musculoskeletal

Season 7, Episode 16 with Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme: Rehabilitation management of low back pain – it’s time to pull it all together!

In episode 16 of season 7 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Improving consultations for persistent musculoskeletal low back pain in orthopaedic spine settings: an intervention development” with Dr. Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme. You’ll hear him share 5 domains of pain and disability, how these drivers of pain and disability of nociceptive pain, nervous system dysfunction, comorbidities, cognitive emotional, and contextual drivers appear, and what is useful to identify and with which to intervene needs of both the patients and the clinicians, what’s still uncertain due to the limitations of this study, the clinical implications and big takeaways.

Season 7, Episode 7 with Lance Mabry: Physical Therapists Are Routinely Performing the Requisite Skills to Directly Refer for Musculoskeletal Imaging: An Observational Study

In episode 7 of season 7 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Physical Therapists Are Routinely Performing the Requisite Skills to Directly Refer for Musculoskeletal Imaging: An Observational Study ” with Dr. Lance Mabry.  You’ll hear him elaborate on some background of physical therapist capability of safely referring for imaging, the potential benefits of PTs taking on this role, specifics on the methods and how the survey was administered, the results, the clinical implications, and big takeaways

Season 7, Episode 2 with Jean-Philippe Deneuville: The Dynamic Disc Model, A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis

In episode 2 of season 7 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, “The Dynamic Disc Model, a systematic review with meta-analysis” with Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville. He shares how this paper was part of his doctorate work, the previous literature related to the disc model, some of the specific studies included in this review, the support for the use of the disc model of nuclear material migration upon loading, his recommended clinical implications, and big takeaways.

Season 5, Episode 15 with Ian Harris: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: did it ever work?

In episode 15 of season 5 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: did it ever work?” with Dr. Ian Harris. He explains a bit of the history behind partial meniscectomy, the faulty thinking of its ability to cause a good outcome from its beginning, what systematic reviews on this topic have consistently shown, his thoughts on the those who would propose they have an effective selection process to favorably impact the results, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.

Season 4, Episode 9 with Lena Bornhoft: Physiotherapy in Primary Care Triage – the effects on utilization of medical services at primary health care clinics by patients with MSK disorder

In episode 9 of season 4 we’re highlighting the study, “Physiotherapy in Primary Care Triage – the effects on utilization of medical services at primary health care clinics by patients and sub-groups of patients with musculoskeletal disorders: a case-control study” with Dr. Lena Bornhoft. You’ll hear her elaborate on this triage system, how we should best interpret these findings, who might be most interested in this data, its clinical implications and the big takeaways.