Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy

25/03/2024

12/03/2024

Volume 15 No 2 is nearly ready!

Studies include content in:

*Sternal precautions may not be related to dehiscence. Who knew!?
*What is the impact of mobility technicians in a large hospital?
*Can patients requiring circulatory support be transitioned to nursing ambulation?

13/02/2024

We will be holding our annual meeting with the editorial board of the Journal at CSM in Boston. If you have any input that you would like to have addressed at our meeting, please contact the editor at [email protected].

05/01/2024

We are pleased to report that the FREE student membership portal to secure APTA students their annual membership to the Acute Care Academy (and our journal of course) has been repaired and is now operational.

02/01/2024

Attention all APTA student members,

The Acute Care Academy has decided to provide FREE 2024 student membership to anyone who wishes to join.

Simply login to your APTA membership and select to add an Academy/Section and choose Acute Care!

25/12/2023

Fulltext free to download- COVID-19 infection is associated with loss of muscle strength: A systematic review by James Smith and colleagues

14/12/2023

Just released this morning!
January 2024 - Volume 15 - Issue 1

Original Studies:
-Validation Testing of a New Crutch Tip Biofeedback Device for Prescribed Lower Extremity Weight-Bearing
-COVID-19 Infection Is Associated With Loss of Muscle Strength: A Systematic Review of the Literature
-Mobility Checklist for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and a Femoral Intra-aortic Balloon Pump

Letter to the Editor and Invited Response:
-Creating Value Together: A Triad of Clinicians, Administrators, and Researchers

29/11/2023

Same great content packaged in a digital wrapper!

17/11/2023

Our next issue of JACPT is almost ready for launch, and a few "different things" will be included.
- This will be our FIRST ALL-DIGITAL release, with paper copies only available through a special institutional subscription
- You will find unique perspectives provided, letters to the editor, and even an invited response to one of those letters.

Coming soon!

The Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy (JACPT) is the only peer reviewed journal dedicated specifically to acute care physical therapy. JACPT is the official journal of the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. It is a forum for information regardin...

06/09/2023

The data from the last 12 months of JACPT show that you can get a timely and accurate review of your research in our journal. The average time to make the first decision was 48.8 days! Then only 22.8 and 12.4 days to the second and third decisions respectively!

With an acceptance rate of 17.3% (calculated as submissions + revisions - editorials), we are your leader in disseminating acute care physical therapy information. Our NEW Impact Factor is 0.5 and climbing fast.

Try us out at by submitting your manuscript at:

Full-Function Web-Enabled Manuscript Submission and Tracking System for Peer Review

25/08/2023

Interested in reading the latest work of authors to the journal BEFORE the content is released into print? Find it here, everyday, at published-before-print on the journal's website at:

The Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy (JACPT) is the only peer reviewed journal dedicated specifically to acute care physical therapy. JACPT is the official journal of the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. It is a forum for information regardin...

03/07/2023

The Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy Editorial Staff wishes you a safe and happy holiday!

28/06/2023

Have you seen our latest issue of the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy?

Find papers like this one: "Quantifying the Risk for Hospital Readmission When Physical Therapist Discharge Recommendations Are Not Followed", by Jonathan R. Wright and colleagues.

The Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy (JACPT) is the only peer reviewed journal dedicated specifically to acute care physical therapy. JACPT is the official journal of the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. It is a forum for information regardin...

02/02/2023

A BIG THANK YOU to our publisher for sharing open access to our journal for the month of February!
JACPT is on the rise!

18/01/2023

Leo & Ashley did a great job helping me through this podcast.

Leo & Ashley huddle up with Editor in Chief Kevin Brueilly this week to chat all things publishing, and learn why an early career in sales set our guest on the path to . Search for us on Apple Podcasts!

18/01/2023

Thank you, US News & World Report for helping get the word out about a career as a physical therapist ranks #3 in health care and #6 in all careers. We knew it. Now everyone else can also.

https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/physical-therapist?fbclid=IwAR2EpdDXDbXbKVrvS-K70WxBgLoXbTP4KQ-PgLv2rYvyPiSVZYl03vhA3a4

See how physical therapist stacks up against other occupations.

05/01/2023

The Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy will be holding its annual Editorial Board Meeting (EBM) during the week of the Combined Sessions Meeting to be held February 20-26, 2023.

In an effort to allow input into the Journal's activities or publication processes, any comments regarding the Journal, its operation, or management of the review or publishing process may be sent prior to the meeting to the Editor-in-Chief at [email protected] in order to be reviewed for discussion at the EBM.
Kevin E. Brueilly, PT, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief; Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy

03/01/2023

The Holidays are behind us... it's time to get back in the saddle and care for those patients!

