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Feb 4, 2025/Podcast
A brief introduction from the president of the academy.
Dec 3, 2018/Review
Children's ball pits often found in fast food restaurants are the stuff of a germaphobe's nightmares. Now it turns out that if not properly maintained, ball pits in physical therapy clinics are capable of inducing shudders too.
Sep 1, 2021/Column
A physical therapist known to two kids only as "the Exercise Lady" helped both them and their family in a time of need.
APTA is the definitive source for standards of ethics and professionalism in the physical therapy profession.
Mar 14, 2017/News
Highlighting recent, mostly local media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members.
May 28, 2019/Review
Researchers found that in groups matched for age, injury type, and injury severity, African Americans were less likely to use rehabilitation services and have outpatient visits postdischarge.
Nov 8, 2022/Article
In our final installment: MIPS, quality measures, MIPS Value Pathways, and more.
Sep 6, 2019/Review
A study explored differences among children with and without ASD in motor planning and control.
Feb 6, 2019/Review
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is widely considered the “gold standard” for health care professionals who want to know what current, high-quality research says about the efficacy of various interventions. But when it comes to physical therapy, a “researcher or clinician would not necessarily
Jun 19, 2017/News
Researchers analyzing a study of patients with ACL tears reached the conclusion that, for at least some, putting off ACL reconstruction surgery in favor of exercise therapy could be the way to go.