PT Inquest

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206 Exercise for CLBP Jun 15, 2021

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In this episode we talk about the mechanisms proposed in the literature regarding the effects of exercise on chronic low back pain.

Why is exercise prescribed for people with chronic low back pain? A review of the mechanisms of benefit proposed by clinical trialists. Annika Wun, Paul Kollias, Harry Jeong, Rodrigo Rizzo, Aidan Cashin, Matthew Bagg, James McAuley, Matthew Jones. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. February 2021.

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205 ACL Confidence Jun 08, 2021

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In this episode we discuss an article that found that being confident after ACLR was a factor for increased risk of 2nd ACL injury.

Confidence, ability to meet return to sport criteria, and second ACL injury risk associations after ACL‐reconstruction. Mark V Paterno, Staci Thomas, Karen Thatcher VanEtten, Laura C Schmitt. J Orthop Res. 2021 Apr 30. doi: 10.1002/jor.25071. Online ahead of print.

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Hiatus Apr 14, 2021

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Just a quick episode letting everyone know that we are taking an indefinite hiatus from the show. We'll keep you posted...

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204 Changes Coming and an RCT on Hip Surgery Jan 21, 2021

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In this episode we discuss an article that randomized osteochondroplasty in hip arthroscopy patients.

Osteochondroplasty and labral repair for the treatment of young adults with femoroacetabular impingement. Femoroacetabular Impingement Randomized Controlled Trial (FIRST) Investigators. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;49(1):25-34. doi: 10.1177/0363546520952804. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

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2020 PT Podcast Network Holiday Extravaganza Dec 14, 2020

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The gang is all here (except Greg) for another festive dump of holiday cheer! Happy Holidays everyone!!!

203 The World Needs All The Rehabs Dec 10, 2020

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Did you see that Lancet article that says that all the world needs the rehabs?! So did we! Does this mean physical therapists are going to be swimming in business/money in the future? Or that we need to get a whole lot more efficient in what we do?

Also, is this the end of PT Inquest??? [dramatic music]

Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Alarcos Cieza, PhD; Kate Causey, BSc; Kaloyan Kamenov, PhD; Sarah Wulf Hanson, PhD; Somnath Chatterji, MD; Theo Vos, PhD. Lancet. 2020 Dec 01. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32340-0.

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202 Bad Science w/ James Heathers Nov 03, 2020

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On this episode we chat with James Heathers from the Everything Hertz podcast. We talk about his new job in the physical therapy world working for Cipher Skin and discuss some of the ways that the published literature has gone astray.

PSYCHOLOGY. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Open Science Collaboration. Science. 2015 Aug 28;349(6251):aac4716. doi: 10.1126/science.aac4716.

High Replicability of Newly-Discovered Social-behavioral Findings is Achievable. Protzko, John, et al. PsyArXiv. 2020 Sep 10. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/n2a9x.

The post that James wrote on leaving academia: I Quit. And I'm OK With That.

The work that he mentioned from Henry Drysdale and other smart folks: COMPare: a prospective cohort study correcting and monitoring 58 misreported trials in real time

The Everything Hertz episode where they talk to Chris Chambers about Registered Reports: Episode 56

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201 Eliminating Postoperative Opioids Oct 06, 2020

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How do patients engage with pain medications? How much of this is influenced by their medical providers? How do we make sure that patients are in more control of their pain? Does this article really provide a good faith exploration of these issues?

Can We Eliminate Opioid Medications for Postoperative Pain Control? A Prospective, Surgeon-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial in Knee Arthroscopic Surgery. Matthew J. Hartwell, Ryan S. Selley, Michael A. Terry, Vehniah K. Tjong. Am J Sports Med. 2020;48(11):2711-2717. doi: 10.1177/0363546520941861.

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200 Added Benefits of Dry Needling...or Lack Thereof Sep 01, 2020

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The literature around dry needling has some...issues...to say the least. But is it just dry needling? Or is this common around other PT interventions? How should we investigate some of these ideas? Should some of them be investigated at all? Join us along with study author Giovanni Ferreira to find out more!

Dry Needling Combined With Guideline-Based Physical Therapy Provides No Added Benefit in the Management of Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Fábio Franciscatto Stieven, Giovanni Esteves Ferreira, Matheus Wiebusch, Francisco Xavier de Araújo, Luis Henrique Telles da Rosa, Marcelo Faria Silva. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2020 Aug;50(8):447-454. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2020.9389. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

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199 Change of Direction in Sport Aug 04, 2020

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What does it take for an athlete to change direction? Does it matter how fast they are going? What about the angle of cut? What implications does this have for athletes who are returning to sport after injury? Listen in to our discussion on all things change of direction with special guest Richard Clarke!

Richard Clarke can be found on Twitter: @RICH_AgilityLab

Role of the Penultimate Foot Contact During Change of Direction: Implications on Performance and Risk of Injury. Dos'Santos T, Thomas C, Comfort P, Jones P. Strength Cond J. 2019 Feb;41(1):87-104 doi: 10.1519/SSC.0000000000000395.

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