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Oct 16, 2025/Resource
Primary care physical therapy highlights the role of physical therapists as integral members of a patient’s primary care team. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants should familiarize themselves with the specific roles, scope, and competencies that define primary care physical therapy.
May 14, 2013/Test & Measure
Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) for Vestibular Disorders
Jan 26, 2024/News
A new report from DOD says that positioning PTs as primary care providers for neuromusculoskeletal conditions is "entirely feasible."
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Oct 15, 2025/Report
What do Americans really think and know about physical therapy, and what are their health priorities? APTA partnered with Penta Research to survey more than 1,000 individuals across the life stages to find out. APTA’s new consumer perceptions report explores public awareness, usage patterns, and attitudes
Feb 20, 2017/News
The issue explores the reasons PTs and PTAs are the ideal health care providers to help the public understand how the aging process works.
Mar 18, 2025/Statement
A Statement from APTA President Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD
Mar 17, 2020/Statement
APTA encourages PTs to use their professional judgment to determine when, where, and how to provide care.
Dec 1, 2018/Column
A tradition comes with a problematic side dish.
Awards
This award recognizes outstanding clinical practice interaction between physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who are a part of a highly functional PT-PTA Team.