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5 PTJ Articles That Show Movement Is the Right Choice

Oct 17, 2022/Roundup

For National Physical Therapy Month, good reminders of why "Choose to Move" isn't just a catchy slogan.

Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)

Oct 6, 2014/Test & Measure

Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in Adults

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.

New CMS Rule Includes Therapy Codes in Telehealth, Stops Short of Allowing PTs to Conduct Telehealth Services

Mar 31, 2020/News

CMS has announced "sweeping" temporary changes that give a nod to the potential for true telehealth by PTs even though regulatory barriers still prevent that from happening. Could it be a sign of more to come?

Defining Moment: Training Agents of Change

Dec 1, 2024/Column

A sports PT volunteers in Haiti and discovers a love for teaching the country's first generation of physical therapists.

My Condition Reminds me of the 'Why' of Physical Therapy

Feb 27, 2023/Perspective

For me, remembering the "why" of becoming a PT is the privilege we have of entering another's experience.

Physical Therapy and Brain Injury

Mar 4, 2022/Roundup

For National Brain Injury Awareness Month, five APTA resources and a roundup of recent research.

Study Finds Physical Therapy Could Contribute to Reversal of Prediabetes Risk

Nov 13, 2025/Review

In this review: Factors related to reversal of prediabetes in patients from a cardiovascular risk program during 2019- 2023 (BMC Research, open access). The Message In this study, patients with prediabetes — defined as elevated glycemia levels not meeting diagnostic criteria for diabetes — enrolled in

Pain Centralization

Nov 30, 2017/Test & Measure

This test is used to obtain information with regard to centralization or peripheralization of pain or other symptom behavior as a response to testing in specific directions or mechanical loading.

Achieving Cultural Competence

Jan 15, 2020/Open Access

Achieving cultural competence is a process, not an end point. Individuals and organizations should have an ongoing plan for improvement.