InfoGuides: Rehabilitation Science: Find Articles

Key Rehabilitation Science Databases

SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window
Covers recreation; exercise physiology; sports medicine; coaching; physical fitness; the psychology, history and sociology of sport; training; and conditioning. Consists primarily of periodical articles and monographs from 1800 onward; also contains dissertations and theses.
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Medline with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database of literature on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health-care system, and pre-clinical sciences.
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text to journals in the fields of nursing and allied health, with indexing back to 1937. Includes access to health care books, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, Evidence-Based Care Sheets, legal cases, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. Subject coverage includes nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. View a tutorial on this database here.

PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database
PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 17,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Peer-reviewed journal is the official journal of the ACRM | American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and provides authoritative information on the therapeutic utilization of physical, behavioral, and pharmaceutical agents in providing comprehensive care for individuals with chronic illness and disabilities.
Clinical rehabilitation
Peer-reviewed journal covers the whole field of disability and rehabilitation. It gives high priority to articles describing effectiveness of therapeutic interventions and the evaluation of new techniques and methods.
The journal of head trauma rehabilitation
Peer-reviewed journal provides up-to-date information on the clinical management and rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injuries. It is the official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA).
Journal of sport rehabilitation
Peer-reviewed journal is completely devoted to the rehabilitation of sport and exercise injuries, regardless of the age, gender, sport ability, level of fitness, or health status of the participant.