PT Inquest

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,...

There has been some great work done regarding guidelines for many different musculoskeletal diagnoses, but do physical therapists follow them? How do they do compare to other medical professionals? We can always be better, but what stops us? Is it...

If you have listened to more than one episode of PT Inquest you will know that Erik thinks that quadriceps dysfunction is a major problem after ACLR. Assuming that you agree with that, are there interventions to address that issue? Do they work? What...

Providing accurate information on back pain seems to build confidence in the provider but doesn't seem to have a huge effect on outcomes. Is this really an improvement? In this episode, Erik and JW explore the role of the provider is these difficult...

Patients have unique personalities, values, and circumstances but what about providers? Can the specific personality traits of the provider have an effect on outcomes? Is that a good thing? Or a bad thing? And what should we do about it? Kooijman...

We can prevent ACL injuries!!! Or are we just reducing risk? Or both? How do these programs work? Does it matter what you do or do you just need to do something? Huang YL, Jung J, Mulligan CMS, Oh J, Norcross MF. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Aug...

We are all aware of financial conflicts of interest. Their mechanisms for incentivizing towards inaccurate beliefs are known but can still be easy to fall for. But what about intellectual conflicts of interest? What if you job, or even worse your...

Is more better? Would additional tests improve outcomes? How often do we look for things that may not actually make a difference? We explore these questions as we review this non-inferiority study on managing wrist fractures. van Gerven P, El...

You have an athlete with want appears to be FAIS and you want to know if they would be able to return to full sport after surgery. How would you know? Are there predictors before surgery? Are predictors for failure after surgery also just predictors...

When you look at someone with a torn meniscus and some osteoarthritis, can you tell who would benefit from arthroscopy and who wouldn't? What about whether or not they would benefit from rehab? Would you be better than a coin flip? van de Graaf V,...