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Apr 28, 2023/CPG
This guideline was created by an American Physical Therapy Association volunteer guideline development group and covers clinical information and accepted approaches for physical therapist management of glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis.
Aug 4, 2025/News
Physical therapists continue to be at the table for important discussions around the development of CPT codes: APTA members Kathleen Picard, PT, DPT, and Stephanie L. Woelfel, PT, DPT, board-certified wound management clinical specialist, are serving as advisor and alternate advisor with the American
Oct 1, 2025/Column
PTs and PTAs are adapting, innovating, and shaping the profession, says APTA President Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD, in this issue’s column.
Awards
This award recognizes a member who has demonstrated superior writing skills in one or more articles published in Physical Therapy, and who has collaborated with or encouraged others to make similar contributions to PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal.
Feb 4, 2026/Article
Efforts from APTA members and staff led to 26 million-plus people having direct access to physical therapist services – and that's just one of the 21 regulatory policy changes APTA staff advocated for in 2025. In 2025, APTA members and staff successfully advocated for meaningful payment reforms with
Sep 29, 2021/News
The bipartisan legislation would ease billing and other restrictions to boost patient access to care, especially in rural areas.
Aug 1, 2017/Column
Ethics In Practice: Joint Decision
Aug 1, 2021/Feature
How the effects of the pandemic will permanently change physical therapist practice.
Apr 28, 2021/Perspective
How do we address the "disconnect" between the academy and the clinical environment?
Jul 1, 2022/Column
This month, APTA Magazine spotlights APTA Centennial Scholar Joshua Smith, PT, DPT.