Rehabilitation Research

Covering the full range of rehabilitation research with a clear, easy-to-understand approach, this resource will help you analyze and apply research to practice. Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications examines traditional experimental designs as well as nonexperimental and emerging approaches, including qualitative research, single-system design, outcomes research, and survey research. Clinical case studies and references will enhance your skills as a scientist-practitioner. Written by noted educators Russell Carter and Jay Lubinsky, this book emphasizes evidence-based practice within physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other rehabilitation professions.

Zusammenfassung
Revision of: Physical therapy research / Elizabeth Domholdt. c2000. 4th ed.

Inhalt
Section 1: Research Fundamentals

1. Rehabilitation Research
2. Theory in Rehabilitation Research
3. Evidence-Based Practice
4. Finding Research Literature
5. Research Ethics
   Section 2: Research Design
6. Research Paradigms
7. Variables
8. Research Validity
9. Selection and Assignment of Participants
   Section 3: Experimental Designs
10. Group Designs
11. Single-Subject Designs
    Section 4: Nonexperimental Research for Rehabilitation
12. Overview of Nonexperimental Research
13. Clinical Case Reports
    Section 5: Research Beyond the Everyday
14. Qualitative Research
15. Epidemiology
16. Outcomes Research
17. Survey Research
    Section 6: Measurement
18. Measurement Theory
19. Methodological Research
    Section 7: Data Analysis
20. Statistical Reasoning
21. Statistical Analysis of Differences: The Basics
22. Statistical Analysis of Differences: Advanced
23. Statistical Analysis of Relationships: The Basics
24. Statistical Analysis of Relationships: Advanced
    Section 8: Being a Consumer of Research
25. Evaluating Evidence One Article at a Time
26. Synthesizing Bodies of Evidence
    Section 9: Implementing Research
27. Implementing a Research Project
28. Publishing and Presenting Research
    Appendices