Author Archives: WideNet

March 17, 2015: Women may make up 64% of the physical therapist (PT) workforce, but in 2013, they earned about 88% of what male PTs make, according to the latest data from the US Census Bureau. Source: APTA Feed US ...

March 18, 2015: APTA’s national awards program has announced the full list of recipients (.pdf) of recognition for their outstanding contributions to the physical therapy profession. Source: APTA Feed 2015 APTA Honors and Awards Program Recipients Announced

March 18, 2015: The latest cyberattack on health insurance data is the second-largest on record, affecting around 11 million current and former customers of Washington-based Premera Blue Cross—and this time, hackers may have made off with bank account and clinical ...

March 16, 2015: A recently published Wall Street Journal article says that a growing number of adults in later life are taking up strength training, but advises readers to consult with experts beforehand. Source: APTA Feed WSJ: Strength Training for ...

March 16, 2015: APTA advocates and staff are back on Capitol Hill—this time to provide a physical therapy perspective on brain injury as part of Brain Injury Awareness Month. Source: APTA Feed APTA Joins the Capitol Hill Conversation on Brain ...

March 13, 2015: Less than 24 hours after its debut, Apple’s ResearchKit health research app connected Parkinson disease researchers with more than 5,500 consenting subjects, while a cardiac research project registered double that number. Source: APTA Feed Apple's Research App ...

March 12, 2015: Authors of new research on postacute care settings have found that variation in outcomes for inpatient stroke rehabilitation may have more to do with individual facilities than geography. Source: APTA Feed Study: Postacute Care Outcomes More About ...

March 11, 2015: If you were one of the 9,455 people who attended the 2015 APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in Indianapolis, here’s your chance to experience it all over again. Source: APTA Feed CSM 2015: Highlights, Videos, Photos Now ...

March 11, 2015: Telerehabilitation is on the rise, but conclusive research on its effectiveness in regaining motor function is still lacking—except maybe when it comes to recovery from total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Source: APTA Feed Systematic Review: Telerehabilitation Data 'Encouraging' ...

March 10, 2015: It may lack the glitz of the $10,000 gold-plated AppleWatch that debuted this week, but Apple’s new foray into open-source medical research is turning its share of heads in health care. Source: APTA Feed Medical Research Gets ...