General Physical Therapist Assistant Resources

Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, 5th Edition
http://davisplus.fadavis.com/kisner/videos.cfm
62 basic therapeutic exercise and technique videos by Kisner and Colby.

North Carolina Eastern Area Health Education Center's Health Occupation Education Lesson Plans
http://eahec.ecu.edu/telehealth/hoe.cfm#video
Affliliated with Eastern Carolina University, this website includes video clips on measuring blood pressure, massage, patient transfers, and gait.

Orthopedics

Swarm Interactive: Orthopedic Animations
http://swarminteractive.com/patient_ed_animations.html
Includes animations for orthopedic procedures of the hip, shoulder, spine, knee, hand, elbow, and foot and ankle.

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Career Information

APTA: A Historical Perspective
http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=History_and_Information&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=48&ContentID=14772
Provides a brief history of the American Physical Therapy Association.

APTA Background Sheet 2006: The Physical Therapist Assistant
http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfmSection=History_and_Information&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=29385
ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=29385
Briefly describes the profession and provides information on earnings, work settings, and employment outlook.

Pediatric Physical Therapy
http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/phys_therapy.html
The Nemours Foundation explains the type of treatments used in pediatric physical therapy.

Physical Therapist Assistant Examination Content Outline with Content Category Specifications
http://www.fsbpt.org/download/PTA_Content_Outline_2002.pdf
The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy has created this outline of topics covered on the PTA licensure exam.

Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos167.htm
The Occupational Outlook Handbook briefly describes the profession and gives salary information and job outlook.

PTA Membership Demographics
http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Demographics&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=101&ContentID=14332
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Provides information on age, highest earned degree, sex, current annual income, and more for PTA APTA members who responded to the survey.

Page last updated on 8/12/2008