Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based practice is the use of current best evidence in making
decisions about the care of individual patients. APTA supports and
promotes the development and utilization of evidence-based practice that
includes the integration of best available research, clinical expertise,
and patient values and circumstances related to patient/client
management, practice management, and health policy decision making.
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Hooked on Evidence is APTA's grassroots effort to
develop a research database containing current research evidence on the
effectiveness of physical therapy interventions. Relevant articles are
reviewed and extractions with key information about each article are
provided. The research articles are linked to clinical scenarios
commonly seen in practice.
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Open Door
is APTA's Portal to Evidence-Based Practice and provides members with
easy access to journals and other resource materials whenever and
wherever you need it.
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APTA's
PubMed/Medline Search Page is is the largest component of
PubMed®, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM®) database of
biomedical citations and abstracts that is searchable on the Web at no
cost.
[Last updated: 05/20/09 | Contact: research@apta.org]
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