Physical Therapy

Physical fitness of physical therapy students.

Physical fitness norms do not exist for physical therapists or physical therapy students. This lack, in part, reflects the complexity of physical fitness and the scarcity of data reported on physical fitness norms of other populations. This report describes the methods used and the results obtained for 16 physical fitness factors of 98 female and 13 male physical therapy upperclassmen and discu...

Physical therapy counts: counting physical therapists worldwide

Background It is evident that if something is not counted, and physical therapists (PTs) are not generally counted in international health statistics, no one knows how many there are, neither can they measure their contribution to population health or monitor their migration. The World Health Report [1] provides statistics on doctors and nurses primarily. Few data are reported on other health p...

Physical Therapy (PTS)

PTS 516. Clinical Research I. 3 Credit Hours. Principles, concepts, and basic skills required to conduct clinical research in physical therapy. Topics include research design, sampling, bias, reliability and validity, questionnaire design, statistical computing, conceptual review of literature, and the preparation of a research proposal. Requisite: Physical Therapy Majors Only. Components: LEC....

Application Materials: Physical Therapy

Application Materials: Physical Therapy