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Fitness and Health Risk Assessments to Advance Employer Safety and Health Promotion Programs

Sep 23, 2024/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Describes the association's physical therapists conducting entry-point and periodic fitness and health risk assessments for employer safety.

Helen J. Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature

Awards

This award acknowledges an individual physical therapist who has made significant contributions to the literature in physical therapy or in other health care disciplines in the areas of theory, practice, foundational or clinical research, education, and administration.

Finding My Purpose — and Myself — Through Service

Oct 3, 2022/Perspective

When I first met Mr. Fernandez (name changed to conceal his identity) 10 years ago, he resided in an assisted living facility in Mexico.

Transition DPT FAQs

The correct degree nomenclature for the professional (entry-level) and the postprofessional transition clinical doctorate is "DPT." In these FAQs, the nomenclature "postprofessional DPT " has been used to distinguish the DPT degree conferred upon completion of a transition program from the DPT conferred

The Nuances of Working With Commercial Payers

Mar 1, 2023/Feature

It's about speaking up in the right ways to the right people at the right time.

Failure to Report

Jun 1, 2019/Column

Sometimes you need to walk away. But that's not all.

A Deathly Silence

Oct 1, 2016/Column

Should a physical therapist tell a patient that she is terminally ill?

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cuts

Mar 10, 2025/Statement

A Call to Action from APTA President Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD

New Report Confirms Health Outcomes Are Improved When Virtual MSK Care Is Guided by a PT

Jun 5, 2024/Open Access

The independent evaluation supports APTA’s position that digital physical therapy services only be performed or directed by licensed PTs.

The Perils of Passivity

Mar 1, 2015/Column

When a mandate impedes best practice.