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13 Apr
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PTs Among Recipients of Global Health Award

April 13, 2016: Physical therapy makes the world a better place, and now 3 members of the profession are being recognized for doing exactly that. Source: APTA Feed PTs Among Recipients of Global Health Award

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13 Apr
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PTs Among Recipients of Global Health Award

April 13, 2016: Physical therapy makes the world a better place, and now 3 members of the profession are being recognized for doing exactly that. Source: APTA Feed PTs Among Recipients of Global Health Award

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13 Apr
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The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, April 2016

April 13, 2016: An occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, April 2016 edition. Source: APTA Feed The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, April 2016

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12 Apr
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Systematic Review: Telerehab-Based Assessments Do Well Compared With Face-to-Face Asessments—But Not Always

April 12, 2016: Telerehabilitation (TR)-based physical therapy assessments for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)—some of them, anyway—fare quite well when stacked up against face-to-face (FTF) assessments, according to authors of a new systematic review. Source: APTA Feed Systematic Review: Telerehab-Based Assessments Do ...

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12 Apr
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Systematic Review: Telerehab-Based Assessments Do Well Compared With Face-to-Face Asessments—But Not Always

April 12, 2016: Telerehabilitation (TR)-based physical therapy assessments for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)—some of them, anyway—fare quite well when stacked up against face-to-face (FTF) assessments, according to authors of a new systematic review. Source: APTA Feed Systematic Review: Telerehab-Based Assessments Do ...

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11 Apr
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Zika: Study Finds That Virus Kills Neural Stem Cells; 'Scientific Consensus' Reached on Link to Microcephaly, GBS

April 11, 2016: A new study on the Zika virus and its ability to kill neural stem cells is adding to what researchers describe as “the growing body of evidence” connecting the virus to reports of brain malformations. Source: APTA ...

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11 Apr
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Program Lets Children Create Their Own 'Superhero Cyborg' Prostheses

April 11, 2016: Kids with upper-limb differences are getting an opportunity to create their own prostheses in a project that involves engineers, designers, 3-D printers—and for 1 young woman, lots and lots of glitter. Source: APTA Feed Program Lets Children ...

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11 Apr
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Program Lets Children Create Their Own 'Superhero Cyborg' Prostheses

April 11, 2016: Kids with upper-limb differences are getting an opportunity to create their own prostheses in a project that involves engineers, designers, 3-D printers—and for 1 young woman, lots and lots of glitter. Source: APTA Feed Program Lets Children ...

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08 Apr
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CSM 2016: Highlights, Videos, Photos Now Available

March 2, 2016: Maybe you couldn’t attend the 2016 APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM). Or maybe you made it to Anaheim, but you’re in that post-CSM letdown mode.Either way, it’s now possible to feel just a bit closer to the ...

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08 Apr
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Study: Episode-Based Payment Models Face Potential Overpayment, Underpayment Obstacles

April 8, 2016: Paying for outpatient therapy by “episode” could well reduce “wasteful variation” within episodes, but could bring with it the potential for “substantial” overpayment and underpayment, according to authors of a new study. Source: APTA Feed Study: Episode-Based ...

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