Foreword for First Edition |
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Preface to the First Edition |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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Preface to the Third Edition |
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1 Evidence-Based Physiotherapy |
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What is Evidence-Based Physiotherapy? |
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What Do We Mean by `High-Quality Clinical Research'? |
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What Do We Mean by `Patient Preferences'? |
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What Do We Mean by `Practice Knowledge'? |
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Additional Factors Influencing Clinical Decisions |
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The Process of Clinical Decision-Making |
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Why is Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Important? |
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For Physiotherapists and the Profession |
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For Funders of Physiotherapy Services |
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History of Evidence-Based Health Care |
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How will this Book Help You to Practice Evidence-Based Physiotherapy? |
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Steps for Practicing Evidence-Based Physiotherapy |
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2 What Do I Need to Know? |
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Relevant Clinical Questions |
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9 | (1) |
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3 What Constitutes Evidence? |
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What Constitutes Evidence About Effects of Interventions? |
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Theories About Mechanisms |
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Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis, Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data, Network Meta-Analysis and Prospective Systematic Reviews |
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What Constitutes Evidence About Experiences? |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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What Constitutes Evidence About Prognosis? |
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What Constitutes Evidence About the Accuracy of Diagnostic and Screening Tests? |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (23) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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Combining Search Terms with AND and OR |
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Finding Evidence About Effects of Interventions |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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Finding Evidence About Prognosis |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (3) |
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Finding Evidence About Diagnostic Tests |
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50 | (1) |
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Finding Evidence of Experiences |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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Finding Evidence of Advances in Clinical Practice (Browsing) |
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5 Can I Trust This Evidence? |
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A Process for Critical Appraisal of Evidence |
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Critical Appraisal of Evidence About the Effects of Intervention |
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Systematic Reviews of Randomized Trials |
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Critical Appraisal of Evidence About Experiences |
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Was the Sampling Strategy Appropriate? |
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Was the Data Collection Sufficient to Cover the Phenomena? |
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Were the Data Analysed in a Rigorous Way? |
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Critical Appraisal of Evidence about Prognosis |
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Individual Studies of Prognosis |
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Systematic Reviews of Prognosis |
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Critical Appraisal of Evidence About Diagnostic Tests |
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Individual Studies of Diagnostic Tests |
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Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Tests |
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6 What Does This Evidence Mean for My Practice? |
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What Does This Randomized Trial Mean for My Practice? |
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89 | (1) |
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Is the Evidence Relevant to Me and My Patient/s? |
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What Does the Evidence Say? |
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What Does This Systematic Review of Effects of Intervention Mean for My Practice? |
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Is the Evidence Relevant to Me and My Patient/s? |
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109 | (1) |
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What Does the Evidence Say? |
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What Does This Study of Experiences Mean for My Practice? |
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Was There a Clear Statement of Findings? |
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117 | (1) |
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How Valuable is the Research? |
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118 | (1) |
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What Does This Study of Prognosis Mean for My Practice? |
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118 | (1) |
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Is the Study Relevant to Me and My Patient/s? |
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118 | (1) |
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What Does the Evidence Say? |
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119 | (3) |
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What Does This Study of the Accuracy of A Diagnostic Test Mean for My Practice? |
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122 | (1) |
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Is the Evidence Relevant to Me and My Patient/s? |
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122 | (1) |
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What Does the Evidence Say? |
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7 Clinical Guidelines as a Resource for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy |
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What are Clinical Guidelines? |
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History of Clinical Guidelines and Why They are Important |
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131 | (1) |
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Where Can I Find Clinical Guidelines? |
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132 | (1) |
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How Do I Know If I Can Trust the Recommendations in A Clinical Guideline? |
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133 | (1) |
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Who Developed the Guideline? |
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133 | (1) |
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How were the Recommendations Developed? |
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133 | (1) |
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From Quality (Level) of Evidence to Strength of Recommendations |
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134 | (3) |
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8 When and How Should New Therapies Be Introduced Into Clinical Practice? |
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137 | (5) |
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137 | (1) |
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The Life Cycle of A Medical Innovation |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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Proposal for A Protocol for Introduction of New Therapies |
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139 | (1) |
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Anticipation of Some Objections |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (13) |
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142 | (1) |
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What Do We Mean by `Making it Happen'? |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (1) |
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Evidence-Based Implementation |
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146 | (1) |
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What Helps People to Change Practice? |
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146 | (1) |
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Implementing Clinical Guidelines |
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147 | (5) |
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Evidence-Based Physiotherapy in the Context of Continuous Quality Improvement |
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152 | (3) |
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10 Am I on the Right Track? |
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155 | (6) |
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155 | (1) |
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Assessing Patient Outcomes: Clinical Measurement |
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155 | (1) |
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How Can We Interpret Measurements of Outcome? |
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156 | (2) |
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Assessing the Process of Care: Audit |
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158 | (1) |
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Audit of Clinical Practice |
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158 | (2) |
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Audit of the Process by Which Questions are Answered |
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160 | (1) |
Concluding Comment |
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