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Sep 26, 2018/Perspective
Any PT or PTA student would respond to all of these scenarios the same way I did: "Have you considered physical therapy?"
Jun 9, 2021/Interview
Charlene Portee says new strategies — and then, action — are what's needed to strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion in the profession.
Aug 11, 2021/News
Alumni of Stanford University, where Worthingham taught, made the dedication through a donation to APTA's Minority Scholarship Fund.
Nov 7, 2022/Article
In this installment: remote monitoring, supervision, telehealth, skin substitutes, and chronic pain management.
Apr 27, 2017/Perspective
We will not advance our profession unless the members of our profession get involved in advocating for it.
Nov 27, 2019/Review
Researchers believe physical therapist-led "creative yoga," can improve gross motor skills and the ability to imitate movement patterns among children with ASD.
May 22, 2024/Review
Among Medicare patients, rurality, lower income, and lack of English proficiency were associated with therapy received while hospitalized.
Jun 17, 2022/Roundup
From APTA Chronic LBP Study Modified Due to Pandemic Finds Promise for Physical Therapy Delivered Via Teleconference Researchers assessed outcomes of 126 patients with chronic low back pain who enrolled in a telehealth version of a protocol known as OPTIMIZE, originally employed as part of an in-person
Apr 30, 2017/Review
In brief: Study analyzed data from 170 million visits to a primary care physician 1997–2010 Referrals for physical therapy occurred in 10% of the visits, a rate that was fairly constant during the study period Prescriptions for opioids rose from about 15% to 45% by 2010; patients who didn't receive a
Nov 28, 2023/Review
Researchers say that videos fed into a “pose estimation” algorithm produced gait data comparable to results from motion capture technology.