E-Resources that can be accessed via the Library’s Website

Physiotherapy Resources Online

1. COVID -19 resources for physiotherapists

https://www.physiospot.com/physiopedia/covid-19-update-free-online-resources-courses-and-university-access-to-physioplus/

2. Physiotherapy: Internet resources for MSK patients

https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/media/218748/physiotherapy-internet-resources-for-msk-patients-2016.pdf

3. Educational resources for neuro physiotherapists

https://www.physiospot.com/opinion/free-educational-resources-for-neuro-physiotherapists/

4. Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)

PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, a free database of over 46,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.  Gives quick access to bibliographic information and abstracts of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality

5. REHABDATA

A literature database on disability and rehabilitation. It covers physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities.

6. CIRRIE Database (Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange)

A public, international database that indexes articles and documents including many published outside the U.S. on rehabilitation topics. Maintained by the State University of New York at Buffalo.

7. National Guideline Clearinghouse

Comprehensive database of full-text evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.

8. Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.  Full text articles on the effects of healthcare, focusing on evidence-based medicine and studies, from 4800 records.

9. UpToDate
   Medical knowledge at the point of care. It comprises of topic reviews and synthesis followed by detailed recommendations. Written by experts, evidence-based and continuously updated. UpToDate is available free in the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and can be accessed @ uptodate.com/online OR https://odeku.com.ui.edu.ng

10. ERIC

The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) provides extensive access to educational-related literature including covering all areas of education from preschool through to higher education.

11. CINAHL Accessible through Hinari

Scholarly journal articles about nursing and allied health. Includes nursing interventions, management, education, theory, and history. Also includes allied health topics such as physical and occupational therapy. 1981-current.

Free Online Databases and Academic Search Engines

12. Google Scholar

provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites

   13. Semantic Scholar

Similar to PubMed and Google Scholar, this is another free online database that searches academic journal articles.

    14. National Rehabilitation Information Center

The National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) is the library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.

    15. PubMed Scholarly journal articles about health and medicine, nursing, audiology, and biology. PubMed includes the MEDLINE database, but has newer content and additional life science journals. PubMed is late 1940s-current. 1940s-current.

PubMed is not a library database. It is a free online database by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health. It is an excellent source of research information, however, more than 50% of your search retrieval will be abstracts and not full text articles in studies you need.

These are the core 16 journals for the field of physical therapy as identified in a 2011 JMLA article (Journal of the Medical Library Association), entitled: "Mapping the Core Journals of Physical Therapy Literature" by authors D. Fell, PT, MD, J. Burnham, MLS, AHIP, M. Buchanan, DPT, H. Horchen, DPT, and J. Scherr, DPT.

1. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
3. BMJ (acronym stands for British Medical Journal)
4. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (official publication of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons)
5. Clinical Rehabilitation
6. Generations: the Journal of the American Society on Aging
7. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American volume)
8. Journal of Pain
9. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
10. Journal of the American Medical Association
11. The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
12. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
13. Pain Medicine (For "workers in anesthesiology, anatomy, dentistry, general surgery, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, physiology, psychiatry, psychology")
14. Physical Therapy: Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association
15. Physiotherapy
16. Physiotherapy Canada (also titled Physiothérapie Canada)
17. Spine
18. Stroke

1. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
2. Age and Ageing
3. Annals of Internal Medicine
4. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
5. American Journal of Occupational Therapy
6. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
7. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
8. The American Journal of Sports Medicine
9. Arthritis & Rheumatism
10. Arthritis Care & Research
11. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
12. The Bone and Joint Journal
13. British Journal of Rheumatology
14. Chest
15. Cochrane Library Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
16. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
17. European Respiratory Journal
18. Foot & Ankle International
19. Injury
20. Journal of Hand Surgery
21. Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics
22. Journal of Psychosomatic Research
23. Journals of Gerontology
24. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
25. The Lancet
26. Manual Therapy
27. The New England Journal of Medicine
28. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
29. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
30. Thorax

 Source: https://fgcu.libguides.com/physicaltherapy/journals

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