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Aug 1, 2024/Feature
Special issues of PTJ will spotlight health disparities and the profession's responsibility to identify and ameliorate them.
Jul 8, 2025/Report (Open Access)
This report provides defined performance outcomes for physical therapists at entrance into practice. These outcomes were determined after an iterative, national consensus-based process grounded in the physical therapy needs of society.
Oct 22, 2014/Test & Measure
Measures presence of lumbar vertebral fracture.
Aug 30, 2018/Policies & Bylaws
House position: The physical therapist has oversight of all documentation regardless of the setting in which physical therapist services are provided and shall comply with jurisdictional documentation requirements.
Sep 23, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the association's position on education for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students about trauma-informed care.
Oct 4, 2023/Policies & Bylaws
House position: States APTA's recommendation that education regarding Human Trafficking to Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, and Students.
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.
Jan 1, 2025/Article
APTA has developed this Disciplinary Action Procedural Document to establish principles to guide the Ethics and Judicial Committee and Board of Directors in processing complaints against a member of APTA.
Jul 16, 2019/News
Since its beginnings, APTA has shown what can be accomplished when members are connected and engaged—it's a sense of community at the heart of the association's greatest achievements, and now it's a key element in plans to celebrate APTA's 100th anniversary in 2021. That's where a new APTA centennial
Dec 13, 2019/Test & Measure
BOT-2 measures fine and gross motor proficiency, with subtests that focus on stability, mobility, strength, coordination, and object manipulation.