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Manual Therapy in the Emergency Department


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Manual Therapy in the ED

Who
Dr. Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA is a professor at Duke University, where his primary appointment is in the Department of Orthopaedics; he has secondary appointments in the Department of Population Health Sciences and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He is part of over 11 million dollars in external funding and is a prolific researcher with over 360 publications.
Episode Takeaways
  • What is manual therapy
  • Manual therapy is just one part of the physical therapist toolkit
  • When to use manual therapy
  • Evidence behind manual thrapy
  • What strategies can we use to identify the right patients for manual therapy?

    “I think communication is the key. Having a preference for this has been one of the strongest predictors for sure. I do think matching mechanisms is important and we need to look at “where the patient is” to determine need.”

    Connect with Dr. Cook

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    https://medschool.duke.edu/personnel/chad-e-cook-pt-phd-mba-fapta

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