•	Full Reference: _____________________________________________________________________________________	
•	If this is Systematic Review (SR) or a Meta Analysis (MA) give the 
o	number of single studies that were analyzed 	______  and/or the number of participants that were analyzed 	______   
•	Level of Evidence: _________	      See MU PT - EB Toolkit: http://web.missouri.edu/~proste/eb/loe.htm
o	Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis will generally be Level 1, especially if from the Cochrane database, and the number of studies is > 5.  
Be careful you don’t include less formal “review articles” in this category, which do not employ analyses criteria like SR and MA do.
•	Some SR will use “Grades of Recommendation” for selected components of the panel’s conclusions.
o	Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) will generally be Level 4, e.g. “based on the opinion of respected authorities or that of expert committees as indicated in published consensus conferences or guidelines.”  
•	Some CPG will use “Grades of Recommendation” for selected components of the panel’s conclusions.  

Give your report below, in a narrative format: 	(Hint: sift through the medical info to glean the rehabilitation related pieces)

Database Trail  (check which one you used)	Search terms you used	End-point	End-point	
Systematic Review or Meta-Analysis
 Cochrane reviews  < cochrane.org >
 PubMed: limit for “Meta-Analysis” (don’t use “Review”)	

	
 electronic 

 paper	
 full text 

 abstract	
Clinical Practice Guideline 
 National Guidelines Clearinghouse  < ngc.gov >
 PubMed: limit for “Practice Guideline”				

1. Explain how this evidence influenced your PBL group’s clinical decision making and plan of care.  Be specific.

2.  If the therapeutic intervention gives the details of a protocol that would be practical and useful to share, please type it below as a bulleted list.
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