Development and application of clinical prediction rules to improve decision making in physical therapist practice

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 122-131

  Childs, John D ^a,b   Cleland, Joshua A ^c,d  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Franklin Pierce College ^*  (United States)

^c FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision rule; Decision; Diagnosis; Diagnostic accuracy; Likelihood ratio; Prognosis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 29744469219     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/86.1.122     Document Type: Review

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