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Dec 12, 2017/News
PTAs are on their way to officially joining the TRICARE payment program used throughout the Department of Defense health care system.
Jun 23, 2022/News
The association will participate in NATA’s 'Celebrating Title IX and Women in Health Care' event.
Jun 1, 2025/Column
Britton Farnum, PT, DPT, interviews Mary Jane Rapport, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, president of APTA Pediatrics.
Apr 9, 2021/Review
The study of nearly 9,000 patients also looked at the potential role of patient mobility at hospital admission.
Direct access to PT services is a reality across America, but not without challenges.
May 1, 2019/Feature
Half a century ago, the first physical therapist assistants (PTAs) entered the workforce. Their roles, numbers, and participation within APTA have grown steadily. (This article is updated from an earlier story published in a 2004 issue of APTA's PT: Magazine of Physical Therapy that celebrated the 35th
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Jul 15, 2025/Podcast
Editor-in-Chief Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, talks with Matthew Schumacher, PT, DPT, DSc, Kyle Cottone, PT, DPT, DSc, and Laura Siviter, PT, DPT, DSc, about their recently published study, which identified six themes related to barriers to clinical practice guideline implementation for low back
Jan 24, 2020/Roundup
January 24, 2020: Some of the issues that will get attention from state lawmakers in the coming weeks and months.
While a pandemic raged, together we advocated for the profession.