Knowledge exchange and knowledge translation in physical therapy and manual therapy fields: barriers, facilitators and issues

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Funabashi, Martha ^a   Warren, Sharon ^a   Kawchuk, Gregory N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge exchange; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge translation; Manual therapy; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992109958     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X12Y.0000000016     Document Type: Article

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