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May 1, 2017/CPG
Recommendations for clinical reasoning processes in the examination and intervention of females with prenatal pelvic girdle pain.
Jul 1, 2017/CPG
This guideline provides recommendations related to the diagnosis of patients with upper-quadrant lymphedema secondary to cancer.
Aug 14, 2017/Test & Measure
This is a self-reported pain scale that was created to assess the intensity of children’s pain.
Jan 29, 2021/Perspective
PTs are facing Medicare payment cuts. But what does that really mean?
Apr 13, 2021/Review
CMS says the PDPM is 5% more costly than the previous payment system, and warns SNFs to not let finances "override" clinical judgment.
Oct 5, 2023/Test & Measure
SCARED is a quick and easy screening tool that combines input from parents and children.
Jun 15, 2022/Test & Measure
The MNA is a 6-item screening tool used to identify risk of malnutrition among older adults (aged 65+).
Apr 29, 2022/Test & Measure
The Response to Stress Questionnaire measures stressor or domain-specific coping and involuntary responses to stress.
Jul 21, 2022/Test & Measure
This summary measures an individual's chances of having dozed off or fallen asleep during different activities in daily life and contains information on the use of this assessment in patients who experience daytime sleepiness.
Nov 22, 2019/News
The physical therapy profession can breathe a little easier after convincing the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to back off from some of its more troubling proposals around work done by physical therapist assistants (PTAs) in the final 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).
