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Learn more about/Buy Erik’s new course – Foundations of Practice Support us on the Patreons! Photobiomodulation therapy is not better than placebo in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Guimarães L de S, Costa L da CM, Araujo AC, et al. Pain. 2021;162:1612–20. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002189 Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod – incompetech.com: MidRoll Promo – Mining by Moonlight

Learn more about/Buy Erik’s new course – Foundations of Practice Support us on the Patreons! Establishing a taxonomy of potential hazards associated with communicating medical science in the age of disinformation. David Robert Grimes, Laura J Brennan, Robert O’Connor. BMJ Open. 2020;10:e035626. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035626. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod – incompetech.com: MidRoll Promo – Mining by Moonlight

In this Extrasode, Erik reads his post Cultural Influences on Injury Risk. The post explores the idea that the difference in ACL injury incidence between male and female athletes may have more to do with gender norms rather than something genetic. Learn more about/Buy Erik’s courses! Support us on the Patreons! Intro music for PT Inquest Extrasode is Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod – incompetech.com

Learn more about/Buy Erik’s new course – Foundations of Practice Support us on the Patreons! Effectiveness of Adding a Large Dose of Shoulder Strengthening to Current Nonoperative Care for Subacromial Impingement: A Pragmatic, Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial (SExSI Trial). Mikkel Bek Clausen, Per Hölmich, Michael Rathleff, Thomas Bandholm, Karl Bang Christensen, Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis, Kristian Thorborg. Am J Sports Med. doi: 10.1177/03635465211016008. Epub 2021 May 28. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod – incompetech.com: MidRoll Promo – Mining by Moonlight

Learn more about/Buy Erik’s new course – Foundations of Practice Support us on the Patreons! Feeling reassured after a consultation does not reduce disability or healthcare use in people with acute low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised trial. Aidan G Cashin, Hopin Lee, Adrian C Traeger, Markus Hübscher, Ian W Skinner, James H McAuley. J of Physiotherapy. 2021 July;67:197-200. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2021.06.007. Epub 2021 Jun 19. An introduction to mediation analyses of randomized controlled trials. Aidan G Cashin, Hopin Lee. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 May;133:161-164. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.014. Epub 2021 Feb 15. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod – incompetech.com: MidRoll Promo – Mining by

Learn more about/Buy Erik’s new course – Foundations of Practice Support us on the Patreons! Anteromedial versus posterolateral hip musculature strengthening with dose-controlled in women with patellofemoral pain: A randomized controlled trial. Gabriel Peixoto Leão Almeida, Helena Larissa das Neves Rodrigues, Bruno Augusto Lima Coelho, Carlos Augusto Silva Rodrigues, Pedro Olavo de Paula Lima. Phys Ther Sport. 2021 May;49:149-156. doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.02.016. Epub 2021 Mar 2. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com: MidRoll Promo - Mining by Moonlight

In this Extrasode, Erik reads his post Does Exercise Need to Be Fun? It explores what we mean by "fun" and whether or not there is a better word that might get more at the root of the problem we are addressing as physical therapists. For more info go to thesciencept.com Intro music for PT Inquest Extrasode is Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Learn more about/Buy Erik’s new course – Foundations of Practice Support us on the Patreons! Lower step rate is associated with a higher risk of bone stress injury: a prospective study of collegiate cross country runners. Kliethermes SA, Stiffler-Joachim MR, Wille CM, et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published Online First: 14 May 2021. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103833 Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission

Learn more about/Buy Erik’s new course – Foundations of Practice Support us on the Patreons! In this episode we talk about the mechanisms proposed in the literature regarding the effects of exercise on chronic low back pain. Why is exercise prescribed for people with chronic low back pain? A review of the mechanisms of benefit proposed by clinical trialists. Annika Wun, Paul Kollias, Harry Jeong, Rodrigo Rizzo, Aidan Cashin, Matthew Bagg, James McAuley, Matthew Jones. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. February 2021. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission

Support us on the Patreons! In this episode we discuss an article that found that being confident after ACLR was a factor for increased risk of 2nd ACL injury. Confidence, ability to meet return to sport criteria, and second ACL injury risk associations after ACL‐reconstruction. Mark V Paterno, Staci Thomas, Karen Thatcher VanEtten, Laura C Schmitt. J Orthop Res. 2021 Apr 30. doi: 10.1002/jor.25071. Online ahead of print. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake Used by Permission

Just a quick episode letting everyone know that we are taking an indefinite hiatus from the show. We'll keep you posted... Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake Used by Permission

Support us on the Patreons! Changes are coming! We want to have YOU on the show! It’s very simple, just fill out this online form and let us know your idea. In this episode we discuss an article that randomized osteochondroplasty in hip arthroscopy patients. Osteochondroplasty and labral repair for the treatment of young adults with femoroacetabular impingement. Femoroacetabular Impingement Randomized Controlled Trial (FIRST) Investigators. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Jan;49(1):25-34. doi: 10.1177/0363546520952804. Epub 2020 Sep 24. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake Used by Permission

The gang is all here (except Greg) for another festive dump of holiday cheer! Happy Holidays everyone!!!

