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Feb 1, 2015/Feature
As health care continues to evolve rapidly, so will the physical therapy profession and the ways students are educated. What will physical therapist education look like in 10 or 20 years? Experts weigh in.
Jun 27, 2017/Clinical Summary
This clinical summary provides the clinician with information to care for individuals with UVH across the Patient-Client Management model.
Sep 23, 2024/News
Greenwald was heralded as 'a man whose enthusiasm, goodwill, dedication, and friendship will long be remembered.'
Sep 24, 2024/Podcast
Editor-in-Chief Steven George talks with Jason Silvernail about his perspective paper on defining orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) as a subspecialty of the profession.
Jun 1, 2017/Article
APTA is committed to preserving the provisions of Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act to ensure that students with disabilities have access to physical therapy services necessary to take full advantage of a free and public education.
Mar 8, 2021/News
Consistent with an APTA report, the study says fee schedule payment for physical therapy dropped by 34% during the pandemic's first wave.
Oct 6, 2025/News
Thousands of PT and PTA students participated in APTA’s Flash Action Strategy, Sept. 17-18, by creating social media posts and videos promoting falls prevention awareness and the Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly, or SAFE, Act (H.R. 1171/S. 2612). APTA student member advocacy led to over
Apr 1, 2025/CPG
This clinical practice guideline from APTA Geriatrics provides recommendations for the management of fall risk in community-dwelling adults aged 65 and over. It includes an algorithm to facilitate clinical reasoning (see Figure 1). This CPG replaces the 2015 clinical guidance statement.
Jun 3, 2020/Author
Carmen Elliott, is vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and executive director of the Physical Therapy Fund as of April 2021. Elliott is a longtime member of the APTA staff team, having been with the association since 2006. Previously she served as APTA’s vice president of insurer relations,
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