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Evidence-based Physiotherapy

Evidence Based Practice (EBP)

 Evidence-Based-Practice (EBP) General Overview via Physiopedia (UK)

EBM and EBP: Evidence-Based Medicine and Evidence-based Practice
Library Publication. General guide on EBP. Created by Anna Lovang, Research Librarian.

Evidence Based Physical Therapy Tutorials

Title: An Evidence-based Approach to Falls Prevention, 2019. Presenter: Associate Professor Anna Barker, Head of Health Services Unit, Monash University, Musculoskeletal Health Australia. Time: 1:01:24

Title: Evaluating Evidence Based Practice: Does EBP Facilitate Wise Clinical Decisions 
This is a talk by LJ Lee and Roger Kerry, who are both physiotherapists. This talk was presented as a Focused Symposium at the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT) 2012 conference in Quebec City, Canada on 4th October 2012.
Time: 1:16:30.

Databases

Databases

*CINAHL, Medline are available through the library homepage. See the database tab.*

PEDro- Evidence based physiotherapy database. Listing randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Freely available on the Internet.

PeDro Search Help - Searching tips & structuring a PICO question PEDro Tutorials  - How to ask a Clinical question?

PEDro Guidelines - various topics - Evidence in your Inbox
Latest clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews and clinical trials for each area of physiotherapy and for selected topics in physiotherapy (Last updated 4th of November 2024)

REHABDATA
Research database and library containing research in the rehabilitation and disability field.

The Rehab database spans almost 50 years of disability and rehabilitation research. It covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities. The collection spans 1956 to the present.
NARIC - National Rehabilitation Information Center, is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).

General Online Physiotherapy resources

Physiopedia - provided by a UK based charity. Free, open access with a community editing Wikipedia resource style format.

 

Online website resources

Australian Physiotherapy Association (he Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is the peak body representing the interests of Australian physiotherapists and their patients)

National Rehabilitation Information Center Information for Independence (US resource)

World Physiotherapy
World Physiotherapy is the operating name of World Confederation for Physical Therapy, a registered charity in the UK.

 

Cochrane Rehabilitation resources

         Cochrane org. rehabilitation

  • Evidence, Resources 
  • News, Events 

       Cochrane Rehab Ebook logo

https://ebook-rehabilitation.cochrane.org/