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APTA Media Tour Delivers the "Choose to Move" Message

Oct 24, 2022/News

The importance of physical activity and the profession's movement expertise were featured in more than two dozen TV and radio interviews.

Bipartisan Senate Group Urges APTA-Supported Fixes to Fee Schedule

Nov 4, 2022/News

The lawmakers want to counter severe payment cuts under Medicare for 2023 — and get to work on fixing systemic problems.

Awards for APTA

See recent awards won by the American Physical Therapy Association.

Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) for Vestibular Disorders

Jun 22, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures balance.

Physical Rehab and Pain Management: A Special Collection Looks at New Directions

Oct 26, 2020/Roundup

The latest issue of Pain Reports covers physical activity, integration of behavioral techniques, models of care, and more.

APTA, Women's Section Help Clear Up Misinformation in NPR 'Mummy Tummy' Report

Aug 21, 2017/News

If the idea of a single, daily, 10-minute exercise being the solution to diastasis recti, aka "mummy tummy," seems too good to be true, that's because it probably is.

Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Diagnosis, Non-surgical Medical Care and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG+)

Jan 30, 2025/CPG

This guideline, supported by the American Physical Therapy Association, Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Quebec Rehabilitation Network, and Quebec Pain Research Network, provides 25 evidence-based recommendations and 15 consensus recommendations.

6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) (applied to patients who have had lower extremity total joint replacement)

Aug 7, 2017/Test & Measure

Measures a patient's functional capacity by recording the distance ambulated during a 6 min duration.

Study: 61% of Opioid-Related Deaths Linked to Chronic Pain Diagnosis

Nov 29, 2017/News

Researchers have found that more than 6 out of 10 individuals who died of an opioid-related cause had received a diagnosis for a chronic noncancer pain condition within the preceding year.

Study: As Few as 3.7 Minutes of Short-Burst Vigorous PA Lowers Cancer Risk

Aug 28, 2023/Review

Researchers found that vigorous intermittent lifestyle PA daily can lower risk by as much as 32%. And it doesn't have to happen all at once.