Support us on the Patreons! Did you see that Lancet article that says that all the world needs the rehabs?! So did we! Does this mean physical therapists are going to be swimming in business/money in the future? Or that we need to get a whole lot more efficient in what we do? Also, is this the end of PT Inquest??? [dramatic music] Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Alarcos Cieza, PhD; Kate Causey, BSc; Kaloyan Kamenov, PhD; Sarah Wulf Hanson, PhD; Somnath Chatterji, MD; Theo Vos, PhD. Lancet. 2020 Dec 01. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32340-0. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod - inco

Support us on Patreon! On this episode we chat with James Heathers from the Everything Hertz podcast. We talk about his new job in the physical therapy world working for Cipher Skin and discuss some of the ways that the published literature has gone astray. PSYCHOLOGY. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Open Science Collaboration. Science. 2015 Aug 28;349(6251):aac4716. doi: 10.1126/science.aac4716. High Replicability of Newly-Discovered Social-behavioral Findings is Achievable. Protzko, John, et al. PsyArXiv. 2020 Sep 10. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/n2a9x. The post that James wrote on leaving academia: I Quit. And I'm OK With That. The work that he mentioned from Henry Drysdale and other smart folks: COMPare: a prospective cohort study correcting and monitoring 58 misreported trials in real time The Everything Hertz episode where they talk to Chris Chambers about Registered Reports: Episode 56 Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the P

Support us on Patreon! How do patients engage with pain medications? How much of this is influenced by their medical providers? How do we make sure that patients are in more control of their pain? Does this article really provide a good faith exploration of these issues? Can We Eliminate Opioid Medications for Postoperative Pain Control? A Prospective, Surgeon-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial in Knee Arthroscopic Surgery. Matthew J. Hartwell, Ryan S. Selley, Michael A. Terry, Vehniah K. Tjong. Am J Sports Med. 2020;48(11):2711-2717. doi: 10.1177/0363546520941861. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com: MidRoll Promo - Mining by Moonlight

Support us on Patreon! The literature around dry needling has some...issues...to say the least. But is it just dry needling? Or is this common around other PT interventions? How should we investigate some of these ideas? Should some of them be investigated at all? Join us along with study author Giovanni Ferreira to find out more! Dry Needling Combined With Guideline-Based Physical Therapy Provides No Added Benefit in the Management of Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Fábio Franciscatto Stieven, Giovanni Esteves Ferreira, Matheus Wiebusch, Francisco Xavier de Araújo, Luis Henrique Telles da Rosa, Marcelo Faria Silva. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2020 Aug;50(8):447-454. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2020.9389. Epub 2020 Apr 9. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less T

Support us on Patreon! What does it take for an athlete to change direction? Does it matter how fast they are going? What about the angle of cut? What implications does this have for athletes who are returning to sport after injury? Listen in to our discussion on all things change of direction with special guest Richard Clarke! Richard Clarke can be found on Twitter: @RICH_AgilityLab Role of the Penultimate Foot Contact During Change of Direction: Implications on Performance and Risk of Injury. Dos'Santos T, Thomas C, Comfort P, Jones P. Strength Cond J. 2019 Feb;41(1):87-104 doi: 10.1519/SSC.0000000000000395. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us. Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake Used by Permission Other Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com: MidRoll Promo - Mining by Moonlight

In this Extrasode, Erik reads his post Muscle Interventions After ACLR. It explores what the true goals may be for interventions around restoring the quad in these subjects. With special guest voice from @LauraOpstedal Intro music for PT Inquest Extrasode is Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Support us on Patreon! Systemic racism is a topic that we have covered before on PT Inquest, but it has recently become the focus of worldwide attention. In this episode, we talked with Tim Vidale and Deidra Debnam from the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy's (AASPT) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee to discuss some of the current conversations around race. We hope that this discussion can help give some insight and initial guidance for individuals and PT organizations to push positive and effective change regarding DEI. Tim Vidale can be found on Instagram: @drtimvidale Deidra Debnam can be found on Twitter: @DeidraDPT Previous episode from 2019 where we discussed Diversity in Orthopedics: Episode 164 Michael Cromartie's APTA post on code-switching: Code-Switching The Orthopaedic Workforce Is Not as Diverse as the Population It Serves: Where Are the Minorities and the Women?: AOA Critical Issues Symposium. Harrington MA, Rankin EA, Ladd AL, Mason BS. J Bone Joint Surg A