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Feb 28, 2022/CPG
This CPG includes sports-related overloading and overstretching injuries to myofascial or musculotendinous structures in any combination of the 3 hamstring muscles (semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and biceps femoris).
Jan 1, 2025/Article
APTA has developed this Disciplinary Action Procedural Document to establish principles to guide the Ethics and Judicial Committee and Board of Directors in processing complaints against a member of APTA.
Sep 14, 2021/Handouts
Interested in providing direct-to-employer services but don’t know where to start? APTA can help you reach out to employers.
Jul 27, 2012/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Physical therapy practitioners have an obligation to provide nonjudgmental care to all people who need it.
Mar 5, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
Board guideline: American Board Of Physical Therapy Residency And Fellowship Education Recognition
Nov 1, 2021/Policies & Bylaws
Board guideline: American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.
Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Physical therapists embrace and are accountable for best practice standards to provide high‐quality services that promote value, and that all individuals have access to physical therapist services.
Aug 30, 2018/Policies & Bylaws
House position: The physical therapist has oversight of all documentation regardless of the setting in which physical therapist services are provided and shall comply with jurisdictional documentation requirements.
House position: The use of biophysical agents as a standalone intervention, or the use of multiple biophysical agents with a similar physiologic effect, is not considered physical therapy nor is it considered medically necessary without documentation that justifies the use of the biophysical agents for
House position: Physical therapists' practice responsibility includes all elements of patient and client management: examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, and outcomes.
