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.
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.
Key Features
- 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
2 What Do I Need to Know?
3 What Constitutes Evidence?
4 Finding the Evidence
5 Can I Trust This Evidence?
6 What Does This Evidence Mean for My Practice?
7 Clinical Guidelines as a Resource for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy
8 When and How Should New Therapies Be Introduced Into Clinical Practice?
9 Making it Happen
10 Am I on the Right Track?
Physiotherapy Students, approx. 5000 in UK, practicing physiotherapists approx. 60,000 in UK, approx.. 33, 000 in AU/NZ
The book looks well-structured and detailed enough. It will be a good recommended book for our students.
I haven't received it yet.