Authored by an international team of experts especially for physiotherapists, this new, one-of-a-kind resource examines evidence-based practice in physiotherapy - defining what constitutes evidence and how to implement findings in the day-to-day clinical setting. It discusses government and professional requirements for evidence-based medicine and clinical reasoning, and offers easy-to-follow guidelines for finding and applying evidence. It also offers useful strategies for determining whether benefits provided by physiotherapy interventions are significant enough to make the intervention worthwhile.

• Written specifically for physiotherapists
• Step-by-step guide to practice of evidence-based physiotherapy
• Written at different levels depending on reader's expertise:
• • highlighted critical points and text box summaries for readers new to these concepts
  • detailed explanations in text for intermediate readers

• footnotes for advanced readers

• Detailed presentation of strategies for searching for evidence, including using the www, search engines and physiotherapy specific databases
• Extensive consideration of clinical practice guidelines