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Physical Therapy Assistant: Web Resources

Professional Organizations

American Physical Therapy Association

APTA is an individual membership professional organization representing more than 100,000 member physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students.

Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy

APTA Geriatrics, An Academy of the American Physical Therapy Association, supports those therapists, assistants, and students who work with an ageing population in roles of advocacy, direct patient care, consultation, supervision, and education.

Georgia State Board of Physical Therapy

Provides licensing information for the state of Georgia.

Physical Therapy Association of Georgia

The local branch of the American Physical Therapy Association

Internet Resources

PT Exercise Videos

An open educational resource provided by Cornell University. Videos of  exercises to strengthen various parts of the body prescribed by a Cornell physical therapist. Real-time text transcription is available for these videos. Once you start a video, click on the "interactive transcript" button just below the video.

OrthoInfo

OrthoInfo is the patient education website of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). The site provides students, patients, and their families with convenient, online access to more than 500 easy-to-understand articles and videos on orthopaedic conditions and treatments, injury prevention, rehabilitation, and healthy living.

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)

The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). We collect, catalog, and disseminate the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by NIDILRR. NIDILRR funds more than 250 projects each year that conduct research on a wide range of issues including technology, health and function, independent living, and capacity building.

U. of Colorado Photo Models of Human Anatomy

Images of body models including skeletal, muscle and body systems.

PubMed

Maintained by the National Library of Medicine, this site provides full text articles, books and information on clinical trials.Covers physical therapy.

 

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