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Modified Hoehn and Yahr Staging Scale (H&Y)

Sep 11, 2023/Test & Measure

Used to stage Parkinson disease by level of severity related to impairments, especially postural instability, and activity limitations.

Segmental mobility and pain provocation

Aug 30, 2017/Test & Measure

Measures the posterior-to-anterior mobility of the spinal segment with/without pain provocation.

Risk Assessment Prediction Tool (RAPT)

May 23, 2017/Test & Measure

Risk Assessment Prediction Tool (RAPT)

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.

Moving Toward Quality Payment

Nov 1, 2018/Feature

CMS has proposed changes to the 2019 physician fee schedule that would require eligible PTs to participate in Medicare's Quality Payment Program next year. To prepare, PTs must understand what's behind these efforts, what they need to do, and what may lie ahead.

APTA Pelvic Health: Physical Therapy Management of Functional Constipation in Adults: A 2021 Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline

Jul 1, 2022/CPG

This CPG describes the evidence for physical therapist interventions used in the conservative management of adults with functional constipation, a nonpathological bowel condition resulting in difficulty with defecation.

COVID-19 Rapid Guideline: Managing the Long-term Effects of COVID-19 [NG188]

Nov 11, 2021/CPG

This "living" guideline covers identifying, assessing, and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, frequently described as "long COVID." It makes recommendations about care in all health care settings for adults, children, and young people who have new or ongoing symptoms lasting four weeks or more

WHO Guidelines on Meningitis Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care

Apr 10, 2025/CPG

This guideline from the World Health Organization provides evidence-based recommendations for the clinical management of children and adults with community-acquired meningitis, including acute and long-term care.