LibGuides: Physical Therapy: Additional Resources

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
ICF is the WHO framework for measuring health and disability at both individual and population levels.

PubMed Clinical Queries
This tool uses predefined filters to help you quickly refine PubMed searches on clinical or disease-specific topics. To use this tool, enter your search terms in the search bar and select filters before searching.

Rehabilitation Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Point-of-care tool and reference resource for physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and sports medicine professionals.

The library offers a variety of resources for studying anatomy.

The library has a growing collection of 3D anatomy models. You can view all the models available on the Anatomy Model guide.

Anatomy Models Guide
A listing of all the 3D anatomy models available at the Collum-Davis Library.

Learning Tools

Visible Body This link opens in a new window
Interactive visualization tool for anatomy and physiology. NOTE: This resources uses http, not https, so you may get an error. Try a different web browser.

Websites

Get Body Smart
Anatomy and Physiology animations to illustrate bodily systems and structures
Human Body Maps
Detailed interactive web app that allows for 3D study of the human body.

Free Android Apps

Free IPhone/IPad Apps

Searching the Literature: The Basics
A guide from McMaster University with steps to search literature in the health sciences.
Searching Grey Literature
A guide from the University of Toronto to help with searching grey literature (literature not published through traditional ways)
Finding Evidence-based Information for Health Sciences Students
Open Access ebook. This series of information literacy modules will help post-secondary students in the health sciences (especially Nursing) find and use reliable information for class assignments. It covers the essential steps from developing a topic to searching databases to evaluating resources to writing an academic paper and citing sources in APA style.

How to Read a Paper by Trisha Greenhalgh
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781119484745
Publication Date: 2019-05-06
How to Read a Paper is a clear and wide-ranging introduction to evidence-based medicine and healthcare, helping readers to understand its central principles, critically evaluate published data, and implement the results in practical settings.

Selected Print Books

Selected E-Books

Calculate by QxMD
Clinical calculator & decision support tool (also available as an app)
EBM Calculators
Odds Radio to NNT Converter
Diagnostic Test Calculator
Prospective Study Calculator
Case Control Study Calculator
RCT Calculator
Diagnostic Test Calculator
This calculator can determine diagnostic test characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios) and/or determine the post-test probability of disease given given the pre-test probability and test characteristics. Given sample sizes, confidence intervals are also computed.
EBM Tools
Evidence-Based Medicine tools and guides from the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Formulas for Therapy Trials
Formulas for EER, CER, RR, RRR, ARR, and NNT.

Choosing the right statistical test
A table showing general guidelines for choosing a statistical analysis from UCLA.
Statistical Software Tutorials
Tutorials from Truman State. A PDF file will open with the step-by-step tutorial for the given statistical topic.
Do we have access to data processing software to gather and analyze quantitative and qualitative data?
Software is available for Bradley University students and employees.