PT Inquest

In this episode we review an article about causal fallacies but, more importantly, changes are coming in 2020 to PT Inquest! Tune in to hear all about it. Also, Open Science Collaboration. J Exerc Rehabil. 2019 Jun 30;15(3):493-495. doi:...

In this episode we are joined by from the to discuss reproducibility and improving science. We even talk a little about the "love hormone"! Open Science Collaboration. Science. 2015 Aug 28;349(6251):aac4716. doi: 10.1126/science.aac4716. Due to...

So we're not the best with chronic nonspecific low back pain. We also tend to underload our patients in general. Maybe if we increased the intensity of our exercises, we would be more effective with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Well, at least we...

Clinical depression is a very real part of many of our patients' lives. As a matter of fact, our current understanding of many commonly treated PT diagnoses suggests that clinical depression may be a huge driver of symptoms. How do we identify it in...

Everyone wants to succeed and no one wants to fail. Is failure so bad? Can we even have success without failure? How can we learn to embrace failure to get the greatest knowledge? Loscalzo J. Circulation. 2014 Mar 4;129(9):953-5. doi:...

One of the most important components of ethical healthcare is patient education. A fully informed patient makes everything easier later during the care. But that includes educated on the good and the bad. Sometimes "being hopeful" can actually be a...

Cognitive Functional Therapy for the win! Or is it? Are these differences in effect sizes from a simple group program big enough to get excited about? What else could be at play here? Chronic low back pain is hard... O'Keeffe M, O'Sullivan P, Purtill...

What does it mean to have self-efficacy? How does that differ from one's perceived locus of control? Are they situation dependent? Can we changed them or just measure them? How does this affect our patients. Picha KJ, Lester M, Heebner NR, Abt JP,...

Physicians often will offer a corticosteroid injection for those with osteoarthritis. Patients feel better in the short term, but is there long term harm? If the joint is shot anyway, does it matter? Kompel AJ, Roemer FW, Murakami AM, Diaz LE,...

Shared decision making is the greatest thing! Ethical, honest, engaging. But do patients give a crap? Would they rather the provider just tell them what to do? Can we find a happy ground? Allen J, King R, Goergen SK, Melder A, Neeman N, Hadley A,...