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Rothstein Roundtable Podcast—“Putting All of Our Eggs in One Basket: Human Movement System”

  1. Stephen J. Hunter, Panelist,
  2. Barbara J. Norton, Panelist,
  3. Christopher M. Powers, Panelist,
  4. Lisa K. Saladin, Panelist and
  5. Anthony Delitto, Moderator
  1. S.J. Hunter, PT, DPT, OCS, is Manager, Intermountain Physical Therapy, Intermountain Healthcare, West Jordan, Utah.
  2. B.J. Norton, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is Associate Director for Education Technology in Physical Therapy, Professor of Physical Therapy, and Professor of Neurology, Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
  3. C.M. Powers, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is Professor and Director, Program in Biokinesiology, and Co-Director, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Laboratory, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
  4. L.K. Saladin, PT, PhD, FASAHP, is Professor and Dean, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, and Vice President, APTA.
  5. A. Delitto, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Professor and Interim Dean, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; Professor, Department of Physical Therapy; Associate Dean for Research, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; and Vice President of Education and Research, Centers for Rehab Services, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In 2013, APTA's House of Delegates adopted APTA's Vision Statement for the Physical Therapy Profession: “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.” One of the Guiding Principles to Achieve the Vision is that “the physical therapy profession will define and promote the movement system as the foundation for optimizing movement to improve the health of society,” with the physical therapist being “responsible for evaluating and managing an individual's movement system across the lifespan to promote optimal development; diagnose impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions; and provide interventions targeted at preventing or ameliorating activity limitations and participation restrictions. The movement system is the core of physical therapist practice, education, and research.”

Has the physical therapy profession truly embraced the concept of the movement system? What would need to change for the profession to accelerate this process? Distinguished panelists from the research, education, and practice spheres discuss how best to prepare the profession to adopt and integrate the human movement system.

The Rothstein Roundtable is named in honor of Jules Rothstein, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Physical Therapy (PTJ) Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (1989–2005), who believed passionately in the importance of scholarly dialogue and debate.

The podcast is available at: http://ptjournal.apta.org/content/95/11/1466/suppl/DC1