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Specialization Academy of Content Experts

The SACE was established to create a pool of certified specialists to write items for the specialist certification examinations. SACE members play a critical role with preparing, reviewing, and revising examination items for the specialty exams. This works earns them credit towards the maintenance of

ABPTS Newly Certified Clinical Specialists by Specialty Area

Jul 31, 2025/Open Access

Review the ABPTS recognized newest board-certified clinical specialists in each specialty area. This list is updated annually

Number of Certified Specialists by State

Aug 28, 2024/Open Access

Review the number of board-certified clinical specialists by state, U.S. territories, and those practicing in non-U.S. areas and provinces (i.e., international military bases, and Canadian provinces). These numbers are updated annually.

Pediatric Specialty Panel

Pediatric Specialty Panel members are responsible for developing the examination instruments in consultation with the ABPTS testing agency and approved consultants.

Wound Management Specialty Panel

Wound Management Specialty Panel members are responsible for developing the examination instruments in consultation with the ABPTS testing agency and approved consultants.

Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Description of Specialty Practice

The "Description of Specialty Practice" is developed for each specialty area and outlines the knowledge, skills, and abilities related to clinical practice in that area. DSP content is based on a detailed practice analysis, which involves extensive research, including survey data and judgments of subject

Specialist Certification Examination Outline: Oncology

All questions on the exam relate to the competencies outlined in "Description of Specialty Practice: Oncologic Physical Therapy." Following is an outline summarizing the key components of the DSP for oncologic physical therapy. Examination percentages reflect the approximate weighting of the specialty

Specialist Certification Examination Outline: Sports

All questions on the exam relate to the competencies outlined in Description of Specialty Practice: Sports Physical Therapy. The board-certified sports physical therapy specialist examination is based on five major competency areas. Each competency area is subdivided into specific objectives in Chapter

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Specialty Panel

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Specialty Panel members are responsible for developing the examination instruments in consultation with the ABPTS testing agency and approved consultants.

APTA Specialty and Proficiency Ceremony

Feb 2, 2022/Event

This annual event recognizes the accomplishment of all physical therapists who achieved initial ABPTS specialist certification or who were recertified in the prior calendar year.

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Experiences and Perspectives of Physical Therapists Managing Patients Covered by Workers' Compensation in Queensland, Australia

Sep 30, 2012/Research Reports

Background

Physical therapists have an active role in the rehabilitation

When Minimal Detectable Change Exceeds a Diagnostic Test–Based Threshold Change Value for an Outcome Measure: Resolving the Conflict

Sep 30, 2012/Perspective

Assessing patient progress is an integral part of physical therapist practice.

Stress Management as an Adjunct to Physical Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain

Sep 30, 2012/Case Report

Background and Purpose

Chronic neck pain is prevalent in the

The Structure of Walking Activity in People After Stroke Compared With Older Adults Without Disability: A Cross-Sectional Study

Aug 31, 2012/Research Reports

Background

People with stroke have reduced walking activity.

Face Into the Storm

Aug 31, 2012/Forty-Third Mary McMillan Lecture

America is about to experience a demographic shift of enormous magnitude: increasing

Take That Step

Aug 31, 2012/2012 APTA Presidential Address

Rasch Validation of the Streamlined Wolf Motor Function Test in People With Chronic Stroke and Subacute Stroke

May 2, 2012/editorial

Background

The construct validity and reliability of the short

Repeated Measurements of Arm Joint Passive Range of Motion After Stroke: Interobserver Reliability and Sources of Variation

May 9, 2012/editorial

Background

Goniometric measurements of hemiplegic arm joints