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How To Prescribe An Intervention?

1. Introduction To The Guide To Good Prescribing Prescribing is a complex task that must be grounded in evidence-based principles. Safe and effective prescribing is a practical skill that should be taught to trainees and evaluated using models like the WHO Guide to Good Prescribing (Tichelaar, J, et al. 2020), which provides an evidence-based framework for drug prescription. According to WR Thompson et al. (2020), … Continue reading How To Prescribe An Intervention?

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How To Select An Intervention?

Selecting an appropriate clinical intervention requires a thorough understanding of the available types and levels of evidence and how it applies to individual patients. According to the 6S hierarchy of evidence, as published by DeCenso et al. (2009), there are six distinct levels of evidence designed to guide clinical decision-making: Single Studies, Synopses of Studies, Syntheses (such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses), Synopses of Syntheses, … Continue reading How To Select An Intervention?

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Part 2- Evidence behind McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy

Evidence Regarding the Evaluation Process A systematic assessment of 48 reliability studies on non-specific low back pain physical examination procedures conducted on patient populations found that the majority of procedures had weak reliability (May S. 2006). With a kappa/intra-class correlation coefficient of 0.85 as the maximum criterion, most procedures exhibited either conflicting evidence or moderate to strong evidence of low reliability. Only the technique of … Continue reading Part 2- Evidence behind McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy

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