PT Inquest

Some people have cams in their hips, some don't. Some cams are a problem, some aren't. What effects can a cam have on a hip joint? Are these good or bad? What happens after a cam is surgically removed?

Hip Joint Torsional Loading Before and After Cam Femoroacetabular Impingement Surgery. Ng KCG, El Daou H, Bankes MJK, Rodriguez Y Baena F, Jeffers JRT. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Dec 31:363546518815159. doi: 10.1177/0363546518815159. [Epub ahead of print]

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Produced by: Matt Hunter

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A home exercise program is not very effective if the patient isn't actually, you know, doing the exercises. Is self-report accurate? What about a home program diary? Does it matter? Does this have any impact on our interpretations of previous literature?

Self-Reported Home Exercise Adherence: A Validity and Reliability Study Using Concealed Accelerometers. Nicolson PJA, Hinman RS, Wrigley TV, Stratford PW, Bennell KL. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Jul 27:1-38. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2018.8275. [Epub ahead of print]

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Produced by: Matt Hunter

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We thought we were done but THEY KEEP PULLING US BACK IN!!! We are back for a full year of weekly episodes thanks to generous sponsorship from CSMi!

In previous episodes we have explored the controversy around the best rehabilitation after rotator cuff (RTC) repair with many papers concluding that it really doesn't matter. But when can you say that things are not going well? And if things are not going well, what can you do about it?

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This article is open access at the time of recording so click the link below for free access.

Target range of motion at 3 months after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and its effect on the final outcome. Tonotsuka H, Sugaya H, Takahashi N, Kawai N, Sugiyama H, Marumo K. J Orthop Surg.2017 Sep-Dec;25(3):2309499017730423. doi: 10.1177/2309499017730423.

Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us.

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That's right everyone! It's that time of year again! All the PT Podcast Network voices (except for Adam) have gathered together to bring you some podcast holiday cheer!

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Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

It's time for another season finale and we conclude with a discussion of one of the worst things in modern science, the predatory journal. These are journals that make money by publishing literally ANYTHING as long as you pay your fee. The authors of this editorial did just that, publishing a paper where they claimed that manual therapy was applied to a subject who had been dead for 5 years - and he was revived! We explore the history of demonstrations of how bad articles get into publication.

Happy Holidays to everyone and we'll see you in March!

Manual Therapy Cures Death: I Think I Read That Somewhere. Cook CE, Cleland JA, Mintken PE. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Nov;48(11):830-832. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2018.0107.

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Accurate education on pain has become a popular mantra in physical therapy practice, specifically around chronic pain. A common argument is to educate at risk patients early in the process to reduce the likelihood of their pain becoming chronic. But just how effective is this? Does it really make that much of a difference? Is it addressing the driving factors related to these subjects?

Effect of Intensive Patient Education vs Placebo Patient Education on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Traeger AC, Lee H, Hübscher M, Skinner IW, Moseley GL, Nicholas MK, Henschke N, Refshauge KM, Blyth FM, Main CJ, Hush JM, Lo S, McAuley JH. JAMA Neurol. 2018 Nov 5. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.3376. [Epub ahead of print] Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us.

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Here we go again, hating on physical therapy (the theme song does say "I'm my own worst enemy"...) There have been some recent pushes in the physical therapy world to promote what we do, but has this been the most honest, evidence-based approach? What is the difference between "non-evidence-based" and "evidence-based" marketing? Can we do better? Special guest Joshua Zadro from the University of Sydney School of Public Health and the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health is here to help us figure it out!

Evidence-based physiotherapy needs evidence-based marketing. Zadro JR, O'Keeffe M, Maher CG. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Oct 27. pii: bjsports-2018-099749. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099749. [Epub ahead of print]

The blog post that Erik wrote on the ethics of healthcare marketing.

Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us.

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Pew! Pew! Pew! Lasers!!! What could be more high tech than that? Hold on a second...what exactly IS a laser? And how is it different than other sources of light? Knowing that, why would you use it? And can you have very high quality research on very low plausibility hypothesis? You bet you can!

Incorporation of photobiomodulation therapy into a therapeutic exercise program for knee osteoarthritis: A placebo-controlled, randomized, clinical trial. de Paula Gomes CAF, Leal-Junior ECP, Dibai-Filho AV, de Oliveira AR, Bley AS, Biasotto-Gonzalez DA, de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho P. Lasers Surg Med. 2018 Oct;50(8):819-828. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22939. Epub 2018 May 7.

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Thinking your ACLR patients are using compensatory strategies when they are squatting? Simple! Just watch them do a squat and you'll see it with your own eyes...OR WILL YOU?! This week our super-special guest is study lead-author Susan Sigward, Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy at the University of Southern California.

Compensatory Strategies That Reduce Knee Extensor Demand During a Bilateral Squat Change From 3 to 5 Months Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Sigward SM, Chan MM, Lin PE, Almansouri SY, Pratt KA. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2018 Sep;48(9):713-718. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2018.7977. Epub 2018 Jun 12. Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us.

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A topic we have discussed before, early activity after rotator cuff repair, but this is a different study design. What is meant by non-inferiority? Is this the same as saying equal? What if it was better? Would such a paper tell us?

No Functional Difference Between Three and Six Weeks of Immobilization After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial. Jenssen KK, Lundgreen K, Madsen JE, Kvakestad R, Pripp AH, Dimmen S. Arthroscopy. 2018 Oct;34(10):2765-2774. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2018.05.036. Epub 2018 Sep 6.

The editorial that was written about this article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2018.07.003

Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us.

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