Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications / Edition 4

by Russell Carter EdD, PT, Jay Lubinsky PhD, CCC-A/SLP, Elizabeth Domholdt EdD, PT

Overview

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.

• Discipline-specific examples are drawn from three major fields: physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.
• Unique! Coverage of non-experimental research includes chapters on clinical case reports and qualitative research, so you can understand a wide range of research methods and when it is most appropriate to use each type.
• Expanded Single-Subject Design chapter provides a more thorough explanation and examples of multiple baselines, alternating treatments, and interactions — designs that can be use in everyday clinical practice.
• Finding Research Literature chapter includes step-by-step descriptions of literature searches within different rehab professions.
• Student resources on a companion Evolve website allow you to review important concepts with exercises and discussion questions, research article analyses, and a downloadable spreadsheet.

• Unique! New Evidence-Based Practice chapter provides an overview of the important concepts of EBP and the WHO model of health and disease.
• Discussion questions on the companion Evolve website provide you with ideas for further study.
• Unique! Research article analyses on Evolve provide more in-depth analysis and promote the writing style you should employ.
• New authors Russell Carter and Jay Lubinsky bring an interdisciplinary focus and a stronger emphasis on evidence-based practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781437708400
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	10/12/2010
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Section 1: Fundamentals of Research for Students and Everyday Practitioners

1. Rehabilitation Research

2. Theory in Rehabilitation Research

3. Evidence-Based Practice NEW!

4. Finding Research Literature

5. Research Ethics

 

Section 2: Research Design

6. Research Paradigms

7. Variables

8. Validity

9. Selection and Assignment of Participants

 

Section 3: Experiments in Rehabilitation Research

10. Group Designs

11. Single-Subject Design

 

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

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Use rehabilitation research and evidence to inform and improve your practice