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Clinical Practice Guidelines

The American Physical Therapy Association supports evidence-based practice to reduce unwarranted variation in care and improve the value of physical therapist services.

APTA provides its members with relevant clinical practice guidelines, which are based on a systematic review of the evidence. APTA, APTA academies and sections, and other health care associations, organizations, and societies publish the CPGs. APTA does not endorse any of these guidelines unless specifically noted.

The guidelines assist in clinical decision-making, not to take the place of clinician judgment. A team of experts conducts a CPG+ analysis on some of the CPGs — a translation aid for applying the guidelines to practice, including Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II.

APTA supports the development of CPGs.

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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline

December 1, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Aged (65+), Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44), 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64)
Condition & Symptoms: Hip Conditions, Osteoarthritis

APTA Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy: Heel Pain––Plantar Fasciitis: Revision 2023 (CPG+)

December 1, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Middle Aged (45-64), Adult (25-44), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+), Young Adult (19-24)
Condition & Symptoms: Foot Conditions

APTA Pelvic Health: Rehabilitation Interventions for Urgency Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Urgency, and/or Urinary Frequency in Adult Women

October 1, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Incontinence

Guideline for the Management of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

August 29, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Cardiac Conditions

APTA Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy: Hip Pain and Movement Dysfunction Associated With Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain: A Revision (CPG+)

June 29, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Middle Aged (45-64), Adult (25-44), Adolescent (13-18), Young Adult (19-24)
Condition & Symptoms: Hip Conditions

Guidelines on the Prevention of Foot Ulcers in Persons With Diabetes (IWGDF 2023 Update)

June 11, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: 80 and over (80+), Adult (25-44), Aged (65+), Middle Aged (45-64)
Condition & Symptoms: Diabetes Complications, Foot Conditions, Ulcer

American College of Rheumatology Guideline for Exercise, Rehabilitation, Diet, and Additional Integrative Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis

May 25, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Rheumatoid Arthritis

APTA: Physical Therapist Management of Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG+)

April 28, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), 80 and over (80+), Aged (65+), Middle Aged (45-64), Young Adult (19-24)
Condition & Symptoms: Osteoarthritis, Shoulder Conditions

Early and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Diagnosis and Management [NG101]

April 5, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Middle Aged (45-64), 80 and over (80+), Adult (25-44), Aged (65+), Young Adult (19-24)
Condition & Symptoms: Cancer, Lymphedema

American College of Chest Physicians and Canadian Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cannabis and Cannabinoid-Based Medicines in the Management of Chronic Pain and Co-Occurring Conditions

March 27, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Cancer, Chronic Pain, Depression, Fibromyalgia, Headaches, Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoarthritis, Sleep Disorders

Respiratory Management of Patients With Neuromuscular Weakness

March 13, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lung Conditions, Muscular Dystrophy, Respiratory Conditions, Myasthenia Gravis

APTA: Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy Exercise-Based Knee and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Prevention [2023 Update]

January 21, 2023 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64), Adolescent (13-18)
Condition & Symptoms: Knee Conditions