Robertson V J
School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
Phys Ther. 1995 Apr;75(4):313-22; discussion 322-7. doi: 10.1093/ptj/75.4.313.
Some physical therapists argue that research will justify and improve practice in the discipline. Whether these outcomes can be realized is partly a function of the nature of the research, the research methods used, and the extent to which clinical treatments are investigated.
This study analyzed aspects of a sample of 272 articles published in Physical Therapy during 1954 through 1993. Each article was read and categorized according to the method used and to whether it investigated clinical treatments.
An increasing percentage of the articles sampled described studies that used group designs, and most of the studies did not investigate clinical treatments.
These findings are paradoxical given existing criticisms of group designs and expectations in physical therapy of research. More discussions and evaluations of current research practices in physical therapy are needed.
一些物理治疗师认为研究将为该学科的实践提供依据并加以改进。这些成果能否实现部分取决于研究的性质、所采用的研究方法以及对临床治疗的研究程度。
本研究分析了1954年至1993年发表在《物理治疗》杂志上的272篇文章样本的各个方面。每篇文章都根据所使用的方法以及是否研究临床治疗进行了阅读和分类。
抽样文章中描述采用组设计研究的比例不断增加，并且大多数研究并未研究临床治疗。
鉴于目前对组设计的批评以及物理治疗领域对研究的期望，这些发现自相矛盾。需要对物理治疗当前的研究实践进行更多的讨论和评估。
