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- SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Indexes international literature of sports medicine, exercise physiology, sports psychology, training, nutrition, coaching, sociology of sports, and related topics. Also covers recreation, games, play, and dance. - PubMed - US National Library of Medicine, NIH
Provides access to citations for biomedical articles from Medline and life science journals. When you click on an article title in the search results, the record will appear: scroll down the page to find Similar Articles. Note: Two types of searches 1) Basic search found on the home page OR 2) Advanced (link found under the Basic search box) - UpToDate
In this resource, thousands of clinicians and subject experts critically evaluate medical literature to produce content in a succinct, searchable format. It covers 25 medical specialties, including orthopedics. Two ways to find information: * First 1) Click on Contents tab (first tab on blue band, top right corner) > then click on Specialty Topics a) FOR adult orthopedics > select Rheumatology > Adult Orthopedics b) FOR pediatrics > Select Pediatrics> Pediatric orthopedics (2nd column bottom). * Second 2) On the home page, in the main search box, type a topic, and various titles of summaries will appear. * Because these summaries are based on original research, you cannot reference “UpToDate” in your literature review. Instead, it is necessary to go back to original studies and cite the information for your literature review from there. You will see numbers through out the summaries - these indicate references. To get to the original articles or research, click on a number. This most bring up a "PubMed LinkOut", which will take you to the article in PubMed. Read the article and reference (or cite) it from here. * FOR graphics or images related to contents in the summary, skim the table of contents (TOC) to left of each summary. Look for the graphics symbol in the TOC to find the visuals and images. Not every summary includes graphics, etc.). * Excellent resource.
- PEDro
- PEDro has been informing physiotherapy practice for over 21 years. It is a free database of over 49,000 trials, reviews and guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions.
- Blausen Medical
A few ways to navigate images and videos, starting with search box top of the page. Alternate and more targeted: to the top left of page, click on the 3 tiny horizontal lines (hamburger) beside the Bausen name. Topic menu will appear with 4 selections for upper body anatomy: Anatomy and Physiology (use A-Z filter to narrow down search) and Muscular, Orthopedics, and Skeletal (use various Filter by choices for these 3). - Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination
Provides assessment videos for various body parts and systems. To navigate to specific information, underneath the main search bar (where you see the little house to the right), click on the tab Bate's Physical Examination Videos > move to 16. Musculoskeletal System > then click on Play all 32:59 (yellow box) > use search menu (Volumes) on left side for reviews and examinations of a specific parts of the musculosketetal system, e.g. Anatomy Review - Shoulders (3th one down).
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