Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

ABLEDATA
Maintained for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, ABLEDATA is a national database of information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment. It lists over 23,000 products from approximately 2,600 domestic and international manufacturers and distributors.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of the body’s bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves.

American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Includes topical information for member physicians and consumers.

American Chronic Pain Association
Raising awareness among the healthcare community, policy makers, and the public at large about issues of living with chronic pain

American Occupational Therapy Association
Includes information about accreditation, continuing education, professional ethics and legislation. Special sections include areas for students, consumer information, and news.

American Pain Association
As a multi-disciplinary educational and scientific organization dedicated to serving people in pain, the APA provides resources for professional practice and patient education, as well as membership information, publications and news.

American Pain Foundation
Their mission is to improve the quality of life for people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase effective pain management

American Physical Therapy Association
Provides an overview of the PT profession, an APTA resource catalog, and access to highlights from the current issue of PT Magazine, as well as links to conference notices, news and current events. Also includes professional ethics, legislation, research and public relations.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Includes separate resource areas for professionals, students and health care consumers.

Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
Provides information about the Americans with Disabilities Act. Special sections include: status reports, technical assistance, certification, and settlement information.

Center for Applied Special Technology
CAST is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to expand opportunities for individuals with disabilities through the use of innovative computer technology.

National Rehabilitation Information Center
Find summaries of documents on rehabilitation and disability research; research-in-progress reports on over 300 projects funded by the NIDRR; and a list of 1200 organizations, databases, and directories.

PTCentral
Aimed at both clinicians and health care consumers, PTCentral includes links to educational materials and a regional on-line guide to related associations, hospitals, outpatient clinics, and rehabilitation services. Resources include the Hosford Muscle Tables: a comprehensive and descriptive directory of each muscle of the human body.