APTA News ↗
U.S. physical therapy professional news, policy, workforce, and advocacy.
THE AZFPT RESEARCH & NEWS DESK
Stay curious.
Follow the evidence.
Recent physical therapy and movement research from PubMed, with journal updates and editorial perspectives from BJSM. Follow the original source before drawing clinical conclusions.
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Newly indexed does not always mean newly published. Study types come from publisher or PubMed metadata, which may be incomplete for new records. Labels are not quality ratings. Full articles may require publisher access.
Source health and update details
The desk keeps its last usable results when a source is unavailable. Source failures and retained records are labeled. Headlines update; AZFPT does not automatically generate treatment advice from new papers.
FIND WHAT MATTERS TO YOUR PRACTICE
Research, with context.
Six topic searches · source-linked records
Research and commentary clearly labeled
PROFESSIONAL NEWS & EVIDENCE OUTLETS
Keep a wider view.
These are publisher destinations to follow. They are not automatically imported headline feeds.
World Physiotherapy ↗
International professional developments and rehabilitation access.
PEDro evidence updates ↗
Focused physiotherapy trials, reviews, and guidelines, with optional publisher email alerts.
PTJ ↗
Physical therapy and rehabilitation research across practice settings.
JOSPT ↗
Orthopedic and sports physical therapy research and clinical guidance.
FOR PATIENTS & CAREGIVERS
Clear explanations.
Better conversations.
Begin with patient-oriented sources. A single new study may not change your care plan.
Explore guideline patient resources →ChoosePT health tips ↗
Patient education about movement, prevention, and physical therapy.
Cochrane plain-language evidence ↗
Research explanations that include the certainty and limitations of evidence.
Prepare questions for your clinician →How this desk works
PubMed searches cover orthopedics, sports and tendons, aging and balance, neurologic and vestibular rehabilitation, exercise and movement, and guidelines and reviews. Topic terms are restricted to titles, abstracts, and author keywords. PubMed records must mention physical therapy or therapeutic exercise, or pair rehabilitation with movement terms such as gait, balance, or strength. This favors relevance over completeness and may miss useful studies. Searches focus on the past 180 days and retrieve a limited recent selection, not every relevant study. BJSM items come from Online First and Editorials feeds. Editorials are viewpoints, not treatment recommendations.
Duplicate records are combined by DOI or source identifier where available. Original publication dates and last-check times are distinct. No abstracts, paywalled articles, or publisher PDFs are republished here. This is general education, not individual medical advice.