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May 23, 2017/Test & Measure
Patients self rate the presence and severity of signs and symptoms such as blurred vision, dizziness, drowsiness, sleeping more than usual, easily distracted, fatigue, feeling “in a fog,” headache, and irritability.
Aug 23, 2017/Test & Measure
A 6 point Oxford scale (0=no contraction, 1=flicker, 2=weak, 3=moderate, 4=good (with lift), and 5=strong) used during internal examination to measure pelvic floor muscle strength in women. (4)
Nov 1, 2025/Column
APTA President Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD, recalls a memorable patient encounter in this issue’s column.
Aug 1, 2022/Column
A ride home from a high school dance launched a life-long romance — and physical therapy career.
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.
Aug 1, 2017/Column
It's made up, yet it's very real.
Feb 27, 2023/Perspective
For me, remembering the "why" of becoming a PT is the privilege we have of entering another's experience.
Mar 4, 2022/Roundup
For National Brain Injury Awareness Month, five APTA resources and a roundup of recent research.
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
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.
