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 how this might be carried out in everyday practice, other studies on the topic, the clinical implications, and big takeaways.

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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 prompted the study, why a group was chosen without symptoms and were given a hypothetical scenario about knee osteoarthritis, specifics on the methods of the study, the important results discovered related to giving more information and including pathoanatomical terms or not, the clinical implications and big takeaways.

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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 the methods and how the survey was administered, the results, the clinical implications, and big takeaways.

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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 the physical therapy group compared to the family health group, how this fits within the idea that PTs are or aren’t suitable and safe as first-line providers for musculoskeletal disorder management, the clinical implications, and big takeaways.

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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 clinical implications, and big takeaways.

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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 surgery may impact a return to sport. She also shares any relationship between prehabilitation to a return to sport and her recommended clinical implications and big takeaways.

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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 the method of this lamb specimen model, the loads placed on the model, and the nuclear migration exhibited on both the intact, healthy disc and the disc with the fissure, the clinical implications, and big takeaways.

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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 loading, his recommended clinical implications, and big takeaways.

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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 patients with low back pain who are prescribed opioids might use this paper to advocate for their patient, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.

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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 intervention, how TENS may be viewed as an alternative intervention to opioids, the clinical implications, and the big takeaways.

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