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Original Article

Epistemic beliefs as a determinant in evidence-based practice in physiotherapy – a Multi-Country (Europe) Cross-Sectional Online Survey Study

Paul Christiaan BeenenHanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands; ;Institute of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal; Correspondence[email protected]
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Dario FiliputtiDepartment of Medical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy;
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Erna Rosenlund MeyerDepartment of Physiotherapy, University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark;
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Lidia Carballo-CostaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Medicine and Physiotherapy, Grupo de investigación de Intervención Psicosocial y Rehabilitación funcional, Universidade da Coruña (University of A Coruna), A Coruña, Spain;
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Patricia Maria Duarte de AlmeidaHanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands; ;Department of Physiotherapy, Alcoitao School of Health Sciences, Alcoitao, Portugal; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2081-3976
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Antonio Alves LopesDepartment of Physiotherapy, Alcoitao School of Health Sciences, Alcoitao, Portugal;
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Joost Egbertus Jacobus Lidwina van WijchenDepartment of Physiotherapy, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Alexandre Castro CaldasInstitute of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9148-3719
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Pages 85-91 | Received 03 Mar 2017, Accepted 27 Aug 2017, Published online: 12 Sep 2017

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