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ABLEDATA National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Resarch, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Servics, Dept of Education Provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment APTA Hooked on Evidence American Physical Therapy Association Available by subscription Database of current research evidence on the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions CINAHL Plus (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) Provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health, including Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology Critically Appraised Topics (CATS) University of British Columbia online Master of Rehabilitation Science Program These CATs were reviewed by the instructors and students in the course but independent peer reviews were not conducted Critically Appraised Topics in Rehabilitation Therapy Queens University, Canada Produced by graduate students in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University, Canada CIRRIE Database of International Rehabilitation Research Center for International Rehabilitation Resarch Information and Exchange, University of Buffalo, State University of New York Database of over 27,000 citations of international rehabilitation research Evidence Based Occupational Therapy Provides strategies, knowledge and resources to aid occupational therapists in finding out about and using evidence Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Practice Attempts to provide a collaborative approach to the evaluation of evidence derived from a diverse range of sources, including experience, expertise, and all forms of rigorous research; and the translation, transfer and utilization of the "best available" evidence into health care practice Medical Outcomes Trust Instruments Medical Outcomes Trust List of all instruments that have been approved by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Medical Outcomes Trust NARIC Databases National Rehabilitation Information Center
University of Western Sydney Produced by practitioners and occupational therapy students at the University of Western Sydney, Australia OTseeker Database of abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy Patient Reported Health Instruments National Centre for Health Outcomes Development
Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy Abstracts of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy; most rated for quality PROQOLID: Patient Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database Mapi Research Institute and Mapi Research Trust
Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney Studies of cognitive, behavioural and other treatments for psychological problems and issues occurring as a consequence of acquired brain impairment; rated for methodological quality RehabTrials Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation RehabTrials is a registry of randomised controlled trials related to rehabilitation Rehabilitation Guidelines University of Ottawa Database of web-based evidence based clinical practice guidelines (EBCPGs) from recent scientific publications, the quality of all the EBCPGs available in the database has been evaluated through the validated assessment tool, AGREE: “Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation” Judith Welsh,
MLS, BSN, RN
Clinical Informationist NIH Library, 10/1L13 301.594.6211; welshju@mail.nih.gov |