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Defining Moment: Following a Calling for Advocacy

Apr 2, 2024/Podcast

A physical therapist finds meaning and purpose through politics.

The Physical Therapist Assistant Profession Turns 50

Jan 22, 2019/Article

  While APTA's centennial may be a couple years away, there's another cause for celebration right here, right now: 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first physical therapist assistant (PTA) graduates. Though a half-century may seem like a long time, the rise of the PTA from something that seemed

Nancy R. Kirsch, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Nancy R. Kirsch, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, a former member of APTA's Ethics and Judicial Committee, is the program director and a professor of physical therapy at Rutgers University in Newark. She also practices in northern New Jersey, and her book "Ethics in Physical Therapy: A Case-Based Approach" compiles

Researchers Say Mobility Is Key Quality-of-Life Issue for Individuals With SCI

Sep 11, 2018/Review

Researchers say for individuals with traumatic SCI, independent mobility most affects health-related quality of life.

Survey: HIIT Tops the List of Fitness Trends for 2018

Jan 9, 2018/News

According to an international survey of exercise professionals, high intensity interval training will be the strongest trend in 2018, outpacing wearable technologies, which held the number 1 position in 2017.

ICU Mobility Scale (IMS)

May 24, 2017/Test & Measure

Measures the highest level of functional mobility of patients within the intensive care unit (ICU) setting.

Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ)

Jun 5, 2017/Test & Measure

Self-report or clinician-administered questionnaire to measure severity of 16 identified postconcussive symptoms.

Internationally Educated PTs in the United States: A World of Experience

Nov 1, 2020/Feature

The journey for PTs who were born and educated in other countries often has been geographically long and professionally challenging.

Medicare Telehealth Coverage for Physical Therapists

May 7, 2020/Podcast

We discuss what’s happening in Medicare in relation to telehealth and what APTA is doing to continue to advocate on behalf of the profession.

APTA 2022 CSM: Calling All ‘Pandemic Whisperers’ To Address Ethical Challenges

Feb 4, 2022/Article

The 53rd McMillan Lecture focused on ways the pandemic has highlighted the need to fully integrate ethics into the profession's identity.