Vast changes are occurring in the nation's health care delivery system. As part of this progressive trend, physical therapy, too, is changing. The physical therapy profession has kept pace with rapid advances in science and technology to provide the most effective patient treatment possible. The need for this care is growing.

In the United States alone, physical therapists help hundreds of thousands of individuals daily to restore health, improve function, and alleviate pain. And demand should continue to grow in the long run, as increasingly more people require....