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Geriatric Research Interests

Research Committee Chairperson: Jessie Van Swearingen, PT, PhD, FAPTA jessievs@pitt.edu

 

Research Resources from the Section on Geriatric


Research Resources from the American Physical Therapy Association
 
  • Open Door: APTA's portal to Evidence Based Practice
    • The Section on Geriatrics encourages all APTA members to try using Open Door to find articles on the clinical questions they are facing each day.  Open Door is easy to use and has lots of excellent features to help you narrow searches and bookmark and share research.  There is an FAQ document on the Open Door page to help you get started and APTA staff are available to help if you have problems: even if you've never rarely searched research databases before you will be able to use Open Door.
    • Click Here 
  • Hooked on Evidence:
    • "grassroots" effort to develop a database containing current research evidence on the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions
    • Click Here
  • APTA's main Research Page
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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