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Expanded Scope; Expanded Responsibility

Dec 1, 2024/Feature

What are the implications of PTs as primary care providers?

Clarity, Courage, Commitment: Reframing Equity Work

Oct 1, 2025/Feature

During the 2025 Lynda D. Woodruff Lecture, Didi Matthews, PT, DPT, urged PTs and PTAs to reframe their equity work.

Rewiring the Brain to Ease Chronic Pain

May 1, 2019/Feature

Strategies for treating pain are evolving-and physical therapists are helping to lead the way.

Nutrition and Physical Therapy: A Powerful Combination

Aug 14, 2018/Perspective

Research shows that PTs can play an active role in lifestyle-related interventions, such as nutrition.

Documentation: Risk Management

Jun 28, 2024/Article

Solid documentation can demonstrate that you met or exceeded the standard care and can help you mitigate your risks.

Help for Clinicians in Applying Clinical Practice Guidelines for Patients With Heart Failure: Author Interview With Dr Konrad Dias

Jun 17, 2021/Podcast

Dr Dias and his coauthors provide an antidote to the barriers that make it difficult to apply clinical practice guidelines to patients.

PTJ's Most-Read Articles of 2023

Jan 2, 2024/Roundup

The year's list shows the breadth of research available through APTA's scientific journal, free to members.

National Provider Identifier

Getting a NPI should be a priority for any PT. Among other payers, it also is required for all providers enrolled in Medicare.

JAMA Study Supports Physical Therapy as First-Line Approach to Meniscal Tears

Oct 31, 2018/Review

A study supports the validity of physical therapy as first-line option for treatment.

PTJ: Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry as a Potential Leader in 'Systems Science'

Nov 19, 2018/Review

Systems science emphasizes collecting and analyzing clinical data using a common language, say authors of a "Point of View" article in PTJ.