Curricular Standards


Assistive Devices

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  • NONSYSTEM: Equipment, Devices, & Technologies

  • CAPTE: PT Standards and Required Elements

    • Examination, Evaluation & Diagnosis

      • 7D19: Select, and competently administer tests and measures52 appropriate to the patient’s age, diagnosis and health status including, but not limited to, those that assess:

        • 7D19c: Assistive Technology

        • 7D19i: Gait

    • Intervention

      • 7D27d: Functional Training in Self-Care and in Domestic, Education, Work, Community, Social, and Civic Life

      • 7D27g: Motor Function Training (balance, gait, etc.)


Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

FSBPT: NPTE-PT Test Content Outline -

  • BODY SYSTEMS: Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Systems

CAPTE: PT Standards and Required Elements

  • Examination, Evaluation, and Diagnosis

    • 7D18: Perform systems review

    • 7D19: Select, and competently administer tests and measures52 appropriate to the patient’s age, diagnosis and health status including, but not limited to, those that assess:

      • 7D19a: Aerobic Capacity/Endurance

      • 7D19e: Circulation (Arterial, Venous, Lymphatic)

      • 7D19m: Mobility (including Locomotion)

      • 7D19w: Ventilation and Respiration or Gas Exchange

    • 7D20: Evaluate data from the examination (history, health record, systems review, and tests and measures) to make clinical judgments.

    • 7D21: Use the International Classification of Function (ICF) to describe a patient's/client’s impairments, activity and participation limitations.

    • 7D22: Determine a diagnosis that guides future patient/client management.

  • Intervention

    • 7D27a: Airway Clearance Techniques

    • 7D27d: Functional Training in Self-Care and in Domestic, Education, Work, Community, Social, and Civic Life

    • 7D27i: Therapeutic Exercise


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