EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES TASK FORCE

The Evidence-Based Guidelines Task Force works to advance scientific knowledge of complementary integrative rehabilitation medicine, to develop and disseminate guidelines for clinical practice of CIRM based on scientific principles/knowledge, and to advocate for appropriate CIRM interventions for a wide variety of medical conditions that affect the physical function, cognitive and psychiatric well-being, and quality of life of individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions. Objectives include:

• Clarifying what is meant by the term “evidence”
• Describing the kinds of contemporary systems used to identify and evaluate evidence in intervention research
• Identifying the challenges inherent in meeting contemporary standards of evidence in the field of CIRM interventions
• Proposing next steps for examining related issues and promoting the availability of evidence-based CIRM services and information for interventions.

CO-CHAIRS

2025 GOALS

• Publish “Databases in Complementary and Integrative
• Rehabilitation Medicine Research: A Scoping Review””
• Recruit more members to join task force
• Begin scoping reviews on meditation

2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Completed data extraction for “Databases in Complementary and Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Research: A Scoping Review”

2023 GOALS

• Publish the scoping review in progress, “Databases in Complementary and Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Research: A Scoping Review”
• Collaborate with the Cochrane CAM- Cochrane Corner

2021 – 2022 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Published:
  • The Impact of Complementary and Integrative Medicine following Traumatic
    Brain Injury: A Scoping Review. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. Apr
    21 2022.