Table of Evidence, T.O.E.  example	  
Note: Systematic Reviews (SR), Meta Analyses (MA), and Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) will NOT fit this Single Study reporting format.  Use the alternate form on the website to report those results.

x. Need help determining the study design?  See the EB Toolkit _ Analyze_ Study Design
y. No matter what database you used to locate the article, use the PEDro database to find how it is rated for quality (max: 10/10).  See EB Toolkit _ Find _ PEDro  (if not rated by PEDro, write “NA”)
z. There is a Level of Evidence (LOE) scale in the EB Toolkit _ Analyze _ Level of Evidence scales
* What is the adequate size to make a RCT a Level One?  “There is no hard and fast rule for the size of n, but you can generalize and say that EACH group within the RCT design would need to have at least 30-60 participants.  That means if there was just one experimental group plus a control, the n would need to be at least 60-120.  If there were two experimental groups plus a control, the n would need to be at least 90-180.  In the field of rehabilitation, very few RCT are large enough to be Level One.”  (Marian Minor, personal communication, Oct. 15, 2006)
* Results column: don’t use the word “difference” all by itself.  In every case, state if it was a significant difference or not.  
•	Example: perhaps only two of the 5 possible outcomes had a significant difference.
•	Example: there may be significant difference between the Control group and groups A and B; but there may be only a non-significant difference BETWEEN group A and B.
Study: author
year	x. Design	Study Question	Subjects	Interventions/ Control Groups	Outcome Measures	Results
•	Include p values, if given
•	Significant difference?	
	y. PEDro
z. LOE						
							
Cucuzzo 
et al
2001	x. Design: RCT 

y. PEDro: 5/10

z. LOE: 2
	What effect does a comprehensive ex. prog. emphasizing ST have on children c >40% TBSA burned?	- N=21 (13M/8F)
- rehab in Shriners-U of Tx
- >40% TBSA
- >6 yo
- treated in burn center c in 72 hrs p burn
- 95% wound healing
- pt. available for treatment protocol & follow-up	In-house grp: ex. sessions focused on mod. intensity progressive resist. training and included aerobic and general conditioning for 1 hr x 3x/wk

Home grp: given traditional outpt therapy: relief of scar contractures & wound care	3 RM in: bicep, tricep, forearms, quadriceps, & hamstrings, calculated TVW, functional outcome of distance walked	Demonstrated statistically significant increase in m. strength in forearms, quadriceps, & hamstrings, change in TVW, and functional outcome in both groups (P < .05).  Home Group showed greater increase, but not significantly greater than the In-House group.	
Abbreviations: CE=cycle ergometer  NB=nonburned  PF =pulmonary function  ST=strength training   TBSA=total burn surface area   Tol.=tolerance  TVW=Total Volume Work  
Reference:	Cucuzzo, Nick et al. (2001). The Effects of Exercise Programming vs Traditional Outpatient Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Severely Burned Children. Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation. 22(3):214-219.

Database Trail (check which one you used)	Search terms you used	End-point	End-point	
Single Study
 PubMed: Journal restriction: Physical Therapy 
 PubMed (no Journal restriction)
 PEDro		 electronic 

 paper	 full text 

 abstract	
1. Explain how this evidence influenced your PBL group’s clinical decision making and plan of care.  Be specific.
2. Briefly state one weakness or validity threat to the study.  See EB Toolkit _ Analyze: “Critiquing a Single Study”  and “Threats to Validity”
	(You can often find the authors’ own self-critique in the last paragraphs of the Discussion section.)
3. 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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Rubric for grading TOE:
____  TOE is for human studies, and is in the scope of PT intervention
____  TOE indicates: Design, PEDro rating (or NA if not in PEDro), LOE, and Database Trail: source, search terms, and end-points
____  Results column:  Hint: don’t use the word “difference” by itself.  In every instance, state if it was a significant difference or not.  
____ Abbreviations are footnoted if at all obscure.  Easy to browse for understanding.
____  TOE has bulleted intervention protocol (if full text was able to be located)