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Association's Role in Advocacy for Prevention, Wellness, Fitness, Health Promotion, and Management of Disease and Disability

Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws

House position: APTA supports advocacy for prevention, wellness, fitness, health promotion, and management of disease and disability. 

Movement Screen

Jun 8, 2020/Resource

The movement screen is a tool designed to detect movement impairments observed during functional tasks and activities that will help you decide which additional tests and measures to include in the patient and client examination.

APTA, Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation Report Explores Relationship of 'Baseline' Patient Factors and Patient-Report...

Jul 19, 2019/News

What constitutes a "typical" amount of improvement given comorbidities and other individual patient factors?

Summer Reading Recommendations For and By Students

Jul 28, 2019/Perspective

Kick back and relax with some reading recommendations for and by PT and PTA students:

APTA’s Report on Direct Access Is a Tool for Action

Jul 7, 2025/News

APTA’s latest advocacy resource helps members improve patient access, payment, and consumer awareness of direct access to PT services.

PTJ Author Interview: Randomized Clinical Trials and Real-World Practice

Feb 11, 2025/Podcast

Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, talks with Alexander Garbin, PT, DPT, PhD, and Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD, FAPTA, about their recently published companion papers.

APTA Practice Update: Clinical Practice Guidelines, APTA Guide to Physical Therapist Practice 4.0, and More

Apr 4, 2023/Podcast

On this episode, APTA staff experts reflect on the 2023 APTA Combined Sections Meeting before discussing new and updated resources for PTs, PTAs, and students. 

Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women: Management [NICE NG123]

Jun 24, 2019/CPG

Guidelines on assessing and managing urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women aged 18 and over.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

May 1, 2020/CPG

Recommendations, updated in 2020, from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis for endocrinologists, physicians, regulatory bodies, health-related organizations, and interested

Payer Advocacy by the Numbers: APTA Members and Staff Driving Progress

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