Does McMurray test work

PICO

A useful question should include Patient, Problem or Population, Intervention, Comparison, and

Outcomes.

Patient, Problem or Population: Describe the patient’s chief complaint or generalize the patient’s

condition to a larger population.

Intervention: Identify what you plan to do for that patient, such as diagnosis test, treatment,

medication, procedure, etc.

Comparison: The main alternative you are considering.

Outcome: Specifies the result of what you plan to accomplish, improve, or affect.

Appropriate PICO question

Is _____________ special test (I) more accurate in the diagnosis of ______________ injury (P)

compared with a comparative test (C) to achieve the most reliable diagnosis (O)?

Paper Assignment

Choose a special test that we have covered in class and enter the appropriate information into the

PICO question. Research the information needed to answer the question and write a paper with

the interpretation of your results. Discuss sensitivity, specificity, reliability, and validity. Also,

include how this would or would not change your evaluation process of an athlete for that

particular injury.

Minimum of 2 research articles of strong evidence must be cited in your paper in the 6th ed. APA

format (including a Bibliography). All papers must be typed in 12pt Times New Roman font,

double-spaced, 1in. margins, and 3 full pages.

Information on APA format can be found at:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Paper due: December – date TBA

Applying Evidence-Based Medicine into Practice:

1. Must recognize that you have a clinical or practice question that needs answering

2. Properly ask the question

3. Research the information needed to answer the question

4. Correct interpretation of the information

5. Apply the information to practice

6. Assess whether your application worked

Once you are working in the field, you will use step 5 & 6.