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September 8, 2015: Physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) participating in APTA’s upcoming Virtual Career Fair will have the opportunity to interact with the largest number of employers the event has featured since 2013—and there’s still time to ...

September 8, 2015: One of the best ways to mark World Physical Therapy Day is to fulfill the worldwide potential of the profession by creating strong professional connections both inside and outside national borders, according to World Confederation for Physical ...

September 4, 2015: Researchers have found that Medicaid patients with low back pain (LBP) whose front-line treatment is provided by a physical therapist (PT) tend to generate lower costs over 1 year than patients who went to the emergency department ...

September 3, 2015: A recent article in USA Today explores how injured professional athletes are developing an appetite for processes that involve injecting stem cells processed from the patient into an injured area. Source: APTA Feed Mmm, Mmm … Good? ...

September 3, 2015: The CDC reports that among US adults 45 and older, the rate of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgeries nearly doubled between 2000 and 2010, to a rate of 55.4 per 10,000 individuals. Source: APTA Feed TKA Rates ...

September 2, 2015: A new report says that 69 million US adults have a “heart age” that is, on average, 7 years older than their chronological age. Source: APTA Feed For Millions of Americans, 'Heart Age' Outpaces Actual Age

September 2, 2015: All APTA members are invited to provide input on the APTA Board of Directors’ efforts to create a broad definition of the PT professional scope of practice. Source: APTA Feed Your Input Needed on PT Professional Scope ...

September 1, 2015: A proposed change in how Medicare would reimburse for lower-limb prostheses is drawing mounting criticism from patients and stakeholder organizations—including APTA. Source: APTA Feed APTA Joins Critics of Proposed Medicare Prosthetics Restrictions

September 1, 2015: US News and World Report is emphasizing the importance of physical therapy home exercise programs (HEPs) and connecting readers with APTA’s “Find a PT” resource as a way to make a physical therapist (PT) “match” that can ...

September 1, 2015: This month’s PT in Motion magazine cover story, “Raters Gonna Rate: What’s Your Best Response?” looks at the ins and outs of online rating systems consumers use to evaluate—and, increasingly, to choose—their health care providers, including physical ...