In episode 8 of season 8 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Epidural steroid compared to placebo injection in sciatica: a systematic review and meta‑analysis” with Dr. Eduard Verheijen. You’ll hear him describe why he and his coauthors wanted to pursue another systematic review on this topic, specific differences or lack of differences found in epidural steroid injections compared with placebos, the quality of evidence in these 17 studies, including the clinical implications and big takeaways.
In episode 4 of season 3 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “The session rating scale preliminary psychometric properties of a working alliance measure.” with the author, Dr. Scott Miller. He shares his understanding of the patient-clinician alliance, how alliance scores and changes in alliance scores through the episode of care correlate to outcomes, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.