/News
The win is a continuation of APTA’s efforts to promote the adoption of payer policies that are favorable to the profession and patients.
Jul 1, 2024/Column
Sara Gombatto, PT, MSPT, PhD, aims to improve outcomes for Hispanic and Latino patients.
Apr 22, 2022/News
SWORD Health has committed at least $100k annually to bolster the study of technology use in the profession, and to grow APTA’s PT Fund.
May 25, 2021/Review
Researchers put price tags on comorbidities associated with higher TJA costs and see risk adjustment as a way to counter 'cherry picking.'
May 24, 2015/Test & Measure
This is an objective test of a variety of gait and mobility functions such as running, hopping, stair navigation, backward walking in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Dec 1, 2024/Column
A sports PT volunteers in Haiti and discovers a love for teaching the country's first generation of physical therapists.
Jun 22, 2026/Open Access
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