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Dec 1, 2017/News
CMS issued a final rule that includes a scaled back knee and hip joint replacement bundled care model and cancellation of a plan to expand bundled care models to cardiac care and hip and femur fractures.
Feb 5, 2019/Review
You might think that the most effective early postoperative exercise interventions for TKR have been pretty well established by now. You'd be wrong,
Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws
HOD P08-22-14-18: States APTA's support for equitable processes to include individuals with disabilities entering and within the profession of physical therapy.
HOD P08-22-11-12: States APTA's commitment to promote research, education, practice, and policy for the nonpharmacologic management of blood pressure.
Dec 16, 2021/Test & Measure
The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) measures balance and the limits of stability in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions by testing how far an individual can voluntarily reach forward, to the right, to the left, and lean backward, while standing with their feet flat on the ground,
Oct 1, 2018/Column
Surviving a tornado reinforced a PT's career path.
Oct 1, 2016/Column
Should a physical therapist tell a patient that she is terminally ill?
Feb 1, 2026/Feature
Ethical decision-making in health care is being tested as never before. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are navigating pressures from technology, productivity metrics, payer constraints, and shifting patient expectations.
Mar 1, 2015/Feature
Paying careful attention to practice-related numbers can improve outcomes, reduce costs, and ultimately transform the profession.
Apr 1, 2025/Feature
Physical therapists share ways to treat and support long-distance athletes.