In this Shop Talk, Dr. Chad Cook speaks with Mark Thomas about his systematic review mapping the existing published literature on the attitudes and beliefs about manual therapy in patients experiencing low back pain. The 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…
