OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock wave therapy
(ESWT) for lateral elbow pain. METHODS: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials …

Background There is little systematic operational guidance about how best to develop
complex interventions to reduce the gap between practice and evidence. This article is one …

Background Measuring team factors in evaluations of Continuous Quality Improvement
(CQI) may provide important information for enhancing CQI processes and outcomes; …

Background Continuous quality improvement (CQI) methods are widely used in healthcare;
however, the effectiveness of the methods is variable, and evidence about the extent to …

Background Capacity building strategies are widely used to increase the use of research in
policy development. However, a lack of well-validated measures for policy contexts has …

Introduction This cluster randomised trial evaluated an intervention to decrease x-ray
referrals and increase giving advice to stay active for people with acute low back pain (LBP) …

Background Mild traumatic brain injury is a frequent cause of presentation to emergency
departments. Despite the availability of clinical practice guidelines in this area, there is …

Background Dementia is a growing problem, causing substantial burden for patients, their
families, and society. General practitioners (GPs) play an important role in diagnosing and …

Background Despite the availability of evidence-based guidelines for the management of
mild traumatic brain injury in the emergency department (ED), variations in practice exist …

Objectives To explore the outcome domains and measurement instruments reported in
published randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions for shoulder pain …