In episode 1 of season 3 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the article, “Beliefs, perceptions, and practices of chiropractors and patients about mitigation strategies for benign adverse events after spinal manipulation therapy” with the author, Dr. Martha Funabashi. She shares what specifically was shown related to the beliefs, perceptions, and practices of both clinicians and patients of benign adverse events, the clinical implications and the big takeaways
Season 2, Episode 16 with Daniel Deutcher: Practice-Based Evidence Research: An Alternative to RCT and Observational Studies
In episode 16 of season 2 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the article, “Practice-Based Evidence Research in Rehabilitation: An Alternative to Randomized Controlled Trials and Traditional Observational Studies” with the author, Dr. Daniel Deutcher. He shares a look at the comparisons and contrasts of PBE Research designs versus RCTs and observational studies, where this design came from, how it is conducive to clinicians to contribute to studies, the clinical 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.
Season 2, Episode 14 with Georg Supp: Do Patients Remember Therapist's Advice
In episode 14 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the article, “Do patients with low back pain remember physiotherapists' advice? A mixed-methods study on patient-therapist communication ” with the author, Mr. Georg Supp. He discusses the findings of this study - what existed on this topic prior, what had the greatest impact on whether patients remembered their therapist's advice, an unexpected finding of what influenced patients remembering more than other factors, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 13 with Georg Supp: What Doctors Want
In episode 13 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the article, “What doctors want” with the author, Mr. Georg Supp. He shares a look at what prompted this survey of referring doctors, how we can better communicate with patient’s physicians, how he’d suggest that we model behavior on this topic, what we should include in a progress report, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 12 with Ron Donelson: Can Large Disc Herniations Producing Radiculopathies Rapidly Improve?
In episode 12 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Can Large Cervical and Lumbar Disc Herniations Producing Radiculopathies Be Intentionally and Rapidly Improved?” with the author, Dr Ron Donelson. He shares how he’d suggest using this information as an advocate for a mechanical exam when patients present having a large herniation found on advanced imaging, who he’d share this data with, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 11 with Ron Donelson: Directional Preference for Acute/Chronic and LBP/Sciatica
In episode 11 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Influence of Directional Preference on Two Clinical Dichotomies: Acute Versus Chronic Pain and Axial Low Back Pain Versus Sciatica ” with the author, Dr Ron Donelson. He shares a look at the scene of classification and best care for low back and leg pain by the larger medical community at that time, the findings of this study and how directional preference improved care regardless of the pain location, duration and neurological status, how he’d suggest using this information to guide clinical behavior, and the big takeaways
Season 2, Episode 10 with Evan Farina: Meniscal and Mechanical Symptoms and Association with Pathology
In episode 10 of season 2 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, “Meniscal and Mechanical Symptoms Are Associated with Cartilage Damage, Not Meniscal Pathology” with the author, Dr. Evan Farina. He shares a look at the findings of this study related to the association of patient-reported knee symptoms and pathology, how he’d suggest using this information to guide clinical behavior, how he’d educate patients, and the big takeaways. If you’d like to have a better knowledge on this topic, receive the full discussion with its author, a PDF, and an infographic on this study you can subscribe to Inside the Science.
Season 2, Episode 9 with Rafael Pinto: Which Pain Medications are Effective for Sciatica?
