Skip to main content

Clinical Practice Guidelines

To support evidence-based practice, we provide relevant clinical practice guidelines for APTA members. (These were previously housed at PTNow.) 

These CPGs are based on a systematic review of the evidence and published by APTA, APTA sections and academies, or by other health care associations, organizations, and societies. None of the CPGs were written by individuals. APTA does not endorse any of these guidelines unless specifically noted.

Guidelines are provided to assist in clinical decision making, not to take the place of clinician judgment.

Some CPGs include a CPG+ analysis, a translation aid for applying CPGs to practice, including an Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II, or AGREE II, conducted by a team of experts.

Search CPGs

  • Sort by:
Clear
Filter by

All CPGs

European Respiratory Society Guidelines for the Management of Adult Bronchiectasis

September 9, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Middle Aged (45-64), Adult (25-44), Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Bronchiectasis

Rehabilitation After Critical Illness in Adults [NICE QS158]

September 7, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: 80 and over (80+), Aged (65+), Middle Aged (45-64), Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44)
Condition & Symptoms: Critical Illness

VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Rehabilitation of Lower Limb Amputation

September 1, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Young Adult (19-24), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), Adult (25-44), 80 and over (80+)
Condition & Symptoms: Amputation

Preventing Falls and Reducing Injury From Falls, Fourth Edition

September 1, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), 80 and over (80+), Aged (65+), Young Adult (19-24), Middle Aged (45-64)
Condition & Symptoms: Falls

Advanced Breast Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment (Updated) [NICE CG81]

August 16, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Middle Aged (45-64), Adult (25-44), Aged (65+), Young Adult (19-24)
Condition & Symptoms: Cancer, Lymphedema

American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America: Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure

August 8, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Aged (65+), 80 and over (80+), Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64)
Condition & Symptoms: Heart Failure

Pain: Assessment, Non-Opioid Treatment Approaches and Opioid Management, 8th Edition, Version 2

August 1, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), 80 and over (80+), Young Adult (19-24), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), Adolescent (13-18)
Condition & Symptoms: Chronic Pain

American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society: Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope

August 1, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: 80 and over (80+), Adult (25-44), Child (6-12), Young Adult (19-24), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), Adolescent (13-18)
Condition & Symptoms: Cardiac Conditions

UK: Parkinson’s Disease in Adults

July 19, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+), Young Adult (19-24)
Condition & Symptoms: Parkinson Disease

APTA Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy: Neck Pain: Revision 2017

July 1, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Adolescent (13-18), Young Adult (19-24), Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+)
Condition & Symptoms: Neck Pain

Cardiac Rehabilitation [SIGN 150]

July 1, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: 80 and over (80+), Middle Aged (45-64), Adult (25-44), Aged (65+)
Condition & Symptoms: Cardiac Conditions

APTA Oncology: Diagnosis of Upper-Quadrant Lymphedema Secondary to Cancer (CPG+)

July 1, 2017 | CPG

Patient Age: Adult (25-44), Middle Aged (45-64), Aged (65+)
Condition & Symptoms: Cancer, Lymphedema