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Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Physical therapist and physical therapist assistants in safe patient handling and mobility.
Oct 1, 2013/Policies & Bylaws
House position: APTA shall pursue documentation standards that focus primarily on clinical reasoning and decision making in the provision of physical therapist services.
Aug 7, 2012/Policies & Bylaws
House position: APTA supports the provision of physical therapy services to children with special needs.
House standard: The physical therapy profession is committed to transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.
House position: Experiential learning focused on development and application of patient‐ and client‐centered skills and behaviors is a crucial component of the education of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.
House position: Physical therapy aides are any support personnel who perform designated tasks related to the operation of the physical therapy service.
Sep 13, 2017/Policies & Bylaws
House position: An individual physical therapist’s scope of practice is influenced by professional, jurisdictional, and personal scopes of practice.
May 14, 2020/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the role of physical therapy in health management for people with chronic disease.
Jul 29, 2021/Policies & Bylaws
Board Policy: Related organizations are controlled subsidiaries of the American Physical Therapy Association that are organized under the appropriate law and designation to meet their purpose.
May 17, 2021/CPG
This guideline revises the 2008 Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, KNGF) recommendations on the assessment and treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.