The manual therapy professions have almost exclusively focused on the use of quantitative
research to help inform their practices. This paper argues that a greater use of qualitative …

In the current climate of evidence‐based practice, physiotherapy is urged to prove its worth
via rigorous scientific research. However, there are concerns that limited methodologies are …

1. Berman S, Armon C, Todd J. Impact of a decline in Colorado Medicaid managed care
enrollment on access and quality of preventive primary care services. Pediatrics. 2005; 116 …

Background Up to 50% of women will develop pelvic organ prolapse (POP) over their
lifetime. Symptoms include pain, bulge, urinary, bowel and sexual symptoms affecting all …

The purpose of this paper is to provide an argument for the place of mixed methods research
across practice settings as an effective means of supporting evidence-based practice in …

Hippotherapy (Greek hippos= horse) is a specialised physiotherapy treatment that makes
use of the horses' unique three-dimensional movement impulses at a walk to facilitate …

Human nature is a very complex phenomenon. In physical therapy this complexity is
enhanced by the need to understand the intersection between the art and science of human …

The term “evidence-based practice”(EBP) has become ubiquitous in physical therapy
practice. Since the mid 1990s, over 70 articles have been published in the physical therapy …

Purpose: Knowledge translation (KT) has emerged as a concept that can lead to a greater
utilization of evidence-based research in systems of care. Despite a rise in KT research, the …

Abstract Background and Purpose. Today, it is known that adults suffering from obesity
benefit from physical activity. There is however lack of research with regard to how patients …