Physical Therapy
This page is for physical therapy resources and research guides housed in Dr. Charles F. Grabske Library on the Graceland University Independence campus. The library is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m
Textbook/Classroom Resources
AccessPhysiotherapy
AccessPhysiotherapy provides PT students with instant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading physical therapy textbooks
F.A. Davis PT Collection
This partnership between F.A. Davis and McGraw-Hill Education brings you a comprehensive online PT resource that covers the entire spectrum of physical therapy—for viewing on any device.
Complete Anatomy
Take the dissection table outside the lab with full 3D gross anatomical models, available as female and male.
Acland's Video Atlas Of Human Anatomy
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy contains nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colors
Databases
CINAHL Complete
EBSCO Platform for Index, abstracts, and full text of the literature of and allied health.
SPORTDiscus
Provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre, SPORTDiscus offers comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains well over 1.7 million records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 22,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.
PubMed
PubMed® comprises more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Ovid Nursing Essentials and Cochrane Library
Academic and scholarly resources, government and scientific web sites, subject portals, encyclopedias and much more
Shirley Ryan Rehabilitation Measurements
Containing over 500 measures and supported by some of the world's best doctors, therapists, researchers, and educators, the Rehabilitation Measures Database (RMD) is the go-to resource for measuring benchmarks and outcomes in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
UpToDate
Whether you’re working in a hospital, a lab, a healthcare business, or undergoing training, UpToDate provides the evidence-based resources you need to support your clinical decisions and inform your research. UpToDate Login Instructions
Grey Literature
Grey Literature can be in either print or electronic formats and is produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry, but is not controlled by commercial publishers.
PEDro
PEDro is a free database of over 34,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
ClinicalTrials.Gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Some articles may be available for direct access and others may require interlibrary loan services.
Library Help
Levels of Evidence
The OCEBM is a hierarchy of the likely best evidence. Designed so that it can be used as a short-cut for busy clinicians, researchers, or patients to find the likely best evidence.
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Citations and
Reference Help
​Mendeley Cite speeds up the process of referencing when writing, giving researchers the tools to quickly and easily insert references from their Mendeley library directly into their Microsoft Word document.
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