The PTJ Podcast: Recent Episodes
Oxford University Press
Listen to author interviews with PTJ’s Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette, who gets at the story behind the research, including insights on clinical application, study design, and future directions.
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette asks Dr. Sahrmann to elaborate on her thought-provoking Point of View in a conversation that acknowledges some of the differences of opinion and controversies surrounding this vital topic. What are the relationships between diagnostic labels and the critical issues that face the profession as it begins its second century—issues such as variability in practice, documentation burden, defining effective treatment strategies, and, ultimately, the success of patient outcomes? Dr. Sahrmann is author of “Defining Our Diagnostic Labels Will Help Define Our Movement Expertise and Guide Our Next 100 Years.”
https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/101/1/pzaa196/5943786
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette spotlights a Point of View on the effect of student debt on the next generation of physical therapists, and Dr. Ambler provides insights and data. How big is the problem—and what steps might be taken at the system level to make sure that education is being delivered efficiently as well as supporting the future development of the profession? Dr. Ambler is coauthor of “Return on Investment in Physical Therapy: Professional Tension.”
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette and Dr. Gustavson discuss the design and implications of an implementation study involving 2 nonrandomized independent groups (usual care and high intensity) staged within a single skilled nursing facility using the i-STRONGER (IntenSive Therapeutic Rehabilitation for Older Skilled NursinG HomE Residents) program. Dr. Gustavson is coauthor of “Application of High-Intensity Functional Resistance Training in a Skilled Nursing Facility: An Implementation Study.”
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette and Dr. Johnson address topics including impact of value-based care and the variability among outcomes and costs, identifying the target populations that will benefit from inpatient rehabilitation, and the need for readers to understand some of the challenges and limitations of using large, complex data sets in research. Dr. Johnson is coauthor of “Physical Function in the Hospital Is Associated With Patient-Centered Outcomes in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility.”
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette and Dr. Magel highlight some impactful, and some surprising, associations found by this study—and what the next steps for researchers should be. Based on the findings, comments Dr. Jette, “if I was a payer, I’d want to figure out how to get people…to PT right away.” Dr. Magel is coauthor of “Time Between an Emergency Department Visit and Initiation of Physical Therapist Intervention: Health Care Utilization and Costs.”
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette talks with Dr. Zadro about his systematic review of an important area that is often overlooked. One of Dr. Jette’s questions for Dr. Zadro: “Why do you think there’s so much care that’s not evidence-based that’s continues to be provided by our professionals?” Dr. Zadro is coauthor of “Effectiveness of Implementation Strategies to Improve Adherence of Physical Therapist Treatment Choices to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Systematic Review.”
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette interviews Dr. Vitacca about his multicenter randomized controlled trial involving a unique set of patients. Dr Vitacca is coauthor of “High-Flow Oxygen Therapy During Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Hypoxemia: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.”
https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article-abstract/100/8/1249/5823911
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette interviews Dr. Davenport, who provides a population health perspective and actionable suggestions for clinicians. He notes that “even back in 1999, Boissonnault found that over a quarter of patients had a prescription for narcotics in outpatient physical therapy practice, so… the risk for opioid addictions in the average physical therapy outpatient waiting room is potentially higher than out in the general community.” Dr. Davenport is coauthor of “Navigating the Intersection Between Persistent Pain and the Opioid Crisis: Population Health Perspectives for Physical Therapy.”
https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article-abstract/100/6/995/5771046
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette and Dr. Harbourne explore the importance of fidelity measures in rehabilitation. “Measuring how faithful you are to your approach can really guard against deviating from the delivery of the intervention…. You have to have a process to keep evaluating that throughout the time you are delivering that intervention. You want make sure that whatever you’re delivering as your target intervention is different from whatever else is being delivered.” Dr. Harbourne is coauthor of “What Really Works in Intervention? Using Fidelity Measures to Support Optimal Outcomes.”
https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article-abstract/100/5/757/5707307
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette interviews Dr. Gailey about his pilot randomized controlled trial to determine whether an evidence-based rehabilitation program would improve function in people with unilateral transtibial amputation who had already completed physical therapy and prosthetic training. Statistics have shown that less than 12% of people with amputations receive rehabilitation that targets impairments and activity limitations; this study makes a compelling argument for such programs for this complex population. Dr. Gailey is coauthor of “Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Amputee Rehabilitation Program: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.”
https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/100/5/773/5707560
Editor-in-Chief Alan Jette interviews Dr. Dean about her passionate contention that the COVID-19 global crisis presents a unique opportunity for the physical therapy profession, both in the reduction of COVID-19 susceptibility and the management of COVID-19 from the acute phase to rehabilitation. Dr. Dean is coauthor of “Translating COVID-19 Evidence to Maximize Physical Therapists’ Impact and Public Health Response.”
https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/100/9/1458/5862054
A PTJ podcast titled, "Beyond the Step Count: "Real World" Walking Activity in People After Stroke."
Dr. Jette interviews PTJ authors Ruiping Xia and Julie Hoffman on their article, "Promoting Community Health and Eliminating Health Disparities Through Community-Based Participatory Research."
Dr. Alan Jette interviews PTJ author Rebecca Galloway about her article in the February 2016 issue.
