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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?

Do therapist effects determine outcome in patients with shoulder pain in a primary care physiotherapy setting? Kooijman MK, Buininga EM, Swinkels ICS, Koes BW, Veenhof C. Physiotherapy. Available online 2019 Aug 13. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2019.08.009.

Links from this episode's Mail Hole: How to Review an Article https://thesciencept.com/how-to-review-an-article/

Episode 123: How to Fix the Weak Spots in Contemporary Science https://ptpodcast.com/pt-inquest-episode-123-how-to-fix-the-weak-spots-in-contemporary-science/

Testing Treatments https://en.testingtreatments.org/book/

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Produced by: Matt Hunter

Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake Used by Permission