Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications

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.

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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