PT Inquest

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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?

Can even experienced orthopaedic surgeons predict who will benefit from surgery when patients present with degenerative meniscal tears? A survey of 194 orthopaedic surgeons who made 3880 predictions. van de Graaf V, Bloembergen CH MD, Willigenburg NW PhD, Noorduyn JCA MSc, Saris D, Harris I, Poolman R; ESCAPE Research Group. Br J Sports Med. 2019 Aug 1. pii: bjsports-2019-100567. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100567. [Epub ahead of print]

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After acute hamstrings injury is it ok to push into pain during rehab? Would you actually get better results? If you didn't, why not? If you did, what would that mean? Join us as we look at loading up injured hamstrings with special guest Jack Hickey!

Pain-Free Versus Pain-Threshold Rehabilitation Following Acute Hamstring Strain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Hickey JT, Timmins RG, Maniar N, Rio E, Hickey PF, Pitcher CA, Williams MD, Opar DA. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2019 Jun 28:1-35. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2019.8895. [Epub ahead of print]

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What is evidence without interpretation? For that matter, what exactly is evidence? Or interpretation? Can you make an evidence-based statement without a robust evidence base?

Evidence vs Consensus in Clinical Practice Guidelines. Djulbegovic B, Guyatt G. JAMA. 2019 Jul 19. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.9751. [Epub ahead of print]

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A study shows that those with FAI who get surgery earlier do better than those who get surgery later. Does that mean patients should rush to surgery? Or is the reality more nuanced?

Early Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome Provides Superior Outcomes When Compared With Delaying Surgical Treatment Beyond 6 Months. Kunze KN, Beck EC, Nwachukwu BU, Ahn J, Nho SJ. Am J Sports Med. 2019 Jul 15:2038-2044. doi: 10.1177/0363546519837192. [Epub ahead of print]

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"How do you feel now compared to how you felt before surgery?" is a common question asked of patients? But how well do they remember? Are they accurate or do they overestimate or do they underestimate? What effects can perception of pretreatment symptoms have on perception of progress?

Patients Undergoing Shoulder Stabilization Procedures Do Not Accurately Recall Their Preoperative Symptoms at Short- to Midterm Follow-up. Hope D, French J, Pizzari T, Hoy G, Barwood S. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Jun 12;7(6):2325967119851084. doi: 10.1177/2325967119851084. eCollection 2019 Jun.

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This episode is less about exercise programs after total hip arthroplasty and more about meticulous study design prior to data collection. We look at essentially having the paper written before the study begins - all you have left to do is plug in the data and run the calculations!

Pragmatic Home-Based Exercise after Total Hip Arthroplasty - Silkeborg: Protocol for a prospective cohort study (PHETHAS-1) Mikkelsen LR, Madsen MN, Rathleff MS, Thorborg K, Rossen CB, Kallemose T, Bandholm T. F1000 Research. Latest published: 25 Jun 2019, 8:965 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.19570.1.

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The quad torque-to-body-weight article in elderly that was mentioned in response to the Mail Hole question: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11909879

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Patient reported outcome measures (PROM) are commonly used to assess function in patients. But is that what they are actually measuring? Can we alter those scores in a meaningful way just through practicing the tasks mentioned in the questionnaire?

Can the QuickDASH PROM be Altered by First Completing the Tasks on the Instrument? Shapiro LM, Harris AHS, Eppler SL, Kamal RN. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Apr 27. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000731. [Epub ahead of print]

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What do patients believe about knee osteoarthritis and nonsurgical interventions? Where do they get these beliefs? Can we change these beliefs? Even if we do will that make a difference?

Misconceptions and the Acceptance of Evidence-based Nonsurgical Interventions for Knee Osteoarthritis. A Qualitative Study. Bunzli S, O'Brien P, Ayton D, Dowsey M, Gunn J, Choong P, Manski-Nankervis JA. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Jun 10. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000784. [Epub ahead of print]

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Exercise works for pain..but why? Probably not for the reasons that we think. Does it matter? What a silly question...

Musculoskeletal pain and exercise-challenging existing paradigms and introducing new. Smith BE, Hendrick P, Bateman M, Holden S, Littlewood C, Smith TO, Logan P. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Jun 20. pii: bjsports-2017-098983. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098983. [Epub ahead of print]

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What happens when you go onto the interwebs and search for information from the websites of reputable organizations (government, hospital, university, professional associations, etc)? Is it accurate? Who defines accurate? What is the purpose of these websites?

Credibility, Accuracy, and Comprehensiveness of Internet-Based Information About Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review. Ferreira G, Traeger AC, Machado G, O'Keeffe M, Maher CG. J Med Internet Res. 2019 May 7;21(5):e13357. doi: 10.2196/13357.

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