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• Spinal Manipulation: Lack of Precision Doesn’t Mean Lack of Skill

  By: Mark Shepherd, PT, DPT, DSc Spinal thrust manipulation has been used for centuries, with evidence supporting its inclusion in neck and low back guidelines.1,2…

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Research Metrics used to Evaluate a Researcher’s Impact or Influence

  By: Chad E Cook PT, PhD, FAPTA Background: Each year, in Duke University’s Division of Physical Therapy, I teach a class on research methodology. One…

• “It’s Not You, It’s Us…”: Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects as a Challenge to Effectiveness Trials.

  By: Damian L Keter, PT, DPT, PhD Background:   Comparative effectiveness studies are the cornerstone of medicine and health sciences research. They have a goal of…

• Is Myofascial Pain Syndrome a Legitimate Primary Diagnosis?

  By: Chad E Cook, Damian Keter, Ken Learman Background: Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) is hypothesized to be both a primary and/or a secondary chronic pain…

• Risk of Bias Measures can be Biased

  By: Chad E Cook, Damian Keter, Ken Learman Navigating the Literature: Navigating the ever-growing, healthcare literature can be challenging [1]. The sheer amount of new…

• Why Isn’t Everyone Using Stepped Care for Musculoskeletal Injuries? 

  By: Chad E. Cook PT, PhD, FAPTA Resource efficiency models  Musculoskeletal (MSK) outcomes have shown some concerning trends over the last decade. Conditions like low…