How to Appraise Research
A Guide for Chiropractic Students and Practitioners
By- Carol Hagino, BSc, MBA, PhD, Student in Medical Research, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* practical workbook demystifying critical appraisal * chiropractically-relevant research journal papers * explains basic concepts in critical appraisal as appropriate to chiropractic * facilitates the practice of competent evidence-based healthcare * enables the student to critically evaluate the research literature
Paperback, 168 Pages
Published: December 2002
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-443-07379-3
Contents
- How to use this book. A Critical Evaluation of: A case report of a congenital cleft of the anterior atlas arch - a rare variant of the atlas mimicking fracture. A Critical Evaluation of: Conservative management of mechanical neck pain - systemic overview and meta-analysis. A Critical Evaluation of: Low back pain of mechanical origin: randomized comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment. A Critical Evaluation of: A comparison of active and simulated chiropractic manipulation as adjunctive treatment for childhood asthma. A Critical Evaluation of: Effects of diptheria-tetanus-pertussis or tetanus vaccination on allergies and allergy-related respiratory symptoms among children and adolescents in the United States. A Critical Evaluation of: A comparison of physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, and provision of an educational booklet for the treatment of patients with low back pain. A Critical Evaluation of: Inter- and intra-examiner reliability of palpation for sacroiliac joint dysfunction. A Critical Evaluation of : Reliability and concurrent validity of two instruments for measuring cervical range of motion: effects of age and gender. References. Index.
