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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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Pros and Cons of Paying Peer Reviewers

  By: Juliana Ancalmo, Chad E Cook PT, PhD, FAPTA, Ciara Roche Background Critical appraisal is a hallmark of peer reviewed publishing. Critical appraisal provides analytical…