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Useful web sites Critical Skills Appraisal Programme http://www.phru.nhs.uk/Pages/PHD/CASP.htm CASP appraisal tools http://www.phru.nhs.uk/Pages/PHD/resources.htm McMaster University Evidence Based Practice Centre http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/epc/ National library for Health http://www.library.nhs.uk/Default.aspx Clinical Knowledge Summaries http://cks.library.nhs.uk/home Pub Med http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ University Hospital of North Staffordshire http://www.uhns.nhs.uk/home.aspx Haywood Hospital http://www.haywoodrheumatology.org.uk/ Musculoskeletal Research Facilitation Group – Welcome Pack January 2011- Kay Stevenson
Example of a Critically Appraised topic In adults with shoulder joint impingement is the intervention of stabilization exercises and/or postural correction versus any treatment or no intervention effective in reducing pain and increasing function? Clinical bottom line There was no evidence specific to scapula stabilization exercises, but the general summary of the literature searched was that an exercise programme was beneficial with the addition of manual therapy being more effective than exercises alone Population: Male and female adults Intervention: Scapula stabilization exercises / postural correction Outcome: Reduced pain and increased function Excluded: Diagnoses other than shoulder impingement syndrome Databases Searched: Cochrane, Pedro, NHS Library for Health, medline, Cinahl, Embase, Psyclnfo, Clinical Evidence, Bandolier, NELH, Professional websites, Guidelines, NICE Search for the past 10 years i.e. 1996 – 2006 Key words searched: Shoulder impingement, shoulder impingement syndrome, subacromial impingement, shoulder pain, tendonitis rehabilitation, exercises, exercise therapy, physical therapy, physiotherapy, conservative treatment, postural exercises, scapular stabilization Types of studies Systematic reviews, RCT‟s and guidelines Available Evidence Database ( Specific to our CAT) Number of abstracts Number of relevant abstracts Clinical evidence 0 PsychInfo 158 2 AMED/ CINAHL/ Embase 3 1 PEDRO 27 2 Medline 4 3 Cochrane Guidelines 1 1 Total 193 9 Musculoskeletal Research Facilitation Group – Welcome Pack January 2011- Kay Stevenson
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