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APTA's Advocacy Road Map: Empowerment for the Profession, Results for Patients

Feb 8, 2023/News

The association's public policy priorities are aimed at unleashing physical therapy's potential to take on pressing health care challenges.

For Minority Health Month: PTJ Insights

Apr 8, 2024/Roundup

Four articles — two from an upcoming PTJ special issue on health disparities — explore minority health issues through a range of lenses.

APTA Digital Health App Library Saves Members Time; Empowers Patient Care

Feb 1, 2026/Column

APTA’s new digital health app helps members find high-quality, evidence-based digital health tools.

Bow and Lean Test

Jan 15, 2013/Test & Measure

Used to identify the involved side of the horizontal semicircular canal (SCC) in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Advancing Inclusion in the Classroom — and Beyond

Aug 18, 2021/Perspective

Faculty can be more intentional in making small but necessary changes in academic physical therapy to overcome at least some of the bias they possess.

APTA, AOTA Postacute Care Study: Therapy Makes A Definitive Difference for Patients

Apr 6, 2021/News

The study of 1.4 million Medicare patients finds differing patient needs, but a consistent result: more therapy = better outcomes.

Study: Manual Therapy Works as Well, And Sometimes Better, Than Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Mar 6, 2017/News

Researchers found similar improvement in self-reported function and CTS symptom severity for both surgical and physical therapy patients after 1 year, but the physical therapy group reported more significant gains in the first month.

Minding Your Business: Top Business Leadership Skills in Physical Therapy

Aug 21, 2019/Perspective

To transform society, I needed to know more about business. 

PTs in Pain: Study Finds Relationships Between PTs Who Experience MSK Pain and Hours Worked, Patient Volume, and Years of Experience

Sep 23, 2019/Review

A survey of PTs in Spain revealed that about half had experienced moderate-to-high levels of LBP in the last 30 days.

Student Loan Debt: APTA Member Sandra Norby Testifies Before House Committee

Jun 18, 2019/Article

There is no easy fix or silver bullet to the complex problem of student debt.