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Aug 1, 2021/CPG
This guideline developed by the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association provides recommendations for effective physical therapy evaluation, treatment, and management of individuals experiencing limitations in the ability to participate in work following injury
Jan 5, 2024/Test & Measure
Measures limitations and unidimensionality of prior existing functional status outcomes such as the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS).
Jan 22, 2021/Review
Researchers found that every additional 10 minutes of physical therapy was associated with improved mobility at discharge.
Jan 25, 2021/Article
APTA successfully advocated for CMS to lift misguided coding edits, and we're working to bring commercial payers around.
Aug 17, 2022/News
In remarks that ranged from the fee schedule to long COVID, Xavier Becerra stressed the role PTs and PTAs can play in fostering change.
Aug 31, 2018/Review
Consult by a PT in the ED reduced the odds of a fall-related revisit within 30 days by 35% and within 60 days by 32%.
Jun 19, 2019/News
The verdict is in: social media is hazardous to the physical therapy profession. At least some of the time. That was the outcome of the 12th annual Oxford Debate, during APTA's NEXT Conference and Exposition in Chicago, which in traditional style-over-substance fashion included the pro team wearing hazmat
Jul 2, 2018/News
The power of physical therapy to help prevent people from starting opioid use has been well-documented, but work now being done by PTs and PTAs is showing that the profession also has an important role to play in the lives of those recovering from addiction.
Dec 13, 2022/News
APTA's political action committee is celebrating 50 years of working for the profession, and you're invited.
May 9, 2018/News
CMS is continuing its trend toward easing administrative burdens by doing away with a longstanding functional assessment and 2 outcome measures.