In this Shop Talk, Dr. Chad Cook speaks with Dr. Amy McDevitt about her recent randomized clinical trial examining the effects of thoracic spine thrust manipulation on pain and headache and neck disability. Dr. McDevitt’s full paper can be found here.
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Three Ways That Recruitment in Randomized Controlled Trials May Not Reflect Real Life
By: Chad Cook, Amy McDevitt, Derek Clewley, Bryan O’Halloran As we wind up a year of recruitment on the SS-MECH trial [1], we are compelled…
