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Defining Moment | An Ounce of Prevention

Sep 1, 2025/Column

One PT’s longtime passion for helping older adults and preventive health combined into a promising career in falls prevention.

Success Story | Building Intergenerational Relationships With Older Adults

May 1, 2025/Success Story

A program with a local retirement community helps the next generation of PTs and PTAs to better care for and relate to older adults.

Direct-to-Employer Physical Therapist Services

Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws

HOD P08-22-13-15: States APTA's supports for direct-to-employer physical therapist services to improve access, increase quality of care, and decrease health care costs.

Honoraria for Board of Directors

Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws

HOD Y06-20-35-28: Members of the American Physical Therapy Association Board of Directors shall receive an annual honorarium.

Equitable Disability Accommodations in Physical Therapy

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.

Role of Physical Therapy in Nonpharmacologic Blood Pressure Management

Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws

HOD P08-22-11-12: States APTA's commitment to promote research, education, practice, and policy for the nonpharmacologic management of blood pressure.

Benefits of Physical Therapy for Individuals With Long COVID

Sep 23, 2022/Resource

Early recognition and effective management of the potentially disabling effects of long COVID can lead to improved outcomes and quality of life. Physical therapists can help individuals with safe rehabilitation during long COVID recovery and empower them to self-manage lingering chronic symptoms.

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Jun 24, 2022/Test & Measure

HADS screens for anxiety and depression in all adults over the age of 16.

Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome-Yellow Flag (OSPRO-YF)

Jun 16, 2022/Test & Measure

The Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome-Yellow Flag (OSPRO-YF) is an assessment tool designed to help orthopedic physical therapy clinicians screen patients and clients for psychosocial distress.

Payment and Regulatory Update: Nov. 30, 2022

Nov 30, 2022/Members Only

Topics discussed: 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule, 2023 Home Health Rule, Commercial Payer Update.