Let JACPT help you in bringing the latest evidence and ideas to your practice. Visit us often at

The Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy (JACPT) is the only peer reviewed journal dedicated specifically to acute care physical therapy. JACPT is the official journal of the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. It is a forum for information regardin...

11/11/2022

Nov. 11
THANK YOU VETERANS FOR YOUR SACRIFICES THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT NATION!

26/10/2022

Friends of JACPT,

Thank you for all of your work on behalf of JACPT. I write today to inform you of a gracious offer from our colleagues at PTJ who are offering a “PTJ Reviewer Academy” for less experienced reviewers and junior researchers. The goal is to sharpen review skills and give authors the quality tools to be successful in writing. This is a great opportunity to engage with journal colleagues in a combined presentation and Q&A event. You are invited to share this email with colleagues also. Topics will include: evaluating technical quality and impact, decision options, registration of clinical trials and human subjects checks, comments for the editor vs comments for the author, peer review ethics, organizing a constructive review, and identifying fatal vs fixable flaws.

PLEASE RSVP AT: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-5nntbXE30GOAXjm3Qtnr3JYoi1djRFPtaXY89UWchhUME9RQkRORE9HNlZONlpVS1pIUzc4UjdCSS4u

An Outlook calendar invitation with the Zoom link will be sent closer to the date to those who RSVP.

DATE: NOVEMBER 9

TIME: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Eastern Time USA

Please fill out the information below to RSVP for the Peer Review Academy webinar on November 9, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. ET. An Outlook invite containing the Zoom connection information will be emailed closer to the event.

17/10/2022

Did you know that members of the Acute Care Academy have FREE access to all the journal articles past and present?

Our featured article from the latest publishing is The Missing Link to Safe Care Transitions From the Acute Care Setting by Morgan Lopker and colleagues.

See it at the link below.

l discharge planning teams do not include the PT as an integral member of the team. When PTs are involved, the likelihood of rehospitalization is much lower. The PT has an essential role in the discharge process to align the patient's capacity with the community resources that will best achieve a sa...

14/09/2022

Volume 13, Issue 4; just approved for press and available soon!

Mini-themed issue on the value of the physical therapist plus bonus content on clinical studies.

08/09/2022

Yesterday was NATIONAL GRATEFUL PATIENT's DAY!

A big THANK YOU to all the health care workers for the work that you do every day to make the lives of those patients and their family members better.

The Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy salutes you!

17/08/2022

"Preprints—research outputs that are posted publicly before being peer-reviewed—are growing in popularity across many disciplines. So, too, are initiatives to review, curate, and share preprints within the scientific community."

What are your thoughts on a pre-print journal community? Would the science be preserved or lost?

Godwyns Onwucheka outlines a variety of new approaches to reviewing and drawing attention to preprints across different research areas.

15/08/2022

Issue 4 of Volume 13 is nearly here! Watch your inbox for an issue loaded with Acute Care articles and answers/ideas!

14/07/2022

We are pleased to report that JACPT has been accepted as a member of the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors (ISPJE.org). The ISPJE is a network affiliated with World Physiotherapy, the organization that sponsors World PT Day, the World Physiotherapy Congress held biennially, with the 2023 meeting scheduled in Dubai, UAE, and many other events throughout the world. By default, each of our active Editorial Board Members is now also a member of ISPJE.

This is another important step in making JACPT the world-class marquee in acute care rehabilitation!

https://world.physio/

World Physiotherapy is the global body for 121 physiotherapy member organisations, representing 625,000 physiotherapists.

06/07/2022

Just in...

Your editor and deputy editor of the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy (Kevin Brueilly, PT, PhD & Beth Smith, PT, DPT, PhD) will be presenting a two-hour session at CSM in San Diego entitled, "The Publish or Perish Aphorism in Acute Care? Move the Odds in Your Favor".

The date and time are yet TBD but join us in San Diego for a great presentation and discussion on the growing need to publish in our role as clinicians.

04/07/2022

Wishing you all a safe and happy Independence Day!

01/07/2022

Passing along Happy independence Day wishes from our Academy. Be safe y'all!

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APTA Acute Care Leadership and the APTA Acute Care Office would like to wish you and your family a happy and safe 4th of July!   The office will be closed on Monday, July 4, in observance of the holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, July 5, at 9:00 a.m. Enjoy the day!

29/06/2022

In the July issue, Johnstone and associates help us determine what measures are valid when assessing adults with CKD.