LibGuides: Physical Therapy: Online Resources

Physical Therapy Online Resources

APTA (American Physical Therapy Association) The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is an individual membership professional organization representing more than 100,000 member physical therapists (PTs), physical therapist assistants (PTAs), and students of physical therapy.
CPTA (California Physical Therapy Association)

Six Second ECG: Dynamic Cardiac Rhythm Simulator A self-pace tutorial/quiz to learn and indentify 27 of the most common ECG rhythms.
Heart Sounds & Murmurs (University of Washington) Contains descriptions of techniques for the cardiac physical examination, focusing on heart sounds and murmurs.
Cardiac Examination / Heart Sounds Includes heart sounds tutorial with text, illustrated with phonocardiograms, hemodynamic data, and computer animations.

NARIC (National Rehabilitation Information Center) An online resource featuring disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats designed to make it easy for users to find and use.
Spine-Health This resource provides comprehensive, highly informative and useful resource for understanding, preventing, and seeking appropriate treatment for back and neck pain and related conditions.
AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse is a public resource for summaries of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.