RionLe Meijer

Mr. White
9/30/2016
Annotated Bibliography
1. LeWine, Howard. Physical therapy as good as surgery and less risky for one type of lower
back pain, Harvard Health Publications, April 9, 2015. 2. The purpose of this article is to
educate patients on the better treatment plan for lower back pain that many are not aware of. 3.
This article explains that physical therapy is a treatment that can save the pain and money from
having surgery in at least one type of condition, lower back pain, often treated with surgery.
Also, the condition of lumbar spinal stenosis is examined in detail to demonstrate how it works.
4. LeWines probable audience is the patients suffering from lower back pain who are looking for
treatment. 5. The information provided is very relevant to the authors topic since all data is
coming from sources working with back pain and medicine. 6. There are no special features. 7.
There is nothing to be afraid of from this article. The source is trusted and unbiased.
1. Gilbert, Ben. 10 Reasons Why Physical Therapy is Beneficial, 2015. 2. The purpose of this
article is to provide reasons to back up the use of physical therapy as a part of a patients
recovery plan. 3. The article lists of reasons to use physical therapy such as
reducing/eliminating pain, avoiding surgery, improving mobility, stroke recovery, prevents injury,
improves conditions, etc. 4. The possible audience is most likely patients considering physical
therapy for their recovery plan. 5. The information is very relevant since the author is a physical
therapist talking from experience. 6. There are no special features. 7. The source is trusted and
unbiased, especially since the author is very well educated in the topic.
1. Mozes, Alan. Physical Therapy Equals Surgery for Some Back Pain," 2015. 2. The purpose

of this article is to enlighten people about another possibility to avoid surgery for a certain back
problem. 3. The use of physical therapy is less invasive, less risky, and less expensive than
surgery making it better in the case of back pain. 4. The audience would be patients with back
pain considering surgery but not really wanting to do it. 5. The information is relevant since it
contains very useful information regarding back pain. 6. There are ads to subscribe to the website
and receive more medical articles. 7. The information is mostly reliable since it is a medical
website but ends with .com.
1. Labbe, Colleen. Physical Therapy to Treat Torn Meniscus Comparable to Surgery for Many
Patients, 2013. 2. The purpose of this article is to teach of the possibility of using physical
therapy instead of surgery for torn meniscuses. 3. For patients with a torn meniscus, physical
therapy can be done instead of surgery with equal and comparable results involving pain relief. 4.
The audience would likely be patients with a torn meniscus researching what to do about it. 5.
The information is relevant as it contains all useful information about the condition, surgery
operations, and the process of physical therapy. 6. There are no special features. 7. The
information is reliable as it comes from a government website.

1. Taylor, Nicholas. Dodd, Karen. Shields, Nora. Bruder, Andrea. Therapeutic exercise in
physiotherapy practice is beneficial: a summary of systematic reviews 20022005, 2011. 2. The
purpose of this article is to describe why physiotherapy is beneficial to patients. 3. The article
describes and lists the results from patients of physical therapy from 2002-2005 and then
concludes that physical therapy has benefits in its process. 4. The audience is likely patients
considering physical therapy. 5. The information is relevant since it revolves around a certain
experiment group. 6. There are no special features. 7. The information is reliable since it is a
science journal article made by several authors from a university.