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559 Physical Therapy Assistants found in IowaMrs. Whitney E Criswell, P.T.A.
Physical Therapy Assistant
801 E Williams St, Ottumwa, IA - 52501
641-684-2211
Mr. William L Bowman Jr., P.T.A.
Physical Therapy Assistant
115 S Washington St, Ottumwa, IA - 52501
641-682-8171 641-682-9054
Mr. William Odes Welcher, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
2121 W 19th St, Sioux City, IA - 51103
712-277-4260
Zoe Schneider
Physical Therapy Assistant
3301 Bergquist Ave, Spirit Lake, IA - 51360
712-336-3500
About Physical Therapy Assistants: Physical Therapy Assistants: re individual who works under the supervision of a physical therapist to assist him or her in providing physical therapy services. A physical therapy assistant may, for instance, help patients follow an appropriate exercise program that will increase their strength, endurance, coordination, and range of motion and train patients to perform activities of daily life.
PTA's are skilled health care providers who are graduates of a physical therapist assistant associate degree program accredited by an agency recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education or Council on Postsecondary Accreditation. They assists the physical therapist in providing physical therapy. The supervising physical therapist is directly responsible for the actions of the physical therapist assistant. The PTA performs physical therapy procedures and related tasks that have been selected and delegated by the supervising physical therapist.
Duties of the PTA include assisting the physical therapist in implementing treatment programs, training patients in exercised and activities of daily living, conducting treatments, and reporting to the physical therapist on the patient's responses. In addition to direct patient care, the PTA may also perform such functions as patient transport, and clinic or equipment preparation and maintenance. Currently more than half of all states require PTAs to be licensed, registered or certified.