- Home
- Physical Therapy Assistants
- West Virginia
- Parkersburg
23 Physical Therapy Assistants found in ParkersburgLindsay Schultheis, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
417 Grand Park Dr Ste 203, Parkersburg, WV - 26105
304-422-9293
Malissa Perry
Physical Therapy Assistant
3 Western Hills Dr, Parkersburg, WV - 26105
304-420-1300
Penny Valley
Physical Therapy Assistant
3 Western Hills Dr, Parkersburg, WV - 26105
304-420-1300
Sara Smith
Physical Therapy Assistant
3 Western Hills Dr, Parkersburg, WV - 26105
304-420-1300
Shannon Mccullough
Physical Therapy Assistant
1212 Garfield Ave, Suite 200, Parkersburg, WV - 26101
304-865-6778 304-865-7400
Stacie M Forshey, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
1716 Gihon Rd, Parkersburg, WV - 26101
304-485-5511 304-485-3511
Stephanie Stephens, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
417 Grand Park Dr Ste 203, Parkersburg, WV - 26105
304-422-9293
Ms. Terry Dawn Anderson, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
723 Summers St, Parkersburg, WV - 26101
304-428-5573
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.