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First-Ever Exercise Guidelines for RA Treatment Emphasize Physical Therapy

Jul 5, 2023/Review

Several APTA members helped create the new guidance on how best to integrate exercise, diet, and other elements into RA management.

Aetna Drops Prior Authorization in Five States

Feb 15, 2023/News

The decision offers PTs the opportunity to show how reduced administrative burden can be good for everyone (payers included).

Berg Balance Scale (BBS) for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

May 21, 2013/Test & Measure

Berg Balance Scale for Multiple Sclerosis

Final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What You Need to Know, Part 1

Nov 3, 2022/Article

Payment is the focus of this installment: Cuts, therapy thresholds, updated calculations that could be good for PTs, and more.

30-Second Chair Stand Test

Jan 9, 2015/Test & Measure

Primarily used for ages 60 and above.

Changes to Accessing the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice

Effective Jan. 31, 2021, APTA is changing how some users access the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice.

Treating Patients With Autoimmune Conditions

Nov 1, 2019/Feature

In 1991, Kimberly Steinbarger, PT, MHS, had a minor injury that did not heal as expected. She had jammed her finger in a door and, 2 weeks later, found it odd that the swelling had not subsided. Making matters more alarming, one morning she noticed that the same finger on her other hand had swelled up.

Physical Therapy and the Internet of Things

Sep 1, 2016/Feature

Connected technologies are making patient-generated data increasingly accessible to health care providers. How this "Internet of Things" will be leveraged by physical therapists remains to be seen.

Diving into Deep Waters: A Physical Therapist's Journey To Equip Her Company

Dec 15, 2021/Open Access

In this interview-style blog post, Jessie Podolak, PT, DPT, and Regina Landrus, PT, DPT, discuss bringing mental health awareness to the forefront of a multi-clinic system in rural America.

FTC Noncompete Restrictions Barred Nationally

Aug 23, 2024/Article

The commission's ban on employee noncompetes was expected to be challenged in the courts and was.