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Key resources in physiotherapy

Your outreach librarian is Liz Callow (01865 740471)
Liz can help you keep up-to-date with developments in your specialty.

 

 

 

 

Databases via OxLIP or the National Library for Health

Cinahl - nursing and allied health
Embase - pharmacology and all aspects of biomedicine
Medline - the major bibliographic database for biomedical literature
PsycINFO - major bibliographic database for mental health
SportDiscus - sports medicine (OxLIP only)

Databases that are free to access in the UK

Cochrane Library - full text systematic reviews and references for economic evaluations and clinical trials
PEDro - physiotherapy evidence
PubMed - Medline direct from the National Library of Medicine
Trip - search engine for evidence-based resources

Quick links to physiotherapy journals
Key: (F) = free, (Uni) = available via Oxford University e-journals, (NHS) = available via NHS MyJournals

Advances in Physiotherapy (Uni)
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Uni)
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Uni)
Australian Journal of Physiotherapy (NHS)
British Journal of Sports Medicine (NHS)
Clinical Rehabilitation (NHS)
Journal of Hand Therapy (NHS)
Journal of Head Trauma and Rehabilitation (Uni)
Journal of Physical Therapy Science (Uni)
New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy (Uni) (NHS)
Physiotherapy (Uni)
Physiotherapy Research International (NHS)
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice (Uni)

Reference Sources

Intute
Joanna Briggs Institute - evidence-based physiotherapy
NLH Musculoskeletal Specialist Library - National Library for Health resource
NLH Trauma and Orthopaedics Specialist Library - National Library for Health resource
Physiospot Cardiorespiratory - physiotherapy research blog
Physiospot Musculoskeletal - physiotherapy research blog
Physiospot Neurology - physiotherapy research blog
Physiospot Paediatrics - physiotherapy research blog
Physiospot Pain - physiotherapy research blog
Physiospot Sports - physiotherapy research blog
Physiospot Womens Health - physiotherapy research blog

E-books available via MyiLibrary with your NHS Athens account

Interventions for Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach for Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists
Oxford Textbook of Sports Medicine

Guidelines

National Library of Guidelines (UK)
British Society of Rheumatology guidelines
NICE guideline in progress: Low back pain (expected 2009)
NICE interventional procedure guidance: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for refractory tendinopathies (2005)
NICE interventional procedure guidance: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for calcific tendonitis of the shoulder (2003)
NICE guideline: The assessment and prevention of falls in older people (2004)

Professional Associations

British Association of Hand Therapists
British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine
British Orthopaedic Association
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy