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APTA Reveals Future National Logo as Part of Association Branding Project

Jun 10, 2019/News

  APTA is an association on the move, and soon it will have a logo to match. Monday night, the association unveiled its future national logo, which it will begin using in the summer of 2020, coinciding with the launch of a new APTA.org. The future logo can be seen at the end of a video that APTA CEO

APTA Board Member Sheila Nicholson Dies

Jun 13, 2019/News

Sheila Nicholson, PT, DPT, JD, MBA, MA, 1962 - 2019.

America's 'Fittest Cities' Ranked

May 21, 2019/News

Live in or near Arlington, Virginia? Congratulations: you reside in the nation's most fit city, according to results of a new study that ranks cities across the United States. The rankings are part of the 2019 American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) "Fitness Index," a project that analyzed health

From PT in Motion Magazine: 50 Years of PTAs

May 7, 2019/News

Turns out 1969 wasn't all Woodstock and moonwalks: the year was also an important date for what has become a crucial part of the physical therapy profession—the physical therapist assistant (PTA). This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first graduates of PTA education programs. To honor that milestone,

CoHSTAR Pilot Study Deadline June 1

May 24, 2019/News

A deadline is fast approaching for Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR) opportunities to develop pilot studies that would help set the stage for larger efforts to advance a wide range of health services research. Letters of intent are due by June 1, 2019. The selected pilot studies

PTJ's Research Impact on the Rise

Jun 26, 2019/News

The influence of PTJ (Physical Therapy), APTA's scientific journal, continues to grow: according to Journal Citation Reports (JCR), the frequency with which PTJ is cited in other journals—its "impact factor"—made PTJ #7 among rehabilitation journals and #16 among orthopedic journals in 2018. A journal's

Recruiting Tomorrow's PTs & PTAs

Aug 1, 2019/Feature

Physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, students, and educators work to bring in newcomers.

In Praise of Low-Tech Tools

Aug 1, 2019/Feature

In an increasingly technological age, mainstay items of physical therapy such as exercise balls, foam rollers, and elastic resistance bands retain their therapeutic value-and will continue to do so, these PTs say.

Compliance Matters: Advocating for the Profession in the Evolving Payment Environment

Aug 1, 2019/Column

APTA and its chapters offer a variety of member resources to promote advocacy for appropriate payment of physical therapist services.

What the CI Doesn't See

Aug 1, 2019/Column

When "little things" are big deals.