In episode 9 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Which pain medications are effective for sciatica (radicular leg pain)?” with the author, Dr Rafael Pinto. He shares a look at the findings of this review related to effectiveness and safety of common medications prescribed for patients with lumbosacral radicular pain, how he’d use this information to educate patients, and the big takeaways
Season 2, Episode 8 with Rafael Pinto: Epidural injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain
In episode 8 of season 2 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, “Epidural corticosteroid injections for lumbosacral radicular pain (review)” with the author, Dr. Rafael Pinto. He shares a look at the findings of this review related to the effectiveness and safety of these procedures, how he’d use this information to educate patients, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 7 with Mark Laslett: Clinical Classification in LBP
In episode 7 of season 2 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, “Clinical classification in low back pain: best-evidence diagnostic rules based on systematic reviews” with the author, Dr. Mark Laslett. He shares a look at this case and his view as to why we should classify related to pathoanatomy. He elaborates, tissue by tissue, as to if the literature points toward our being able to classify according to each, how he’d suggest using it to impact our clinical behavior and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 6 with Helen Clare: Reliability of McKenzie Classification
In episode 6 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, Reliability of Mckenzie classification of patients with cervical or lumbar pain and discussing it with the author Dr. Helen Clare. She shares what was happening in research reliability studies at that time which influenced the design, a criticism of some of the results, another paper on this topic and what it showed, how this should influence our practice, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 5 with Hans van Helvoirt: Centralization and Directional Preference Influence on Spinal Control
In episode 5 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “The Influence of Centralization and Directional Preference on Spinal Control in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain” with Mr. Hans van Helvoirt. He shares a bit of the reason why he thought this topic was important to study, how he uses the results to influence his clinical reasoning with spinal control tests whether directional preference or centralization is present, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 4 with Seth Petersen: Booster sessions and remote patient monitoring for LBP
In episode 4 of season 2 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, Telerehabilitation booster sessions, and remote patient monitoring in the management of chronic low back pain: A case series, and discussing it with the author Seth Petersen. He shares specifics on the specifics of this case series and the means of remote contact used, his views on how this might be effectively implemented and with which kinds of patients, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 3 with Mark Laslett: Manual Correction of an Acute Lumbar Lateral Shift
In episode 3 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Manual correction of an acute lumbar lateral shift: maintenance of correction and rehabilitation; A case report ” with the author, Dr Mark Laslett.. He shares a look at this case and some behind the scenes details of the case and why it was deemed important to publish. He explains its clinical implications, how he’d suggest using it to impact management of lumbar lateral shifts, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 2 with Seth Petersen: Alternating Lumbar Lateral Shift Case Report
In episode 2 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, Alternating lumbar lateral shift: a case report and discussing it with the author Seth Petersen. He shares specifics on this patient case, both his MDT and impairment based classifications, the primary intervention which resulted in a successful outcome, and the big takeaways.
Season 2, Episode 1 with Helen Clare: Reliability of Detection of Lumbar Lateral Shift
In episode 1 of season 2 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, Reliability of detection of lumbar lateral shift and discussing it with the author Helen Clare. She shares a look at this study and some behind the scenes explanation of how it was conducted and some unpublished data. She explains its clinical implications, how she’d suggest using it to impact our detection of lumbar lateral shifts, and the big takeaways.
Season 1, Episode 16 with Daniel Belavy: Best modes of exercise for LBP
In episode 16 of season 1 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, Which specific modes of exercise training are most effective for treating low back pain? Network meta-analysis and discussing it with one of the authors Daniel Belavy. He shares a look at this meta-analysis on exercise and what has shown effectiveness for low back pain. He explains what prompted this work, its clinical implications, how he’d suggest using it with patient education, and the big takeaways.
Season 1, Episode 15 with Daniel Belavy: The Causality of Low Back Pain
In episode 15 of season 1 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, No consensus on causality of spine postures or physical exposure and low back pain: a systematic review of systematic reviews and discussing it with the author Daniel Belavy. He shares a look at this systematic review of systematic reviews on what causes low back pain. He explains what prompted this work, its clinical implications, how he’d suggest using it with patient education, and the big takeaways.
Season 1, Episode 14 with Hans van Helvoirt: Reliability of the Delitto Classification System
In episode 14 of season 1 of Inside the Science, we’re highlighting the study, Inter-rater reliability of a modified version of Delitto et al.’s classification-based system for low back pain: a pilot study and discussing it with one of its authors Hans van Helvoirt. He shares a look at this paper looking at the reliability of a popular classification system within physical therapy. He explains the appropriate interpretation of this data, how he allows these findings to influence his clinical thinking, the big takeaways, and recommended other work that would shed further light on this topic.