The importance of Evidence Based practice in Physical therapy has recently opened the new avenues and resulted in patterned swing for this emerging field. To overcome such challenges the physical therapist can take advantage from specifically designed tools that intended to enable diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of the condition. Clinical Prediction rules, though long used in medicine, it is quite a novel concept in field of Physical therapy. At the same time, as appropriate Clinical Prediction Rules have been established in Physical Therapy Practice but there is insufficient evidence to specify whether physical therapists have knowledge about this tool or there is any utilization of this aid.
Key words: Clinical Prediction Rules, knowledge, physical therapy
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