Author Archives: WideNet

February 11, 2015: Authors of a new study conclude that incidence rates for new-onset tennis elbow have decreased “significantly” since 2000, while the use of surgery continues to rise. Source: APTA Feed Tennis Elbow Incidence Rates Show 'Significant' Decline Since ...

February 10, 2015: Want to feel more instability at work? Say hello to the standing desk surfboard. Source: APTA Feed New Device Promotes Work/Work Balance

February 10, 2015: According to results of a new systematic review, moderate-grade evidence seems to support strengthening and stretching exercises to help ease chronic neck pain, while the use of endurance and stretching exercises alone don’t seem to make much ...

February 3, 2015: The children who suffered a mysterious polio-like illness in Colorado last year have yet to fully recover, and what gains they have made have been achieved largely through physical therapy; meanwhile, no definitive conclusion has been reached ...

February 9, 2015: Additional requirements around an important Medicare coding modifier are being instituted by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), but the changes do not affect physical therapists (PTs)—at least not yet. Source: APTA Feed PTs ...

February 9, 2015: President Barack Obama’s BRAIN initiative, housed at the National Institutes of Health, will focus some of its resources on grants to researchers working on ways to create better interfaces for individuals with prosthetics to sense touch and ...

February 6, 2015: Attendees to APTA’s 2015 Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) being held in Indianapolis this week are, as usual, getting lots of information about the present state of physical therapist practice, but conversations about the future of the profession—and ...

February 5, 2015: It’s no longer just a dream: a groundbreaking Center of Excellence for physical therapy health sciences research is now officially a reality. Source: APTA Feed Groundbreaking .5 Million Physical Therapist Research Initiative Will be Housed at Brown ...

February 6, 2015: You’re a physical therapist (PT) at Anytown Physical Therapy, Anytown, USA. Say hello to Ms LZ. Source: APTA Feed What's Your Advice? Check Out This PTNow Blog Case for 'Wear Red Day'

February 6, 2015: An innovative research center focused on physical therapy health services research has officially launched, thanks in part to $1 million in support from APTA, which sees the center as a crucial component in the transformation of health ...