Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's identification of national research priorities for physiotherapy using a modified Delphi technique

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-272

  Rankin, Gabrielle ^a   Rushton, Alison ^b   Olver, Pat ^a   Moore, Ann ^c  

^a Chartered Society of Physiotherapy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Physical therapy; Physiotherapy; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84865176337     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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