Rehabilitation Research

<p>Discover how to use evidence to improve your practice! Providing thorough, contemporary coverage of the full range of rehabilitation research with a clear, easy-to-understand approach, <b>Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications, 6th Edition </b>helps you learn to analyze and apply research to practice. It examines traditional experimental designs, as well as nonexperimental and emerging approaches, including qualitative research, single-system designs, epidemiology, and outcomes research. Ideal for students and practitioners in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology, this user-friendly resource emphasizes evidence-based practice and your development as a true scientist-practitioner.</p><ul> <li><b><i>Evidence-Based Practice </i>chapter </b>provides an overview of the important concepts of EBP and the World Health Organization model of health and disease.</li> <li><b>Interdisciplinary author team </b>consisting of a PT and an SLP brings an interdisciplinary focus and a stronger emphasis on evidence-based practice.</li> <li><b>Discipline-specific examples </b>are drawn from three major fields: physical therapy, occupational therapy, and communication sciences and disorders.</li> <li><b>Coverage of nonexperimental research </b>includes chapters on clinical case studies and qualitative research, to help students understand a wide range of research methods and when it is most appropriate to use each type.</li> <li><b><i>Finding Research Literature </i>chapter </b>includes step-by-step descriptions of literature searches within different rehabilitation professions.</li></ul><ul> <li><b>UPDATED! Revised evidence-based content</b> throughout provides students and rehabilitation practitioners with the most current information.</li> <li><b>UPDATED! Coverage of the latest research methods and references</b> ensures content is current and applicable for today’s PT, OT, and SLP students.</li> <li><b>NEW! <i>Analysis and Interpretation of Data from Single Subject Designs</i> chapter.</b></li> <li><b>NEW!</b> Content on <b>evaluating the quality of online and open-access journals.</b></li></ul>