In episode 11 of season 8 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “The application of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy to the ankle-foot complex: a case series” with Dr. Lindsay Carlton. You’ll hear her give the background related to this topic and why she and her coauthor decided to produce this work, clarify each patient in this series, give the important contrasting treatment which led to resolution different from conventional care, the clinical implications and big takeaways.
Season 1, Episode 6 with Audrey Long: A Case Series on Specific Directional Exercise on Low Back Pain
In Season 1 Episode 6 of Inside the Science I’m joined by Ms. Audrey Long, to discuss her paper Specific Directional exercise for Low Back Pain; A Case Series which was published in Physiotherapy Canada in 2008. Audrey gives the back story of this case series and how it was born out of the previous RCT “Does it Matter Which Exercise” from 2004. She explains what prompted her to conduct it, how it was originally intended to be performed, some limitations and criticisms, what the big takeaways are and how she uses this for patient and prospective patient education. This study gives important implications to those patients who’ve “tried therapy or exercise before” and haven’t found relief - another super-important study!