Evidence Based Practice

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, PT, DPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, PT, DPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Reading list

• RESEARCH APPROACHES FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPY¹

What does it mean to be an “Evidence Based” clinician?

Is it nonscientific or Cutting Edge?

Everyone would agree that performing tests or treatments with a complete lack of evidence and logic to support their reasoning is a poor standard of practice.

We also consider the fact that every effective treatment, at one point, had no research.

These two goals seemingly contradict eachother.

Here are some potential ways to use evidence-based without having direct evidence.

• Finding parallels with similar treatment or testing mechanisms
• Using anatomical, biomechanical, or physiological evidence to make educated hypotheses for treatment/testing effectiveness.

References

1.

Falla D, Moore AP, Jull G, et al., eds. Grieve’s Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. 4th ed. Elsevier; 2015.