Cochrane overviews: How can we optimize their impact on evidence-based rehabilitation?

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 395-410

  Pollock, Alex ^a   Van Wijck, Frederike ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Evidence based practice; Literature review as topic; Rehabilitation; Review; Systematic review as topic

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; HUMAN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; REHABILITATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; REHABILITATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85067268573     PISSN: 19739087     EISSN: 19739095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23736/S1973-9087.19.05780-0     Document Type: Review

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