“ACEing” the Evidence Within Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)

Physical medicine and rehabilitation.

An important priority has been the development of quantitative methods for measuring the disability status of patients undergoing rehabilitation. Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin is an effective new therapy for spasticity due to a number of causes.

of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for the Clinician

Obstacles facing evidence based medicine in physical medicine and rehabilitation: from opinion and knowledge to practice

Background Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a new approach to medicine which can guide clinical services toward effective and beneficial results with the least side effects or errors. Up to now, there have been few available articles about specialists' EBM status, specifically the status of physiatrists in the area of EBM. Objective To determine the present status of physiatrists' attitudes, ...

The use of outcome measures in physical medicine and rehabilitation within Europe.

The aim of the study was to survey the use of outcome measures in rehabilitation within Europe. It was envisaged that this would provide the basis for further studies on the cross-cultural validity of outcome measures. A postal questionnaire was distributed in November 1998 to 866 units providing rehabilitation. In total, 418 questionnaires were returned, corresponding to a response rate of 48%...