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Clinical Electrophysiology Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist · Electrophysiology, Clinical · taxonomy 2251E1300X

125
Registered nationally
0.01%
Share of this field
27
States with providers

What this licence covers

Physical therapists (PT, and DPT for the current doctoral entry degree) are licensed to evaluate and treat movement problems — after surgery or injury, or from an ongoing condition. Treatment is exercise, manual therapy and education rather than medication. Many states allow direct access, meaning you can be seen without a physician referral, though insurance may still require one.

Nerve and muscle testing, such as EMG and nerve conduction studies.

The formal definition

A licensed physical therapist, including but not limited to an individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Clinical Electrophysiologic Physical Therapy, who has demonstrated specialized knowledge and skill in electrophysiologic examinations and evaluations and encompasses both the professional and technical components of the observation, recording, analysis, and interpretation of bioelectric muscle and nerve potentials, detected by means of surface or needle electrodes, for the purpose of evaluating the integrity of the neuromuscular system. Electrophysiologic evaluations include, but are not limited to, electrodiagnostic testing, which includes clinical needle electromyography, motor and sensory nerve conduction studies, and other evoked potential procedures.

Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set. This is the definition used for billing and registration, which is why it reads the way it does.

Many also hold another licence

different training route, same person

These are registrations where the same person also holds a licence of a genuinely different kind — not the same qualification recorded twice. It is worth knowing because it widens what someone can work with: a counsellor who is also a social worker brings a different second toolkit than one who is also a behaviour analyst.

Counselor
1
0.8%
Occupational Therapist
1
0.8%

Counted from every taxonomy code on a registration, not just the primary one. A provider can appear under more than one row.

By state

20
16.0%
18
14.4%
13
10.4%
11
8.8%
6
4.8%
6
4.8%
5
4.0%
5
4.0%
4
3.2%
4
3.2%
4
3.2%
3
2.4%
2
1.6%
2
1.6%
2
1.6%
2
1.6%
2
1.6%
1
0.8%
1
0.8%
1
0.8%
1
0.8%
1
0.8%
1
0.8%

Related licence types

also under Physical Therapist