In episode 5 of season 8 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “An international survey of the comprehensiveness of the McKenzie classification system and the proportions of classifications and directional preferences in patients with spinal pain” with Dr. Stephen May. You’ll hear him share the background of what prompted the paper, specifics as to what classification syndromes were found and to what percentage, what was found for the “OTHER” subgroup, what direction was generally preferred, how often the provisional classification remained the same from initial to discharge, the clinical implications and big takeaways.
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 12 with Angela Cadogan: Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Examination and Imaging Findings for Identifying Subacromial Pain
In episode 12 of season 7 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Examination and Imaging Findings for Identifying Subacromial Pain” with Angela Cadogan. You’ll hear her share the backstory to why she and her co-authors conducted the study, specifics important to understand regarding the methods, the key findings including what is correlated to a higher likelihood of subacromial impingement, how the loss of motion with particular directions of shoulder motion, how this impacts the popular discussion of whether impingement exists in the first place the clinical implications and big takeaways.
Season 6, Episode 6 with Ravi Rastogi: Exploring indicators of extremity pain of spinal source as identified by MDT: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study
In episode 6 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Exploring indicators of extremity pain of spinal source as identified by Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT): a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study” with Mr Ravi Rastogi. He explains the context of this follow up study from the original EXPOSS study from 2019, a closer look at the questions and physical exam findings which were gathered as potential as predictors of the source of symptoms being from the spine versus the extremities, how he interprets and uses this paper, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.
Season 4, Episode 16 with Kory Zimney: Evaluation is treatment for low back pain
In episode 16 of season 4, we’re highlighting the study, “Evaluation is a treatment for low back pain” with Dr. Korey Zimney. In the full discussion, you’ll hear Dr. Zimney further elaborate on the importance of the clinician-patient relationship commonly referred to as therapeutic alliance, specifics on the methods, which aspects of pain, beliefs and function were impacted and which weren’t, why he believes that may have occurred, the specific implications and the big takeaways.
Season 4, Episode 15 with Kory Zimney: The Clinical Application of Teaching People About Pain
In episode 15 of season 4 we’re highlighting the study, “The clinical application of teaching people about pain” with Dr. Kory Zimney. In the full discussion you’ll hear Dr. Zimney further explain the evidence behind effective pain neuroscience education, the benefits of the use of metaphors, examples, and illustrations, other resources to read additionally, the specific implications and the big takeaways.
Season 4, Episode 3 with Vikas Agarwal: Primary care management of patients with pain complaints and the influence of physician training in mechanical diagnosis and therapy
In episode 3 of season 4 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, “Primary care management of patients with pain complaints and the influence of physician training in mechanical diagnosis and therapy” with Dr Vikas Agarwal. You’ll hear him explain how he attempted to reduce bias, even more of the differences in medications prescribed, procedures delivered and referrals made, the costs calculated, why he believes these data could make incredible positive impacts on our healthcare system, the implications and the big takeaways.