Year: 1995
Type: editorial
Abstract: Randomized and controlled clinical trials in Clinical RehabilitationRehabilitation services are currently under threat as purchasers increasingly require evidence before agreeing to pay for services.The threat arises for several reasons.It is a common belief that there is no good evidence to support rehabilitation.Reha- bilitation has a low profile and little public appeal.Obtaining research money is difficult both because of this low public appeal and because research in rehabilitation is thought to be difficult or impossible.Research can be difficult to publish, and is often in journals not widely read.If rehabilitation is to survive, let alone develop, it is imperative to overturn these threats.Good, scientifically sound and clinically convincing research is as easy (or as difficult) in rehabili-
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation
Author: Derick T Wade
Language: Spanish
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2108945654