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The Year-End Letter Reimagined

Dec 1, 2015/Column

Deck the halls with vows of wellness.

Primary Care, Workforce, AI Among Issues Debated in 2024 APTA House of Delegates

Nov 1, 2024/Feature

The meetings of the 2024 House session included deliberation on motions presented to the House as well as meaningful discussions on issues.

New Guidelines Focus on Postpartum Pelvic Girdle Pain and the PT's Role in Care

Feb 23, 2022/Review

The resource, sponsored in part by APTA, offers 23 action statements covering the care pathway.

Faster Therapy Start Decreases Risk for Future Opioid Use in Knee OA Patients

Aug 7, 2023/Review

Researchers found delayed treatment increased risks that ranged from 25% to 150% depending on timing of the first visit.

Coronavirus Update: March 8

Mar 8, 2023/Roundup

PTs, PTAs, and long COVID treatment, long COVID as an episodic condition, post-PHE information from CMS, and more.

Final FY ’26 SNF and IRF Rules: Payment Increases and Removal of SDOH Measures

Aug 27, 2025/News

The Big Picture: Effective Oct. 1, 2025, skilled nursing facilities will see a payment increase of 3.2%, which is slightly higher than the 2.8% included in the proposed rule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued earlier this year. Inpatient rehabilitation facilities will see a payment increase

Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) for Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Jan 21, 2013/Test & Measure

Used in evaluating change in gross motor function over time.

Roll Test for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

Jan 22, 2013/Test & Measure

Used to confirm diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and identify the involved semicircular canal (SCC), most commonly the horizontal SCC.

Pain Centralization

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.

Test of Basic Motor Skills (BMS)

May 24, 2017/Test & Measure

The test consists of 15 items that are ordered based on the amount of postural control needed to complete the tasks.