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Geriatric Research Interests
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Research Committee Chairperson: Jessie Van Swearingen, PT, PhD, FAPTA jessievs@pitt.edu
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| Research Resources from the Section on Geriatric |
- Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy archives (click the small "Journal Archives" button) JGPT archives go back through 2001. Current issue available to members only.
- GeriNotes Article: Using Clinical Scenarios to Find Evidence for Geriatric Physical Therapy Practice. by David Scalzitti, PT, MS, OCS,
- GeriNotes, July 2007, p 8-10
- GeriNotes Ad: More Exercise Information from APTA's Hooked on Evidence. By Kathleen Kline Mangione, PT, PhD, GCS, GeriNotes, January 2008, p 12
- GeriNotes Article: Steps to Identify the Reaserch Article that is Beneficial to You. by LaDora V. Thompson, PT, PhD, GeriNotes, January 2000, p 13-15
- The Section has a range of research awards: see our Awards page
- Section members are encouraged to contact the Research Chair with questions or suggestions. If there are current vacancies on our Research Commitee, they will be posted on our Volunteer Opportunities page.
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| Research Resources from the American Physical Therapy Association |
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- 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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