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Evaluating Research Studies That Address Prognosis for Patients Receiving Physical Therapy Care: A Clinical Update

Author(s) -

Paul Beattie,

Roger M. Nelson

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20060284

Subject(s) - medicine , statement (logic) , intensive care medicine , medline , primary care , systematic review , physical therapy , family medicine , political science , law

A prognosis is a broad statement that predicts a patient's likely status, or degree of change, at some time in the future. Clinicians are likely to improve the accuracy of their judgments of prognosis by incorporating relevant research findings. In recent years, there has been substantial growth in the number of primary studies and systematic reviews addressing prognosis for people likely to receive physical therapy care. The purpose of this clinical update is to provide a framework for identifying, appraising, and utilizing these research findings to help make prognostic judgments.

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