Acupuncture for the treatment of phantom limb syndrome in lower limb amputees: a randomised controlled feasibility study.

Background: Post amputation, the complication of phantom limb pain (PLP) is prevalent and difficult to manage. This study aimed to determine whether it was feasible and acceptable to undertake a definitive multicentred randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating lower limb amputees with PLP.

Methods: A mixed-methods embedded design, including a randomised controlled trial and semistructured interviews, was undertaken.

Achieving evidence-based practice: a process of continuing education through practitioner-academic partnership.

SUMMARY Occupational therapy is required to deliver and generate evidence-based practice. As currently articulated, evidence-based practice requires particular skills and takes time and is rarely realized. This paper illustrates a collaborative approach to building an evidence based training program within a practice context.

Scholarship of practice in the United kingdom: an occupational therapy service case study.

SUMMARY Occupational therapy is required to deliver and generate evidence-based practice. This paper illustrates an approach to meeting these evidence-based expectations. Specifically, there is a description of the development of a partnership between the United Kingdom Centre for Outcomes Research and Education (UKCORE) and The State Hospital which is a forensic mental health service.