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Oct 1, 2017/Feature
Every state has much to offer physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. It may be quality of life. Employment opportunities. Regulatory and business friendliness. Or any of dozens of other features. Where you decide to practice depends on which factors mean the most to you. Here is PT in
Nov 13, 2024/Clinical Summary
OA may be accompanied by pain, immobility, muscle weakness, and a decrease in function and activities of daily living.
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.
May 1, 2021/Column
A hospital PT finds meaning in a visit with a patient with COVID-19.
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
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.
Sep 23, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Physical therapists are practitioners of choice for the rehabilitation and management of persons with disorders of vestibular function.
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.
Feb 8, 2023/Roundup
End to health emergency, annual vaccine schedule, dropping infection rates, and more.
