Preface
The Standards for Tests and Measurements in Physical Therapy Practice is a cohesive and well-organized document, complete with operational definitions and primer. During a first reading, one might readily conclude that the entire work is an academic treatise, esoteric in nature and dedicated to a select handful of clinicians with the intellectual capacity and interest to glean meaning from its organization. These Standards, however, represent far more than can be processed by a cursory glance or a preoccupied mind.
As defined by the Board of Directors of the American Physical Therapy Association (November 1984), a standard is an approved, binding, general statement of requirement used to judge quality of action or activity. As such, standards are accessible to the lay and health professional public for their scrutiny and criticism.…