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Aug 22, 2017/Test & Measure
This is an eight-item scale that examines a person’s level of function when performing activities that are related to Upper Extremity Disorders.
Jan 5, 2024/Test & Measure
Measures limitations and unidimensionality of prior existing functional status outcomes such as the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS).
Apr 5, 2023/Perspective
APTA's DEI Toolkit can help you learn, develop, and engage around critical concepts.
Sep 7, 2022/Test & Measure
Jun 1, 2016/Feature
Clinician-scientists bridge a key gap between research and clinical practice, these PTs say. But there simply aren't enough of them.
Jul 25, 2025/News
After five years of cuts, CMS proposes an increase in the conversion factor but devalues physical therapy codes.
Feb 7, 2022/Review
Sitting times of six or more hours per day increased mortality risk among the inactive — but not for survivors who met PA guidelines.
RF-PTCAS, the Residency and Fellowship Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service provided by APTA provides a simplified application process for physical therapist seeking a residency or fellowship program. RF-PTCAS launched in 2013 and since then, RF-PTCAS has grown to include over 85% of residency
This comprehensive position description was initially compiled in 1991 based on position descriptions provided by individual Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education (ACCEs) throughout the United States. This current version of the model position description was developed based upon Academic Coordinators/Directors
Evidence shows racial and ethnic disparities exist across a range of illnesses and health care services.
