In this Shop Talk, Dr. Chad Cook talks with Dr. Mark Wilhelm about his recent systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of manual therapy combined with exercise on pain, disability, and quality of life in individuals with nonspecific neck pain. Dr. Wilhelm’s 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…
