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Suitable for students and practitioners in allied health care professions that treat patients with movement limitations, such as physical therapy and athletic training, this title helps readers learn how to gather, read, interpret, assess, and apply research to clinical practice.

Table of Contents
Preface
Foreword
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH
  • Chapter 1. Research: An Overview
  • Chapter 2. How to Read Research: Evaluating Research Articles
  • Chapter 3. Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: Distinguishing Best Practices
  • Chapter 4. EBM: An Historical Perspective
  • Chapter 5. Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research and Clinical Practice

Part II: SEEKING ANSWERS: HOW THE QUESTION DRIVES THE METHODS
  • Chapter 6. Finding the Evidence: Informational Sources, Search Strategies and Critical Appraisal
  • Chapter 7. The Hierarchy of Evidence
  • Chapter 8. Qualitative Inquiry
  • Chapter 9. Quantitative Inquiry
  • Chapter 10. Validity and Reliability
  • Chapter 11. Tests of Comparison
  • Chapter 12. Measures of Association

Part III: CLINICAL RESEARCH: DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
  • Chapter 13. Evaluation and Diagnosis: Research Methods and Data Analysis
  • Chapter 14. Screening and Prevention of Illnesses and Injuries: Research Methods and Data Analysis
  • Chapter 15. Treatment Outcomes Across the Disablement Spectrum
  • Chapter 16. Treatment Outcomes: Research Methods and Data Analysis
  • Chapter 17. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Prediction Rules
  • Chapter 18. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Part IV: DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH
  • Chapter 19. Presenting of Findings
  • Chapter 20. Writing the Funding Proposal

Part V: INTEGRATING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE INTO THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Chapter 21. Evidence in Learning and Teaching
  • Chapter 22. The Clinical Experience

Glossary
Index

Research Methods

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      Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/11/2010
      ISBN13: 9780781797689, 978-0781797689
      ISBN10: 0781797683

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Suitable for students and practitioners in allied health care professions that treat patients with movement limitations, such as physical therapy and athletic training, this title helps readers learn how to gather, read, interpret, assess, and apply research to clinical practice.

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Foreword
      Part I: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH
      • Chapter 1. Research: An Overview
      • Chapter 2. How to Read Research: Evaluating Research Articles
      • Chapter 3. Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: Distinguishing Best Practices
      • Chapter 4. EBM: An Historical Perspective
      • Chapter 5. Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research and Clinical Practice

      Part II: SEEKING ANSWERS: HOW THE QUESTION DRIVES THE METHODS
      • Chapter 6. Finding the Evidence: Informational Sources, Search Strategies and Critical Appraisal
      • Chapter 7. The Hierarchy of Evidence
      • Chapter 8. Qualitative Inquiry
      • Chapter 9. Quantitative Inquiry
      • Chapter 10. Validity and Reliability
      • Chapter 11. Tests of Comparison
      • Chapter 12. Measures of Association

      Part III: CLINICAL RESEARCH: DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
      • Chapter 13. Evaluation and Diagnosis: Research Methods and Data Analysis
      • Chapter 14. Screening and Prevention of Illnesses and Injuries: Research Methods and Data Analysis
      • Chapter 15. Treatment Outcomes Across the Disablement Spectrum
      • Chapter 16. Treatment Outcomes: Research Methods and Data Analysis
      • Chapter 17. Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Prediction Rules
      • Chapter 18. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

      Part IV: DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH
      • Chapter 19. Presenting of Findings
      • Chapter 20. Writing the Funding Proposal

      Part V: INTEGRATING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE INTO THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
      • Chapter 21. Evidence in Learning and Teaching
      • Chapter 22. The Clinical Experience

      Glossary
      Index

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