Evidence-based rehabilitation : a guide to practice / edited by Mary Law, PhD, OT Reg (Ont), FCAHS, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Joy C. MacDermid, PhD, PT Reg (Ont), FCAHS, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to evidence-based practice / Mary Law and Joy C. MacDermid -- 2. Development of evidence-based knowledge / Winnie Dunn and Jill E. Foreman -- 3. Becoming an evidence-based practitioner / Aliki Thomas and Annie McCluskey -- 4. Outcome measurement in evidence-based rehabilitation / Joy C. MacDermid, Mary Law, and Susan L. Michlovitz -- 5. Asking clinical questions and searching for the evidence / Jennie Q. Lou and Paola Durando -- 6. Evaluating the evidence / Joy C. MacDermid and Mary Law -- 7. Systematically reviewing the evidence / Laura Bradley and Mary Law -- 8. Evaluating the evidence : economic evaluations / Mary Law, Michael Law, and Diane Watson -- 9. Knowledge translation / Mary Law and Joy C. MacDermid -- 10. Strategies to build evidence into practice / Mary Law and Joy C. MacDermid -- 11. Evidence synthesis practice tools : guidelines, algorithms, clinical pathways, and decision aids / Joy C. MacDermid -- 12. Communicating evidence to clients, managers, and funders / Linda Tickle-Degnen -- 13. Moving evidence into practice : case examples of the knowledge-to-Action cycle at work / Jocelyn Harris, Saurabh Mehta, and Joy C. MacDermid.

"While evidence-based practice (EBP) has greatly influenced rehabilitation in the past decade, it continues to evolve and practitioners need guidance to implement evidence into their practice. Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice, the best-selling text providing step-by-step EBP guidance for rehabilitation professionals, has been updated into an expanded Third Edition. In Evidence-Based Rehabilitation, Third Edition Drs. Mary Law and Joy MacDermid, along with their contributors, explain evidence-based rehabilitation, the concepts underlying EBP, and build the reader's knowledge and skills through specific learning. The text is organized by the steps of the EBP process--introduction to EBP, finding the evidence, assessing the evidence, and using the evidence. EBP focuses first and foremost on making the best decisions for each client and using the best information available. For many rehabilitation practitioners, building skills in EBP is best done one step at a time. Evidence-Based Rehabilitation helps the rehabilitation student and practitioner develop his or her knowledge and skills to implement evidence-based rehabilitation in practice. Designed and written by an occupational therapist and a physical therapist with extensive research, education, and practice experience, Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice, Third Edition will guide both occupational therapy and physical therapy students and practitioners as they incorporate evidence-based practice into their work"--Provided by publisher.