Category: Evidence Based Practice And Research

PEDro – An important physiotherapy evidence resource.

Saurab Sharma | October 31, 2015

PEDro is physiotherapy Evidence Based Database. It is created to bring physiotherapy evidences free to use for physiotherapists all round the world. It archives more than 31 thousand interventional studies (clinical trials), summary of evidences (Systematic reviews) and clinical practice guidelines. It is easier as physiotherapists to browse through one database PEDro for updating themselves, […]

Stretching is not the only solution to improve flexibility!!!

Saurab Sharma | September 5, 2015

Muscle tightness specifically of Hamstring muscle is a very common problem. It is speculated that it can cause variety of problems such as low back pain, hamstring muscle strain, patellofemoral pain, plantar fasciitis etc. A variety of treatment techniques have been used in the past to improve hamstring flexibility, however, none of the techniques proved […]

Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Practice- What is it and how to do?

Saurab Sharma | April 12, 2015

What is Evidence Based Physiotherapy Practice (EBP)? Steps in EBP “Nothing could be more humanistic than using evidence to find the best possible approach to care” (Jules Rothstein, PT, PhD) Background:Any empirical observation about the apparent relation between events constitutes potential evidence. “The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions […]

Levels of Evidence

Saurab Sharma | April 12, 2015

The slideshow below may be helpful in knowing about levels of evidence.  

Searching for evidence- Literature search

Saurab Sharma | April 12, 2015

The powerpoint slideshow below may be helpful to know about literature search strategy.   

Introduction to research article

Saurab Sharma | April 12, 2015

To know about the parts of research article, go through the slideshow below. Hope this is helpful.