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Interpreting Effectiveness Evidence in Pain: Short Tour of Contemporary Issues.

Authors :
O'Connell, Neil E.
Moseley, Lorimer
McAuley, James H.
Wand, Benedict M.
Herbert, Robert D.
Source :
Physical Therapy. Aug2015, Vol. 95 Issue 8, p1087-1094. 8p.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The article discusses several issues about evidence of effectiveness from clinical trials and systematic reviews of pain management. Topics discussed include assessment of the efficacy and effectiveness of a treatment, benchmarks for assessing change in pain, and why clinical trials are not useful in evaluating physical interventions.

Subjects

Subjects :
*PAIN management
*CLINICAL medicine
*CLINICAL trials
*RESEARCH methodology
*EVALUATION of medical care
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*PROBABILITY theory
*STATISTICS
*EVIDENCE-based medicine
*PROFESSIONAL practice
*DATA analysis

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00319023
Volume :
95
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Physical Therapy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
108587993
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20140480
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