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March 30-April 1, 2012
KPTA Spring Conference
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Please visit the following links for information on:


Evidence-based Practice
The APTA website of Evidence-based Practice Resources includes links to Hooked on Evidence (access to research article summaries), Open Door (access to full-text research articles), and Physical Therapy (journal of the APTA).

The APTA Section on Research website includes links to PubMed (access to full-text research articles), Cochrane Reviews (access to summaries of Cochrane systematic reviews), and many others resources.

Outcomes Measures
The Rehabilitation Measures Database provides a list of assessments tools, the appropriate diagnoses for the tools, the length of time to administer, and links to the instruments.

The Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury website provides information on recommended outcome measures for people with brain injury and links to the instruments.

The APTA Neurology Section website includes information on outcome measures recommended by the StrokEDGE taskforce for people with stroke. The Multiple Sclerosis taskforce is compiling recommended outcome measures for people with MS.

The Patient Reported Outcomes Measures Group provides information about patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).

Clinical Practice Guidelines
The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy website provides links to clinical practice guidelines for several diagnoses including Achilles tendonitis, knee ligament sprain, and others.