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Failure to Report

Jun 1, 2019/Column

Sometimes you need to walk away. But that's not all.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Feb 6, 2024/Clinical Summary

PTs play a vital role as part of a multidisciplinary team to care for persons with ALS across the spectrum of the condition.

Defining Moment: Back to Living

Aug 1, 2022/Column

A ride home from a high school dance launched a life-long romance — and physical therapy career.

There's a Word for What We Do

Aug 1, 2017/Column

It's made up, yet it's very real.

Knee Osteoarthritis

Nov 13, 2024/Clinical Summary

OA may be accompanied by pain, immobility, muscle weakness, and a decrease in function and activities of daily living.

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Jun 25, 2017/Clinical Summary

CP is a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.

A Brief but Meaningful Encounter

May 1, 2021/Column

A hospital PT finds meaning in a visit with a patient with COVID-19.

55th Mary McMillan Lecture

Feb 14, 2024/Video

Acknowledging current actions of APTA and proposed opportunities for more fully engaging with the global rehabilitation community.

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (ed 3) (Bayley-III)

Jan 17, 2013/Test & Measure

Motor scale includes both a fine motor and a gross motor subtest and can be administered separately to obtain a "motor composite."

Pivot Shift Test -- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears

Jan 28, 2014/Test & Measure

Measures amount of anterior tibial translation with respect to the femur; used to detect ACL tears.