Madison Lewis

Leslie Drake
Annotated Bibliography
March 21, 2016
1. World Health Organization. (2003). Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases at the Start of the
Millennium: Switzerland: World Health Organization.
The contents of this book include detailed descriptions of what musculoskeletal diseases are.
Including each type of disease as well as the incidence and prevalence of each. Additionally,
within the 177 pages, the Scientific group incorporated statistics to their knowledge also with
recommendations for the reader in the end.
This book, created by numerous members of The World Health Organization Scientific Group, is
very sophisticated and scholarly. Displaying detailed information on a single subject. They go
beyond the basic questions of musculoskeletal matters. With this said, the source is completely
relevant to the question involving musculoskeletal aspects.
2. Ojha, H., Snyder, R., and Davenport, T. (2014). Direct Access Compared with Referred
Physical Therapy Episodes of Care: A Systematic Review.
In this article, Heidi Ojha suggests evidence of physical therapy aiding the decreased costs for
patients. As well as how outcomes for patients are improved compared to physician referral.

Concluding with the result that physical therapy should be considered among third-party payers
to reduce the cost of the health care.
This article was constructed with three different authors, all with sufficient education and
involvement in scholarly positions. In turn, puts this article in a scholarly audience. Instead of
focusing on just the medical side, this article displayed emphasis on more cost and efficiency
which is also an important aspect when determining which profession is more beneficial.
3. Helen, R., Boljanovic, D., Lincoln, S., Geddes, C., Macritchie, I., Virdo-Cristello, C., and
Richards, R. (2015). Examining Outcome of Early Physician Specialist Assessment in Injured
Workers with Shoulder Complaints: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
In this study, workers were involved in a study of shoulder problems. Measuring the quick
disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand and Numeric Pain Scale. Widening the scale and more
in depth of the actual number of who many who are affected by injuries or disorders such as this.
The main author, Helen Razmjou, shows sufficient education in this work along with her cowriters. Incorporating the scholarly information of numbers and charts of injured workers over a
period of time creates originality. Also, increasing knowledge about how big this problem is aids
the overall importance to the question for which profession will be more beneficial.
4. Richardson, J. (2011). Can I Refer Myself to Physical Therapy Without Seeing a Physician
First? Physical Therapy & Physiotherapy: Physical Therapy Physiotherapy RSS.

In this website, the focus is more on the difference between physical therapists and physicians.
Additionally, here, cost is also put into the subject. Seeing cost plays a big factor on where a
patient is persuaded to venter, the conclusion goes to the physical therapist.
C. Jason Richardson, the Vice President of Results Physiotherapy, created this article for the
general audience as it has more of a relaxed tone of voice used to inform the public. Here, cost is
still discussed, however the difference between physicians and physical therapists are made
which is the whole point in the bibliography.
5. (2014). Physical Therapist, Chiropractor, or Physician Whats the Difference?: Spine Sport
Physical Therapy.
In this website, three different professions are given, Physical Therapist, Chiropractor, and
Physician. Throughout the article, the differences and similarities are given in order to explain
the specifics of each job.
Intending for a more public audience, the article does not specify the author. However, Spine and
Sport has won many awards for their physical therapy practice. Specifying the duties of the two
professions that are being covered brings relevance to this article.
6. Mohammadi, G. (2013). Musculoskeletal Complaints Among High School Teachers: Journal
of Musculoskeletal Research.
Musculoskeletal disorders are demonstrated as a greater concern among the job force. Here, the

focus is on High School Teachers, however, the teachers are from Iran which presents the fact
that this occurs all over. It is full of questionnaires and statistics of those who are experiencing
this problem
This author contains the proper education for the scholarly outlook on this article. He is also
from Iran which intends the specific area focus. The knowledge of others who experience pain as
this is a helpful tool in determining the severity of musculoskeletal disorders.
7. Kloda, L., Bartlett, J. (2009). Clinical Information Behavior of Rehabilitation Therapists: a
Review of the Research on Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language
Pathologists: Journal of the Medical Library Association.
Here, information is presented for different types of therapy. Rehabilitation therapists, physical
therapists and speech-language pathologists are mentioned. Surveys were created and the focus
was pressed on rehabilitation therapists in this study.
The authors have only finished college and are in practice, mostly working in information and
library practice. However, the article is still scholarly and interesting with this concept. Yet, with
the focus on rehabilitation therapists and receiving information for databases is not completely
relevant to the study between physical therapists and physicians, although it is important to keep
in mind the different therapists.
8. OGrady, K. (2015). A Role for PTs in Early Access to Musculoskeletal Care: Physical

Therapy.
This article discusses PTs and PTAs with their contact on musculoskeletal patients. However, it
discusses their referral to physicians and health care insurers. Also the control of the cost while
seeing a physician.
Katy OGrady, a graduate from College of Wooster, wrote a scholarly article for the other hand
of this bibliography. Most articles explain the more benefit of physical therapist, however, here
they refer patients to physicians. Its a good turn around to see the other side of aspects on this
paper.
9. Vieira, E., Svoboda, S., Belniak, A., Brunt, D., Rose-St Prix, C., Roberts, L., and Da Costa, B.
(2016). Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Physical Therapists: An Online Survey:
Disability & Rehabilitation: Florida.
This article solely focuses on musculoskeletal disorders and their involvement with physical
therapists. With a survey, information over which types of disorders are involved. Also, within
the survey, information can be gathered whether the physical therapists were successful or not.
This scholarly information is a result from the sufficient education of the authors and their
professions. It is another area of information involving these types of disorders and physical
therapists. This information will benefit the physical therapy side.
10. (2016). Selected Issues in Injury and Illness Prevention and the Team Physicians: A

Consensus Statement: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

This article discusses the practicing methods of injury prevention in sports medicine. The focus
here is on physicians and athletes. Discussing prevention strategies and knowledge of the
musculoskeletal injuries.
Credibility is questionable without a specified author; however, the article is scholarly. It is
another article found that relates physicians helping these kinds of injuries. It will help the
physician side, that way there can be an unbiased result.