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May 1, 2020/Website
CAPTE grants specialized accreditation status to qualified entry-level education programs for PTs and PTAs.
Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the rights of patients and providers in physical therapy in relation to communicable and/or infectious diseases and conditions.
Dec 15, 2017/News
Playing active computer games (ACGs) may increase older adults’ physical activity, but authors of a recent article published in PTJ say that current data provide "little confidence" that such activity improves physical health or cognition.
Oct 18, 2019/Podcast
In this PTJ podcast, The 50th McMillan Lecturer Dr. Thomas McPoil, shares personal insights behind and beyond the lecture; for instance how he envisions allowing specialization to begin before completion of professional education.
Mar 26, 2021/Podcast
Two PT students share their experiences in the times of COVID-19. We also talk about mental health and stress — all of which aren’t new to PT and PTA students but may be different or heightened due to the pandemic.
May 10, 2023/News
APTA member surveys show profession returning to pre-pandemic norms, with some lingering changes.
Mar 19, 2025/Position Paper
Using these arrangements, providers are able to ensure that their patient care does not lapse and that appointments are not missed at the same clinic.
Feb 1, 2021/Feature
APTA expands efforts to make the profession inclusive, welcoming, and accessible to all.
May 6, 2019/Podcast
A group of 24 people from the U.S. went to a rural town in Guatemala to renovate an old building and create a new physical therapy clinic—providing rehabilitation services to people who in most cases had never received that kind of health care before.
Dec 1, 2023/Feature
A new APTA report shows just how cost-effective physical therapy really is.