Physical Therapy Resources: EBP

Resource for teaching and learning EBM; includes articles, calculators, worksheets, etc.

An alert system for quality articles; also contains a searchable database of citations to quality evidence selected by McMaster University.

An evidence-based resource for rehab professionals that uses wiki technology so that all physiotherapists can contribute, share and build knowledge.

APTA database of current evidence. Must be an APTA member to log in.

PT specific Evidence-Based guide from UNC's Health Sciences Library.

Access to citations in MEDLINE with links to participating online journals.

Authoritative coverage of the journal literature related to nursing and allied health.

This database covers key areas of sports medicine and related fields. Content areas range from sports physiology and sports psychology to physical education and recreation.

A free database of randomized trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. All trials are independently assessed for quality; these ratings are used to guide users to trials that are more likely to be valid.

Contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and other resources relevant to OT/PT interventions. Most trials have been critically appraised for their validity and interpretability.

The PRISMA Statement consists of a 27-item checklist and a four-phase flow diagram.

STAndards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies: Checklist and flow chart for readers to use with articles of diagnostic accuracy

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology: checklist for assessing observational studies.

A checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomized and non-randomized studies of health care interventions.

Online help from Embase. Includes information on adjacency searching, other operators, etc.

Diagnostic Test-calculates Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, LR+, and LR-; Prospective Study- calculates Relative Risk (RR), Absolute Relative Risk (ARR), and Number Needed to Treat (NNT); Case-control Study-calculates the O.

This calculator can determine diagnostic test characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios) and/or determine post-test probability of disease given the pre-test probability and test characteristics.