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Exploring the knowledge-to-practice gap
- Scurlock-Evans L, Upton P, Upton D. Evidence-based practice in physiotherapy: a systematic review of barriers, enablers and interventions. Physiotherapy. 2014;100(3):208-219.
- Li LC, Wees PJ. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Phys Ther. 2015;95(4):486-491.
- Bechtel R, Cleland JA, Smith B. Researchers and clinicians: a growing divide or narrowing gap? J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2006;36(7):451-461.
- Macdermid JC, Graham ID. Knowledge translation: putting the "practice" in evidence-based practice. Hand Clinics. 2009;25(1):125-143.
Date: March 1, 2017
Contact: aptamag@apta.org
Content Type: Magazine
Victoria Schuppe, PT, PhD
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