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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Building Effective Hybrid Rehabilitation Programs: Clinical, Operational, and Technological Considerations
By: Chad E. Cook, PT, PhD, FAPTA Background: Over the past several years, I have served on Daniel Harvey’s PhD dissertation committee. His work centers…
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Using MCID for Between‑Group Comparisons Is a Methodological Mistake
By: Chad E Cook, PT, PhD, FAPTA Background: In clinical research, especially in orthopedics, sports medicine, and rehabilitation, the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) has…
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N-of-1 Trials. Are They Appropriate for Evaluating Physical Therapy Interventions?
By: Chad E. Cook, PT, PhD, FAPTA Background: On this Center of Excellence website, we’ve previously highlighted two key points: (1) individuals do not respond…
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Why Patients Rapidly Change After Initiating Treatment: What We Think We Know and What We Likely Don’t
By: Chad Cook, PT, PhD, FAPTA Background: The completion of our SS‑MECH trial [1] in the fall of 2025 marked the 20th clinical trial for…
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Risk Stratification versus Risk Adjustment: Both are Important but They are Not the Same Thing
By: Chad E Cook, PT, PhD, FAPTA Background: In 2011, I was part of a team of researchers who looked at very large datasets and…
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What Really Happens When We Use Manual Therapy? A Fresh Look at the Mechanisms Behind Hands-On Approaches
Authors: Damian Keter DPT, PhD, Chad Cook PT, PhD, FAPTA Manual therapy (MT) has been part of musculoskeletal care for centuries, yet one question continues…
