In episode 16 of season 5 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “The Relationship Between History and Physical Examination Findings and the Outcome of Electrodiagnostic Testing in Patients With Sciatica Referred to Physical Therapy” Dr. Nathan Savage. He shares what prompted this study, the results and association or lack of association with examination and patient history for patients with sciatica of electrodiagnostic testing with sciatica, how this should impact our care and education for our patients, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.
Season 5, Episode 14 with Nathan Savage; The prognostic value of electrodiagnostic testing in patients with sciatica receiving physical therapy
In episode 14 of season 5 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “The prognostic value of electrodiagnostic testing in patients with sciatica receiving physical therapy” Dr Nathan Savage. He shares some general understanding of electrodiagnostic testing, common electrodiagnostic testing changes with radiculopathy and expected test results over time in this population, elaboration of the extension-based care given, how this study may help for treatment decision making, whether conservative or interventional care, 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.
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.
Season 4, Episode 6 with Corinna Franklin:Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture in Female Athletes
In episode 6 of season 4 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture in Female Athletes” with Dr. Corinna Franklin. You’ll hear her description of the difficulties due to variability in the included studies on ACL prevention programs, her explanation of some of the studies specific components to these programs and findings, the implications and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 15 with Daniel Deutcher: PTs Level of Education, Functional Outcomes and Utilization in Patients with LBP
In episode 15 of season 2 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the article, “Physical Therapists’ Level of McKenzie Education, Functional Outcomes, and Utilization in Patients With Low Back Pain” with the author, Dr. Daniel Deutcher. He shares a look at how this study was conducted, what specifically was shown between different levels of training, some assumptions of the reasons behind these findings, the clinical implications, and the big takeaways.