In episode 7 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “ Multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing arthroscopic hip surgery to physiotherapist-led care for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome on hip cartilage metabolism: the Australian FASHIoN trial” with Dr. David Hunter. He explain what exactly was measured and how, how the primary outcome of joint cartilage status and change was used to control placebo effect, how we should interpret this in everyday clinical consideration, what actually was favored between arthroscopy and physiotherapy-led care, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.
Season 6, Episode 5 with Mark Hancock: Association of Lumbar MRI Findings with Current and Future Back Pain in a Population-Based Cohort Study
In episode 5 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Association of Lumbar MRI Findings with Current and Future Back Pain in a Population-Based Cohort Study” with Dr. Mark Hancock. He explains the context of this topic and what prompted it what the more important data to retain from this study is, some specifics on how MRI findings were or weren’t associated current and future low back pain, some other papers which he’d also recommend on this topic, how he educates his patients on what positive MRI may or may not mean, 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 4 with Joseph Hathcock: Shoulder Pain of Spinal Source in the Military: A Case Series
In episode 4 of season 5 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Shoulder Pain of Spinal Source in the Military: A Case Series” with Dr Joseph Hathcock. He shares the selection process of these three patients with shoulder complaints included in this case series, the unique loading strategies which yielded a reduction of each subject’s pain and the restoration of movement and function, the subject’s response and utilization of care and timeframe needed to recover, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.
Season 5, Episode 2 with Monica Chan: Inter-rater Reliability of MDT for the Provisional Classification of LBP in Adolescents and Young Adults
In episode 2 of season 5 we’re highlighting the study, “Inter-rater Reliability of the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for the Provisional Classification of Low Back Pain in Adolescents and Young Adults ” with Ms. Monica Chan. In the full discussion you’ll hear Ms. Chan further explain the limitations of this study, the most important data to draw from this paper including the agreement between the examiners, possible reasons why younger subjects were classified less reliably, the specific 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 7 with Italo Lemes: The study: Do exercise-based prevention programmes reduce non-contact musculoskeletal injuries in football (soccer)? A systematic review and meta-analysis
In episode 7 of season 4 we’re highlighting the study, “Do exercise-based prevention programs reduce non-contact musculoskeletal injuries in football (soccer)? A systematic review and meta-analysis with 13,355 athletes and more than 1 million exposure hours” with Dr. Italo Lemes. If you’d like to get access to the full discussion with Dr. Lemes to hear him further explain the specifics as to how this trial was conducted, what made up these prevention programs, what we should consider in addressing footballers or soccer players, the specific implications and the big takeaways
Season 4, Episode 5 with Corinna Franklin: Stiff Landings, Core Stability, and Dynamic Knee Valgus: A Systematic Review on Documented Anterior Cruciate Ligament Ruptures in Male and Female Athletes
In episode 5 of season 4 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Stiff Landings, Core Stability, and Dynamic Knee Valgus: A Systematic Review on Documented Anterior Cruciate Ligament Ruptures in Male and Female Athletes” with Dr. Corinna Franklin. You’ll hear her description of the difficulties due to variability in the included studies, her elaboration on some of the more common findings associated with noncontact ACL injuries, the implications and the big takeaways.
Season 4, Episode 1 with Kevin Biese: The Association of High School Sport Participation and Injury History in Collegiate Club Sport Athletes
In episode 1 of season 4 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “The Association of High School Sport Participation and Injury History in Collegiate Club Sport Athletes” with Mr. Kevin Biese. He shares what previous studies on sport specialization and collegiate or professional sports and injuries have shown, the specific findings related to injuries in club college sports and previous athletic behavior, why he believes these data may have been the way they were, other studies he’d recommend reading, the implications and the big takeaways.
Season 3, Episode 16 with Vincent Eggerding: ACL reconstruction for all is not cost-effective after acute ACL rupture
In episode 16 of season 3 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “ACL reconstruction for all is not cost-effective after acute ACL rupture” with Dr. Vincent Eggerding. He shares what else is out there in the literature on this topic, what a quality-adjusted life year is, the most important data gleaned from this study related to cost and outcomes, how many subjects in the rehab group were eventually operated on, how we might use this information clinically, and the big takeaways.
Season 3, Episode 15 with Vincent Eggerding: Differences in Knee Shape between ACL Injured and Non-Injured: A Matched Case-Control Study of 168 Patients
In episode 15 of season 3 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, “Differences in Knee Shape between ACL Injured and Non-Injured: A Matched Case-Control Study of 168 Patients” with Dr Vincent Eggerding. He shares what led to this study, what these 5 general anatomical characteristics were which were associated with a greater likelihood of ACL rupture, what this means to clinicians working with those with and without ACL injuries and the big takeaways.
Season 3, Episode 8 with Christa Wille and Mikel Joachim: Lower step rate is associated with a higher risk of bone stress injury: a prospective study of collegiate cross country runners
In episode 8 of season 3 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Lower step rate is associated with a higher risk of bone stress injury: a prospective study of collegiate cross country runners” with Ms. Christa Wille and Ms. Mikel Joachim. They share specifics about their aims with this study, what two primary factors were most associated with bone stress injuries and what weren’t, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.