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Defining Moment: Throwing in With Physical Therapy

Oct 1, 2022/Column

While softball may have led a PT to her physical therapy career, physical therapy led her to a welcome softball side effect.

From PTJ: Use of Rhythm a Plus in Parkinson Disease-Related Motor Function

Jan 17, 2024/Review

A meta-analysis found areas in which rhythmically cued exercise seemed particularly effective — and a few less significant results.

Multi-Directional Reach Test, Multidirectional Reach Test, Multi Directional Reach Test (MDRT), Reach in Four Directions Test (RFDT)

Dec 16, 2021/Test & Measure

The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) measures balance and the limits of stability in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions by testing how far an individual can voluntarily reach forward, to the right, to the left, and lean backward, while standing with their feet flat on the ground,

Strength in Numbers: The Power and Potential of Clinical Data Registries

Nov 1, 2017/Feature

More than 110 qualified clinical data registries are helping improve health care outcomes while demonstrating the value of specific interventions. Here's a look at some of them, and the benefits that APTA's Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry can offer the profession.

Jekyll and Hyde

Apr 1, 2018/Column

A student's uneven performance reflects his practice preferences.

Untenable Intervention

May 1, 2018/Column

What is a PT to do when the solution is a problem?

PTs Are Primary Providers in Our Osteoarthritis Program. The Results Are Amazing

Jun 14, 2022/Perspective

Duke's Joint Health Program offers high-value, whole-person care for treatment of hip and knee OA. And PTs are serving as the primary providers.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, April 2018

Apr 18, 2018/News

"The Good Stuff," is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.

Workers' Comp Research Group Sees Advantages in Early Manual Therapy for LBP

Oct 5, 2021/Review

A study of 2 million claims found that, if indicated, early manual therapy is associated with lower costs and reduced days of disability.

From PT in Motion: Walking Away From the PT Designation

Dec 1, 2017/News

Want to focus on all the good you can do for people without the burden of having that "PT" designation after your name? How about just dropping the title and calling yourself something else? Simple answer: it doesn't work that way.