APTA's Frontiers in Rehabilitation, Science, and Technology Network is a community for interested stakeholders. Ideas generated by the network may be implemented by participants' stakeholder groups (sections, academies, external groups, APTA, etc.) at the discretion of each stakeholder group's governing body.
Get Involved
- Join the network: APTA members should use the online signup form to join the network (no fees required). By joining the network, you will be automatically subscribed to receive email alerts from the network's online community (you may adjust your email alerts at any time).
Content Areas
This network represents the following areas of interest:
- Genetics in Physical Therapy.
- Imaging.
- Regenerative Rehabilitation.
- Sensors and Robotics.
- Digital Health.
- Health Informatics.
Purpose
The network has goals to:
- Establish collaborative partnership and participation among stakeholder groups (sections, academies, external groups, APTA, etc.).
- Participate in the promotion of scientific and technological innovation in rehabilitation and movement sciences.
- Leverage scientific and technological discoveries to advance physical therapist practice, education, and research.
- Provide a formal means for the members and partners of the network to meet, communicate, and interface with each other, the APTA Board of Directors, and the profession.
- Promote connecting, information sharing, education, and leadership development in the areas of innovation, science, and technology across the association and its components.
- Establish a structure and composition for sustainability within the resource constraints as identified by the APTA Board of Directors and consistent with the Bylaws of the American Physical Therapy Association and APTA positions, standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures.