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Putting Data to Work

Mar 1, 2015/Feature

Paying careful attention to practice-related numbers can improve outcomes, reduce costs, and ultimately transform the profession.

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.

Multi-Directional Reach Test, Multidirectional Reach Test, Multi Directional Reach Test (MDRT), Reach in Four Directions Test (RFDT)

Dec 16, 2021/Test & Measure

The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) measures balance and the limits of stability in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions by testing how far an individual can voluntarily reach forward, to the right, to the left, and lean backward, while standing with their feet flat on the ground,

Lois Douthitt

Jun 3, 2020/Author

Lois Douthitt is senior director of member communications at APTA, where she contributes to the strategic development and implementation of the association’s overall communications and publications. Before joining APTA in 2000, she was director of publications at the American Gas Association. She is

ICD-10 Case Study: Outpatient, Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Feb 28, 2020/Resource

68-year-old female with long history of type 2 diabetes develops plantar ulcer at the first metatarsal head of the right foot. . .

It’s Hard Work – Finding My Way

Dec 28, 2017/Podcast

Ryan Johnson works hard, because he loves his work.

Get Proactive: Rethinking Physical Therapy's Role in the Care Continuum

Jun 3, 2020/News

The 25th annual Maley Lecture from Virtual NEXT makes the case for PTs not to just wait for referrals.

PTJ: Research on Computer Gaming's Effectiveness in Physical Therapy Needs to Level Up

Dec 15, 2017/News

Playing active computer games (ACGs) may increase older adults’ physical activity, but authors of a recent article published in PTJ say that current data provide "little confidence" that such activity improves physical health or cognition.

Supervision of Students Under Medicare Part B

May 22, 2019/Article

Get clarification on the circumstances under which students may participate in the provision of outpatient therapy services to Medicare patients.