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Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy
- 3rd Edition - July 18, 2022
- Authors: Robert Herbert, Gro Jamtvedt, Kåre Birger Hagen, Mark R. Elkins
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 4 8 3 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 4 8 4 0 - 4
Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy is designed to help physiotherapists of all levels of expertise to use high quality research evidence in their clinical decision making.… Read more
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Request a sales quotePractical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy is designed to help physiotherapists of all levels of expertise to use high quality research evidence in their clinical decision making.
Written by an international team of experts and comprehensively updated in its third edition, the book considers how different sorts of evidence can be used to guide physiotherapy practice. It covers emerging methods, the use of both quantitative and qualitative research, and how to use online resources.
This book will help physiotherapy students and practitioners acquire fundamental skills of evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning, quickly find and use evidence in their work, and stay up to date with the latest evidence.
- Written specifically for physiotherapists, with physiotherapy examples throughout
- Clear explanations, research terminology explained
- Suitable for all levels of expertise - highlighted critical points and text box summaries (basic), detailed explanations in text (intermediate) and footnotes (advanced)
- Detailed strategies for searching physiotherapy-relevant databases, including the DiTA database
- Extensive consideration of clinical practice guidelines
- Emerging methods such as stepped-wedge trials, network meta-analysis, mixed methods reviews and process evaluations
- Widely referenced throughout
Physiotherapy Students, approx. 5000 in UK, practicing physiotherapists approx. 60,000 in UK, approx.. 33, 000 in AU/NZ
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword for first edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the third edition
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- 1. Evidence-based physiotherapy
- Overview
- What is ‘evidence-based physiotherapy’?
- Why is evidence-based physiotherapy important?
- History of evidence-based health care
- How will this book help you to practice evidence-based physiotherapy?
- References
- 2. What do I need to know?
- Overview
- Relevant clinical questions
- Refining your question
- References
- 3. What constitutes evidence?
- Overview
- What constitutes evidence about effects of interventions?
- What constitutes evidence about experiences?
- What constitutes evidence about prognosis?
- What constitutes evidence about the accuracy of diagnostic and screening tests?
- References
- 4. Finding the evidence
- Overview
- Search strategies
- The worldwide web
- Selecting search terms
- Combining search terms with and and or
- Finding evidence about effects of interventions
- PEDro
- The cochrane library
- Finding evidence about prognosis
- Finding evidence about diagnostic tests
- Finding evidence of experiences
- Getting full text
- Finding evidence of advances in clinical practice (browsing)
- References
- 5. Can I trust this evidence?
- Overview
- A process for critical appraisal of evidence
- Critical appraisal of evidence about the effects of intervention
- Critical appraisal of evidence about experiences
- Critical appraisal of evidence about prognosis
- Critical appraisal of evidence about diagnostic tests
- References
- 6. What does this evidence mean for my practice?
- Overview
- What does this randomized trial mean for my practice?
- What does this systematic review of effects of intervention mean for my practice?
- What does this study of experiences mean for my practice?
- What does this study of prognosis mean for my practice?
- What does this study of the accuracy of a diagnostic test mean for my practice?
- References
- 7. Clinical guidelines as a resource for evidence-based physiotherapy
- Overview
- What are clinical guidelines?
- History of clinical guidelines and why they are important
- Where can I find clinical guidelines?
- How do I know if I can trust the recommendations in a clinical guideline?
- References
- 8. When and how should new therapies be introduced into clinical practice?
- Overview
- The life cycle of a medical innovation
- A case study
- Proposal for a protocol for introduction of new therapies
- Anticipation of some objections
- References
- 9. Making it happen
- Overview
- What do we mean by ‘making it happen’?
- Changing is hard
- Evidence-based implementation
- Evidence-based physiotherapy in the context of continuous quality improvement
- References
- 10. Am I on the right track?
- Overview
- Assessing patient outcomes: Clinical measurement
- Assessing the process of care: Audit
- Concluding comment
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 190
- Language: English
- Edition: 3
- Published: July 18, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323848398
- eBook ISBN: 9780323848404
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Robert Herbert
Professor Rob Herbert initially trained as a physiotherapist. Rob has an interest in clinical research and conducts randomised trials investigating the effects of physical interventions for motor impairment. He was a founding Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy, which maintains the PEDro database (www.pedro.org.au), a unique database of randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Principal Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, AustraliaGJ
Gro Jamtvedt
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Department of Knowledge Support, Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Oslo, NorwayKH
Kåre Birger Hagen
Kare Birger Hagen is Director, Reviews and Health Technology Assessment at the Norweigen Institute of Public Health, Oslo Norway.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Department of Knowledge Support, Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Oslo, NorwayME
Mark R. Elkins
Associate Professor Mark Elkins (PhD, MHSc, BA, BPhty) is based in Sydney, Australia, where he is a Senior Research Physiotherapist in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Sydney. He is also the Scientific Editor of the Journal of Physiotherapy (Elsevier). Mark is a co-director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy, which maintains the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro; www.pedro.org.au), which hosts over 1.5 million searches per year.