eScholarship Respository (California Digital Library)

   Here is an Open Access resource I just discovered, from the California Digital Library (CDL).
The repository is a service of the eScholarship initiative of the California Digital Library, and is an open-access publishing platform that offers UC [Universiy of California] departments, centers, and research units direct control over the creation and dissemination of the [...]

Cochrane Library: Free access for all?

  In an ideal world, all health information would be available to all people. The databases contained in the Cochrane Library are an invaluable resource for health professionals, particularly the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and there is a global movement to make the Cochrane Library available to all.
A number of countries now offer their [...]

Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach

   This series of practice guidelines has been published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics [full text by subscription]:
Bussières AE, Peterson C, Taylor JA. Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach. Introduction. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2007 Nov-Dec;30(9):617-83.
Imaging technology can improve patient outcomes by allowing greater precision in [...]

Evidence-Informed Management of Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) Without Surgery

   The January-February 2008 issue of The Spine Journal is devoted to the evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain [free full text is available]. See the editors’ preface at the bottom of this page.  Journal link    PubMed Records
Introduction:

A supermarket approach to the evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain

A systematic review of low back [...]

Rigorous development does not ensure that guidelines are acceptable to a panel of knowledgeable providers

This study, just published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, examined the quality of five guidelines covering various musculoskeletal disorders. The panel concluded that despite rigorous development, the quality of the published guidelines did not always meet their high standards.
Nuckols TK, Lim YW, Wynn BO, Mattke S, Maclean CH, Harber P et al. [...]

Knowledge Translation in Emergency Medicine: proceedings of a concensus conference

  The November 2007 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine is a theme issue on knowledge translation in emergency medicine. The issue includes the presentations from the May 2007 conference entitled Knowledge Translation in Emergency Medicine: Establishing a Research Agenda and Guide Map for Evidence Uptake.
Full text is available free online.  PubMed Records
From: Executive Summary: Knowledge [...]

Evidence-Based Treatment of Adult Whiplash Associated Disorder Grades 1-4 of the Cervical Spine

   A new clinical practice guideline on whiplash disorders is now available for review, and feedback is invited:
Evidence-Based Treatment of Adult Whiplash Associated Disorder Grades 1-4 of the Cervical Spine       
Clinical Practice Guideline Feedback    Feedback must be received by November 29th, 2007.
From the Canadian Chiropractic Association Web site:
On behalf of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and [...]

Do chiropractors adhere to guidelines for back radiographs?: A study of chiropractic teaching clinics in Canada

   From the October 15, 2007 issue of Spine [subscription required]:
Ammendolia CD, Cote PD, Hogg-Johnson SP, Bombardier CM. Do chiropractors adhere to guidelines for back radiographs?: A study of chiropractic teaching clinics in Canada. Spine 2007; 32(22):2509-2514.
Key Points
* There is high adherence to radiography guidelines for a new episode of low back pain among chiropractic teaching [...]

Low Back Pain Guidelines from the Annals of Internal Medicine

   From the October 2, 2007  issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine:
Roger Chou, Amir Qaseem, Vincenza Snow, Donald Casey, J. Thomas Cross,Jr, Paul Shekelle, Douglas K. Owens for the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Physicians/American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel. Diagnosis and [...]

The evolving science of translating research evidence into clinical practice

This editorial was published in the February 2007 issue of Evidence Based Medicine, and again in the May/June 2007 issue of ACP Journal Club. It presents a good overview of evidence dissemination, looking at six models.
Scott IA. The evolving science of translating research evidence into clinical practice. ACP J Club 2007 May-Jun;146(3):A8-11. [subscription required]
Excerpt: Practicing [...]