Guide to Evidence-based Physical Therapy Practice - Softcover

Jewell, Dianne V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763734438 ISBN 13: 9780763734435

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Finally, a text designed specifically for physical therapists to facilitate evidence-based practice in both the classroom and in the clinic. Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Practice provides readers with the information and tools needed to appreciate the philosophy, history, and value of evidence-based practice, understand what constitutes evidence, search efficiently for applicable evidence in the literature, evaluate the findings in the literature, and integrate the evidence with clinical judgement and individual patient preferences and values. This unique handbook combines the best elements of multiple texts into a single accessible guide. Divided into four sections that break down the research process, this user-friendly text also includes key terms, learning objectives, exercises, diagrams, worksheets, and useful appendices. This text is perfect for both physical therapists and students!

About this title

Synopsis

Jewell (Virginia Commonwealth University) explains research methods to physical therapists who choose to apply research study evidence to actual patients in the clinical setting. The graduate textbook describes different approaches to research design, different types of variables, factors that threaten a study's validity, the evaluation of research

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763734438
• ISBN 13: 9780763734435
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480