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189 Physical Therapy Assistants found in Rhode IslandVhari Neale
Physical Therapy Assistant
981 Kingstown Rd, Wakefield, RI - 02879
401-789-3006
Victoria Barr
Physical Therapy Assistant
100 Chambers St, Cumberland, RI - 02864
401-724-7500
Virathakane Voraraj, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
535 Centerville Rd, Warwick, RI - 02886
401-737-4581
Mr. Wallace William Perry, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
111 Brewster St, Pawtucket, RI - 02860
401-729-2629
Mr. Walter Fontes, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
610 Smithfield Rd, North Providence, RI - 02904
401-353-6300 401-353-8165
Wayne Lapoint, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
100 Randall St, Providence, RI - 02904
401-861-5858
Wilfredo Oscar Colon, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
845 N Main St, Providence, RI - 02904
401-270-1905 401-270-5658
Yi-wen Liang
Physical Therapy Assistant
102 Washburn Ave, Rumford, RI - 02916
401-390-1055
Yvette Bonilla
Physical Therapy Assistant
111 Central Ave, Apt 1, Pawtucket, RI - 02860
401-632-5895
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.