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White Paper: Walking Speed: The Sixth Vital Sign, Stacy Fritz, Michelle M. Lusardi
White Paper: Walking Speed: The Sixth Vital Sign, Stacy Fritz, Michelle M. Lusardi
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Walking speed is "almost the perfect measure." This review summarizes the strong psychometric properties of walking speed and robust evidence for using this clinical measurement. Walking speed is easily measurable, clinically interpretable, and a potentially modifiable risk factor. For these reasons, using WS as the sixth vital sign is both pragmatic and essential.
Preparing Students For Ebp, Pamela Levangie
Preparing Students For Ebp, Pamela Levangie
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Describes one particular approach to teaching evidence-based practice in physical therapy. At Sacred Heart University students begin course work that is foundational to preparing them for evidence-based practice. In the first semester of study, they take a Concepts in Measurement unit. During the second semester, I teach a semester-long Clinical Research course that focuses on understanding concepts of clinical research and on critical review of physical therapy literature. During the third and fourth semesters of study, when they are doing their clinical coursework, the emphasis is on the concepts of validity and reliability of the tools they use. The students …