LibGuides: Physiotherapy: Evidence-based practice

Evidence based databases

CINAHL A comprehensive source of full text articles from nursing & allied health journals. It also includes systematic reviews, case studies and clinical trials
Cochrane: Systematic Reviews and Controlled trials Provides access to a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform health care decision-making. These databases include: Cochrane Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects - DARE (Other Reviews), Clinical Trials and NHS Economic Evaluation Database.
OTseeker (Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence) is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
PEDRO: Physiotherapy evidence database PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 39,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. For each trial, review or guideline, PEDro provides the citation details, the abstract and a link to the full text, where possible. All trials on PEDro are independently assessed for quality. These quality ratings are used to quickly guide users to trials that are more likely to be valid and to contain sufficient information to guide clinical practice. PEDro is produced by Musculoskeletal Health Sydney, School of Public Health at the University of Sydney and is hosted by Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).
Pubmed PubMed is a medical database with systematic reviews and clinical studies.
TRIP database Clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to identify clinical evidence for clinical practice.

European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education

Youtube videos by ENPHE students

AGREE instrument

AGREE instrument
AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation) Instrument : enhancing the quality of guidelines

Physiotherapy tutors video channel

On this channel you will find educational Physiotherapy videos on assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment for various conditions one may encounter.
They follow a consistent structure and provide statistical data as well as an evidence statement in almost all of our videos.

Evidence in your mailbox

Evidence in your mailbox
The latest clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews and clinical trials for each area of physiotherapy and for selected topics in physiotherapy can be viewed by clicking on the links below. These links are updated once a month, usually on the first Monday of the month