PT 3020 - Physical Therapy as a Profession

This guide is designed to point you to helpful library and web resources for your Physical Therapy as a Profession course. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or suggestions.

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START by exploring Library OneSearch - the OU Libraries consolidated catalog -  to find print and online books, book chapters, journals, articles, and more on your topic.

Try search terms like parkinson* AND "physical therapy" and use the filters options below the search box to limit your retrieval to "Full Text" for online access or "Peer Reviewed" for scholarly articles. Click the "All filters" button to see other options for refining your search.

Browse a list of the Physical Therapy journals available through the OU Libraries. Scan through some recent issues to get an idea of a topic you might like to research. Some of the more high-impact, peer-reviewed journals are linked below:

• Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy
• Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
• Journal of Physiotherapy
• Physical Therapy in Sport

Here is a link to the main trade journal published by the American Physical Therapy Association

• APTA Magazine (Previously called PT in Motion)