In episode 9 of season 7 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Effect of Information Content and General Practitioner Recommendation to Exercise on Treatment Beliefs and Intentions for Knee Osteoarthritis: An Online Multi-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial” with Dr. Belinda Lawford. You’ll hear her further share specifics on what prompted the study, how the study was carried out, her perspective on how this might be carried out in everyday practice, other studies on the topic, the clinical implications, and big takeaways.
Season 7, Episode 8 with Belinda Lawford: Removing pathoanatomical content from information pamphlets about knee osteoarthritis did not affect beliefs about imaging or surgery, but led to...
In episode 8 of season 7 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Removing pathoanatomical content from information pamphlets about knee osteoarthritis did not affect beliefs about imaging or surgery, but led to lower perceptions that exercise is damaging and better osteoarthritis knowledge: An online randomized controlled trial” with Dr. Belinda Lawford. You’ll hear her give the backstory of what prompted the study, why a group was chosen without symptoms and were given a hypothetical scenario about knee osteoarthritis, specifics on the methods of the study, the important results discovered related to giving more information and including pathoanatomical terms or not, the clinical implications and big takeaways.
Season 6, Episode 15 with Christina Abdel Shaheed: Efficacy, safety, and dose-dependence of the analgesic effects of opioid therapy for people with osteoarthritis
In episode 15 of season 6 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, “Efficacy, safety, and dose-dependence of the analgesic effects of opioid therapy for people with osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis” with Dr. Christina Abdel Shaheed. She shares some of what prompted this study, the dilemma related to the use of opioids for patients with osteoarthritis, the results of the placebo-controlled studies which were included in this systematic review, the responsibility she feels clinicians have in informing the public of these results, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.
Season 6, Episode 4 with David Hunter: Is a stepped-care intervention effective in overweight and obese people with medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis? A randomized controlled trial
In episode 4 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Is a stepped-care intervention effective in overweight and obese people with medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis? A randomized controlled trial” with Dr. David Hunter. He explains what prompted this work, how this study attempted to mimic clinical practice, why the criteria of subjects being obese was included, more on the methods, how subjects were stepped into the second phase, what qualified as disease remission, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.
Season 6, Episode 2 with David Hunter: Effect of Intra-articular Platelet-Rich Plasma vs Placebo Injection on Pain and Medial Tibial Cartilage Volume in Patients With Knee OA. The RESTORE RCT
In episode 2 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Effect of Intra-articular Platelet-Rich Plasma vs Placebo Injection on Pain and Medial Tibial Cartilage Volume in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis The RESTORE Randomized Clinical Trial” with Dr. David Hunter. He explains what the previous literature suggested about PRP injections, what the treatment is, technically and theoretically, proposed to do, how there are a lot of studies which have shown positive effects but that most of that data is of poor quality. He also shares the clinical implications for interventionists and conservative care clinicians and the 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 5, Episode 5 with Richard Rosedale: Efficacy of Exercise Intervention as Determined by the McKenzie System of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis; An RCT
In episode 5 of season 5 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Efficacy of Exercise Intervention as Determined by the McKenzie System of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis; A RCT” with Mr. Richard Rosedale. He shares some specifics of the methods important to understand, the operational definition of directional preference in this paper, the most important data he’d suggest we take from the results like the effect size, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.