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Apr 9, 2024/Review
Researchers analyzing the Avoidance of Daily Activities Photo Scale for Patients With Shoulder Pain say it's valid and reliable.
Aug 30, 2018/Policies & Bylaws
House position: In providing physical therapy services, the physical therapist is accountable first and foremost to the individual receiving physical therapy.
Mar 27, 2025/Resource
The intent of the “APTA Guide to Successful Mentoring” is to describe mentoring applicable for all professional roles of a physical therapist and physical therapist assistant across the learner continuum, understanding that being a learner is a career-long role.
A major factor influencing payment for physical therapist services is how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services values and reimburses Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes. CMS uses Relative Value Units, or RVUs, within the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale, or RBRVS, payment system
Apr 30, 2021/News
Wait, that didn't come out right: It's our national advocacy dinner on May 4, and you're invited.
Feb 2, 2021/News
We're sharing information related to patients with limited English proficiency, along with Spanish translations of APTA resources.
Mar 1, 2020/Magazine
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Apr 1, 2019/Feature
From pediatrics through palliative care, PTs and PTAs are playing important roles in improving the lives of survivors of cancer. Other health professions are taking notice and endorsing their efforts.
Jan 11, 2022/Open Access
Everyone could use another tool in the toolbox when it comes to handling stress, so here's one that you can use right now: your breath.
Sep 29, 2021/Podcast
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