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To the Editor: With regard to Dr Jette's Editor's Note entitled “The Peril of Inadequate Evidence” (April 2005 issue); I would suggest that his remarks extend well beyond the “75% rule” and inpatient rehabilitation settings. In general, all areas of physical therapist practice and rehabilitation are under-researched. I agree that the steps taken by the Foundation for Physical Therapy (FPT) and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) are giant leaps forward in addressing the problem. APTA has very clearly articulated the Clinical Research Agenda (CRA) that was built from a grassroots effort, and the profession's major funding arm has unequivocally prioritized those questions posed in the CRA. Dr Jette speaks of the “need to redouble our efforts to secure funding at all levels for a new generation of clinical …
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