Inside the Science

In S7E13 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Shoulder pain in primary care: Frozen Shoulder" with Angela Cadogan. You'll hear her share her comments on key features of frozen shoulder diagnosis, the three stages of the condition, the common complaints related to the two categories of pain-dominant versus stiffness-dominant phases, what best care is understood in the two stages ap...

In S7E12 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 s...

In S7E11 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "A call to action: direct access to physical therapy is highly successful in the US military. When will professional bodies, legislatures, and payers provide the same advantages to all US civilian physical therapists?" with Lindsay Clark and Bryant Clark. You'll hear them share what prompted the study, some of what else has been publish...

In S7E10 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "International Framework for Red Flags for Potential Serious Spinal Pathologies" with Dr. Laura Finucane. You'll hear her give the backstory of the need for better abilities to pick on serious pathology through red flag identification, how prevalent these conditions are, a suggested three-step process on how a clinician might approach t...

In S7E9 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Effect of Information Content and General Practitioner Recommendation to Exercise on Treatment Beliefs and Intentions for Knee Osteoarthritis: An Online Multi-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial" with Dr. Belinda Lawford.  You'll hear her further share specifics on what prompted the study, how the study was carried out, her perspective on h...

In S7E8 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Removing pathoanatomical content from information pamphlets about knee osteoarthritis did not affect beliefs about imaging or surgery but led to lower perceptions that exercise is damaging and better osteoarthritis knowledge: An online randomized controlled trial" with Dr Belinda Lawford.  You'll hear her give the backstory of what prom...

In S7E7 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Physical Therapists Are Routinely Performing the Requisite Skills to Directly Refer for Musculoskeletal Imaging: An Observational Study " with Dr. Lance Mabry.  You'll hear him elaborate on some background of physical therapists' capability of safely referring for imaging, the potential benefits of PTs taking on this role, specifics on...

In S7E6 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Safety Events and Privilege Utilization Rates in Advanced Practice Physical Therapy Compared to Traditional Primary Care: An Observational Study" with Dr. Lance Mabry. You'll hear him elaborate on the utilization of these ten categories of services and treatment delivered in the two groups, which services were utilized more or less by t...

In S7E5 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Prehabilitation Improves Knee Functioning Before and Within the First Year After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis" with Dr. Pascale Granicher. She shares some specifics on the studies which met the inclusion criteria, which parameters measured showed some favor for the prehab intervention group, the clinic...

In S7E4 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Do athletes benefit from preoperative physical therapy before ACL reconstruction?" with Dr. Pascale Granicher. She shares some specifics on what the literature suggests is related to whether an athlete returns to a sport or not, and how factors like psychological factors, knee-specific factors, patient-specific factors, and timing of su...

In S7E3 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Quantitative MRI to Characterize the Nucleus Pulposus Morphological and Biomechanical Variation According to Sagittal Bending Load and Radial Fissure, an ex vivo Ovine Specimen Proof-of-Concept Study" with Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville. He shares how this and his prior systematic review was part of his doctorate work, more specifics on t...

In S7E2 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "The Dynamic Disc Model, a systematic review with meta-analysis" with Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville. He shares how this paper was part of his doctorate work, the previous literature related to the disc model, some of the specific studies included in this review, the support for the use of the disc model of nuclear material migration upon...

In S7E1 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Efficacy, Tolerability, and Dose-Dependent Effects of Opioid Analgesics for Low Back Pain" with Dr. Christina Abdel Shaheed. She shares some of what prompted this study, how patterns of prescribing opioids vary across the globe, some specifics on the studies included in this review, and how she would advise the reader who cares for pati...

In S6E16 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute low back pain: systematic review" with Dr. Christina Abdel Shaheed. She shares what TENS is and its intent, what the evidence says about TENS for chronic low back pain, the interpretations she'd advise in situations like this where there is simply a lack of evidence for an inte...

In S6E15 of Inside The Science, we're highlighting the study, "Efficacy, safety, and dose-dependence of the analgesic effects of opioid therapy for people with osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis" with Dr. Christina Abdel Shaheed. She shares some of what prompted this study, the dilemma related to the use of opioids for patients with osteoarthritis, the results of the placebo-contr...

In S6E14 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Development of a patient decision aid on subacromial decompression surgery and rotator cuff repair surgery: an international mixed-methods study" with Dr. Joshua Zadro. He explains from where the idea of this paper came, some specifics as to what is included in the decision aid itself, what was identified as to when a shoulder surgery...

In S6E13 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Observational Scapular Dyskinesis: Known-Groups Validity in Patients With and Without Shoulder Pain" with Dr. Lori Michener. She explains specific on the methods, some limitations in the design, the conclusions she encourages the reader to takeaway related to scapular movement, how she's use this study to educate her patients, addition...

In S6E12 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Effect of diagnostic labeling on management intentions for non-specific low back pain: A randomized scenario-based experiment" with Dr. Joshua Zadro. He explains how this paper was similar and different than his label impact on shoulder patients paper highlighted in S6E11, any unexpected results, why the need for imaging was chosen as...

In S6E11 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Diagnostic Labels for Rotator Cuff Disease Can Increase People's Perceived Need for Shoulder Surgery: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial" with Dr. Joshua Zadro. He explains the details on what was in the literature previously including the variability of terms used to label it, what prompted he and his coauthors to conduct and publi...

In S6E10 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Effects of Resistance Exercise and Protein on Body Composition Following Weight Loss" with Dr. Wayne Westcott. He explains the details on how this paper was a continuation of his paper highlighted in S6E10, how these subjects maintained body weight loss, the change in body composition which occurred including an increase in lean mss, t...

In S6E9 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Exercise and Nutrition Effects on Body Composition and Blood Measures in Overweight Adults" with Dr. Wayne Westcott. He explains the details on what was included in the aerobic and resistance exercise, the more important data which were found, how these results compare to other attempts to reduce weight and improve body composition the...

In S6E8 of Inside the Science, we're highlighting the study, "Risk factors for a recurrence of low back pain" with Dr. Mark Hancock. He explains the context of this topic and what prompted he and his coauthors to conduct and publish it, the criteria required for participants to be included, the history findings and MRI abnormalities associated with those who show a greater likelihood to have low b...

In S6E7 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 cha...

In S6E6 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 whi...

In S6E5 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 pa...