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APTA is asking digital health providers to make the following commitment: Digital "physical therapy" services are only performed or directed by licensed PTs.
Oct 8, 2021/Review
Only 2% of Medicare beneficiaries receive early physical therapy for LSS, but when they do, it lowers risk of surgery, opioids, and more.
Aug 31, 2017/Test & Measure
Measures the head thrust test is used to identify individuals with hypofunction of the vestibulo-ocular reflex unilaterally and bilaterally.
Sep 8, 2020/Test & Measure
Pain pressure threshold (PPT) is used to measure deep muscular tissue sensitivity.
May 22, 2026/Open Access
House position: APTA's 2016 House of Delegates amended the position HOD P06-19-51-57 to limit the use of abbreviated designations after a physical therapist's or physical therapist assistant's name.
Jan 20, 2022/Resource
On Nov. 4, CMS and OSHA issued federal regulations on COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Review APTA's practice advisory to to understand how this rule might impact your practice.
Apr 17, 2017/Video
In his Mary McMillan Lecture from 2017, Richard Shields, PT, PhD, FAPTA, uses the term "precision physical therapy" in his discussion of how movement is an important regulator of genetic and epigenetic factors influencing the health.
Jan 1, 2019/CPG
The reviewers recommend that patients with active psoriatic arthritis use some form or combination of exercise, physical therapy, occupational therapy, massage therapy, and acupuncture over not using these modalities.
Keep track of evolving payment policies for hospital settings.
Aug 7, 2017/Test & Measure
Measures a patient's functional capacity by recording the distance ambulated during a 6 min duration.
