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PTJ's Influence Grows in 2022 With Another Year of Research Insights

Dec 30, 2022/Roundup

A look back at the APTA scientific journal's most-downloaded articles for 2022.

APTA President's Podcast: Making Our Profession Sustainable Through Advocacy — The Work Never Stops

May 4, 2022/Podcast

Explore lesser-known APTA advocacy with President Roger Herr.

Fair Physical Therapy Copays Advocacy

Physical therapy saves money and achieves results that help patients get and stay healthy. But too often, insurance requires copays that effectively reduce access. This must change.

Safe Pain Management Advocacy

The ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S. reflects the unintended consequences of an effort to control pain by masking it. We're paying a terrible price.

Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool (OST)

Aug 9, 2017/Test & Measure

Used as a predictive tool to estimate the need for bone mineral density scans.

ACC / AHA / AACVPR / APMA / ABC / SCAI / SVM / SVN / SVS / SIR / VESS Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on CPGs

May 11, 2024/CPG

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease is a common cardiovascular disease that is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and quality of life impairment. This collaborative guideline is an update of the 2016 guideline and provides new evidence to guide clinicians. Recommendation # 6 specifically

APTA Receives CMS Clarification on 'Attending Clinician' Medicare Billing Issue

Jul 11, 2023/News

Some institutional settings have been receiving denials with little explanation. Here's what happened, and what you need to do.

APTA Academy of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Physical Therapist Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Individuals With Heart Failure (CPG+)

Jan 1, 2020/CPG

This document will guide physical therapist practice in the examination and treatment of patients with a known diagnosis of heart failure.

APTA Impact: DOD Told to Consider Expanding the PT's Primary Care Role

Dec 20, 2022/News

An APTA-backed House committee directive says the Department of Defense could save money and increase readiness with PTs.

University of California, San Diego - Shortness of Breath Questionnaire (UCSD-SOBQ) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Dec 2, 2017/Test & Measure

This is a self-report questionnaire that measures severity of shortness of breath/dyspnea during various activities of daily living (ADLs) in patients with various forms of lung pathology.