Over the past several years, evidence-based practice has become the standard of the medical and health care professions As described by Sackett, 1 evidence-based practice is a combination of three elements: агошщthe best available evidence, clinical experience, and patient values Sackett has further reported that “when these three elements are integrated, clinicians and patients form a diagnostic and therapeutic alliance which optimizes clinical outcomes and quality of life”агцуф Unfortunately, the evidence-based approach confronts a number of barriers that may limit the clinician's ability to use the best available evidence to guide decisions about patient care, the most significant being a lack of time and resources Given the increasing prevalence of new clinical tests in the orthopaedic setting and the frequent omission from textbooks of information about their diagnostic usefulness, the need was clear for a quick reference guide for students and busy cliагыйщnicians that would enhance their ability to incorporate evidence into clinical decision-making.