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Rehabilitation Research

Principles and Applications

Find out how to use evidence to improve your practice! Thoroughly covering the full range of rehabilitation research with a clear, easy-to-understand approach, Rehabilitation Resea… Leer más

Descripción

Find out how to use evidence to improve your practice! Thoroughly covering the full range of rehabilitation research with a clear, easy-to-understand approach, Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications, 5th Edition will help you analyze and apply research to practice. It examines traditional experimental designs as well as nonexperimental and emerging approaches, including qualitative research, single-subject designs, outcomes research, and survey research. Ideal for students and practitioners in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and communication sciences and disorders, this user-friendly resource emphasizes evidence-based practice and the development of true scientist-practitioners.

Puntos claves

  • Evidence-Based Practice
    •  chapter     provides an overview of the important concepts of EBP and the WHO model of health and disease.
  • Interdisciplinary author team consisting of a PT and an ASHA dually-certified SLP/AUD brings an interdisciplinary focus and a stronger emphasis on evidence-based practice.
  • Discipline-specific examples are drawn from three major fields: physical therapy, occupational therapy, and communication sciences and disorders.
  • Coverage of nonexperimental research includes chapters on clinical case studies and qualitative research, so you understand a wide range of research methods and when it is most appropriate to use each type.
  • Finding Research Literature chapter includes step-by-step descriptions of literature searches within different rehabilitation professions.

Índice

Section 1: Research Fundamentals

1. Rehabilitation Research

2. Theory in Rehabilitation Research

3. Evidence-Based Practice

4. Finding Research Literature

5. Research Ethics
Section 2: Research Design

6. Research Paradigms

7. Variables

8. Research Validity

9. Selection and Assignment of Participants
Section 3: Experimental Designs

10. Group Designs

11. Single-Subject Designs
Section 4: Nonexperimental Research for Rehabilitation

12. Overview of Nonexperimental Research

13. Clinical Case Reports
Section 5: Research Beyond the Everyday

14. Qualitative Research

15. Epidemiology

16. Outcomes Research

17. Survey Research
Section 6: Measurement

18. Measurement Theory

19. Methodological Research
Section 7: Data Analysis

20. Statistical Reasoning

21. Statistical Analysis of Differences: The Basics

22. Statistical Analysis of Differences: Advanced

23. Statistical Analysis of Relationships: The Basics

24. Statistical Analysis of Relationships: Advanced
Section 8: Being a Consumer of Research

25. Evaluating Evidence One Article at a Time

26. Synthesizing Bodies of Evidence
Section 9: Implementing Research

27. Implementing a Research Project

28. Publishing and Presenting Research
Appendices

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Sobre los autores

RC

Russell Carter

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physical Therapy, Governors State University, University Park, IL

JL

Jay Lubinsky

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Disorders, Governors State University, University Park, IL