A PT Point of View
Bridging Science and Practice
In September 2014, the APTA in conjunction with American Board of Internal Medicine released "Five Things that PTs and Patients should Question" as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign. The campaign aims to increase consumer and clinician knowledge of different tests or interventions that may lack evidence, potential cause harm, or be wasteful.
I have seen plenty of plenty of news lately about people scrutinizing science. A recent piece on FiveThirtyEight.com highlighted some of the problems researchers have when creating and interpreting literature.
MRI is frequently utilized for assessing people with low back pain. Should it be? There are at least a few recent studies that question an MRI's utility in LBP patients. A study of people without low pain found that 80% of people by age 50 have degenerative disc disease. In the same group, 50% had a disc buldge by age 40.(1)
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