ISBN: 1455736759 9781455736751

Category: Medical / Allied Health Services / Occupational Therapy

Page count: 592

<p>This is a Pageburst digital textbook; the product description may vary from the print textbook.</p> <p> </p> <p>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. <b>Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications</b> 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.</p><br><br><ul><li><b>Discipline-specific examples</b> are drawn from three major fields: physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.</li><li><b>Unique! Coverage of non-experimental research</b> 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.</li><li><b>Expanded <i>Single-Subject Design</i> chapter</b> provides a more thorough explanation and examples of multiple baselines, alternating treatments, and interactions -- designs that can be use in everyday clinical practice.</li><li><b>Finding <i>Research Literature</i> chapter</b> includes step-by-step descriptions of literature searches within different rehab professions.</li><li><b>Student resources on a companion Evolve website</b> allow you to review important concepts with exercises and discussion questions, research article analyses, and a downloadable spreadsheet.</li><br></ul><br><br><ul><li><b>Unique! New<i> Evidence-Based Practice</i> chapter</b> provides an overview of the important concepts of EBP and the WHO model of health and disease.</li><li><b>Discussion questions on the companion Evolve website</b> provide you with ideas for further study.</li><li><b>Unique! Research article analyses on Evolve</b> provide more in-depth analysis and demonstrate the writing style you should employ.</li><li><b>New authors Russell Carter and Jay Lubinsky</b> bring an interdisciplinary focus and a stronger emphasis on evidence-based practice.</li> <p> </p></ul>