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Robert Herbert, BAppSc, MAppSc, PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy and Scientific Editor of the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, Sydney, Australia; Gro Jamtvedt, PT, PRH, Director, Department of Knowledge Support, Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Oslo, Norway; Judy Mead, MCSP, Head of Clinical Effectiveness, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, London, UK.; and Kare Birger Hagen, PT, PhD, Director, Department of Knowledge Support, Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Oslo, Norway
Butterworth Heinemann
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Allied Health - Physical Therapy
Authored by an international team of experts especially for physiotherapists, this new, one-of-a-kind resource examines evidence-based practice in physiotherapy – defining what constitutes evidence and how to implement findings in the day-to-day clinical setting. It discusses government and professional requirements for evidence-based medicine and clinical reasoning, and offers easy-to-follow guidelines for finding and applying evidence. It also offers useful strategies for determining whether benefits provided by physiotherapy interventions are significant enough to make the intervention worthwhile.
Key Features
- Written specifically for physiotherapists
- Step-by-step guide to practice of evidence-based physiotherapy
- Written at different levels depending on reader's expertise:
- highlighted critical points and text box summaries for readers new to these concepts
- detailed explanations in text for intermediate readers
- footnotes for advanced readers
- Detailed presentation of strategies for searching for evidence, including using the www, search engines and physiotherapy specific databases
- Extensive consideration of clinical practice guidelines
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Robert Herbert BAppSc MAppSc PhD Senior Lecturer School of Physiotherapy The University of Sydney Director of the Centre for EvidenceBased Physiotherapy and Scientific Editor of the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy Sydney Australia Gro Jamtvedt PT PRH Director Department of Knowledge Support Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs Oslo Norway Judy Mead MCSP Head of Clinical Effectiveness The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy London UK and Kare Birger Hagen PT PhD Director Department of Knowledge Support Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs Oslo Norway Practical EvidenceBased Physiotherapy |
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