A PTJ discussion podcast titled, "Physical Therapist Practice in the ICU: Growing Evidence, Growing Demand."
A PTJ Discussion Podcast titled, "Are All Falls Equal? Screening, Costs, and Policy Making."
A PTJ podcast titled, "Strengthening Academic Physical Therapy--and the Profession's Future."
A PTJ podcast titled "18th John H.P. Maley Lecture: Residency education in every town: is it just so simple?"
A PTJ Discussion Podcast on Reducing Heterogeneity In Knee Osteoarthritis: A Quest To Find Meaningful Phenotypes
A PTJ podcast titled, "Health Services Research Funding and the Foundation for Physical Therapy."
A PTJ podcast, "Symposium Podcast: Advancing the Evidence Base in Rehabilitation for Military Personnel and Veterans."
A PTJ podcast titled "2013 Rothstein Roundtable Podcast—'Medicare Mandate for Claims-Based Functional Data Collection: An Opportunity to Advance Care, or a Regulatory Burden?'"
A PTJ podcast titled, "Linking Evidence and Practice: Exercise and Breast Cancer Treatment."
A PTJ podcast titled, "Factors Associated With Paraspinal Muscle Asymmetry: A Study of Male Twins."
A PTJ podcast titled, "Symposium Podcast: Rehabilitation of Patients With Critical Illness."
A PTJ podcast titled, "Computers Versus Humans: Predicting Upper-Limb Function in Stroke."
A PTJ podcast titled "2007 Rothstein Debate: Should Physical Therapists Practice in Acute Care Settings?"
A PTJ podcast titled "2012 Rothstein Roundtable Podcast—"Medical Homes, PACA, IFDS—Where Do Physical Therapists Fit in a Reforming Health Care Environment?'"
A PTJ podcast titled, "The Influence of Fear-Avoidance Beliefs on Patient Outcomes: How Much Influence—and What Are the Next Steps for Research?"
A PTJ podcast titled, "'RCTs on Disability Intervention in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation: Unique Challenges and Opportunities' Symposium."
A PTJ podcast titled "Forty-Second Mary McMillan Lecture: Learning: What Matters Most."
A PTJ podcast titled "2011 APTA Presidential Address: The Extraordinary in the Ordinary."
A PTJ podcast titled, "International Perspectives on the Development and Use of Clinical Guidelines in Physical Therapy."
A PTJ video titled "Video 5/6: 'Enhancing Clinical Practice Through Psychosocial Perspectives in the Management of Low Back Pain' Symposium."
A PTJ video titled "Video 3/6: 'Enhancing Clinical Practice Through Psychosocial Perspectives in the Management of Low Back Pain' Symposium."
A PTJ podcast titled "Video 6/6: 'Enhancing Clinical Practice Through Psychosocial Perspectives in the Management of Low Back Pain' Symposium."
A PTJ video titled "Video 1/6: 'Enhancing Clinical Practice Through Psychosocial Perspectives in the Management of Low Back Pain' Symposium."
A PTJ video titled "Video 4/6: 'Enhancing Clinical Practice Through Psychosocial Perspectives in the Management of Low Back Pain' Symposium."
A PTJ podcast titled "Enhancing Clinical Practice Through Psychosocial Perspectives in the Management of Low Back Pain" Symposium.
A PTJ podcast titled "Overuse, Underuse, and Misuse of Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain."
A PTJ podcast titled "Outpatient Physical Therapy Utilization and Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries: Implications for the Profession."
A PTJ podcast titled "2010 Rothstein Debate: Health Care Reform: Can We Take Advantage of Different Models of Care to Demonstrate the Value of Physical Therapy?"
A PTJ podcast titled "The Feet First Trial: Walking Exercise Programs for Patients With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy."
A PTJ podcast titled "Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Low Back Pain in Physical Therapy: Do Patients Benefit?"
A PTJ podcast titled "Constrained Physical Therapist Practice: An Ethical Case Analysis."
A PTJ podcast titled "Why Do Some Older Adults Have Difficulty With Stooping, Crouching, or Kneeling?"
A PTJ podcast titled "Fortieth Mary McMillan Lecture: The Best We Can Be Is Yet to Come."
A PTJ podcast titled "2009 Rothstein Debate: When Does Regulation Become Over-Regulation, and When Does Under-Regulation Invite Abuse?"
A PTJ podcast titled "Rehabilitation for Military Service Members Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan, Part 2: Impact of War Injuries on Clinical Practice."
A PTJ podcast titled "Rehabilitation for Military Service Members Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan, Part 1: Impact of War Injuries on Rehabilitation Research."
A PTJ podcast titled "Developing and Using Treatment-Based Clinical Prediction Rules: Part 2."
A PTJ podcast "Screening for Medical Problems and Complications: Where Do We Go From Here?"
A PTJ podcast titled "Fat, Muscle, and the Benefits of Exercise for People With Diabetes."
A PTJ podcast titled "Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Strengthening Exercises in the Management of Fibromyalgia: Part 2."
A PTJ podcast titled "Muscle Activation During Selected Strength Exercises in Women With Chronic Neck Muscle Pain."
A PTJ podcast titled "Physical Functioning Before and After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Perception and Performance."
A PTJ podcast titled "'Slow and Steady Wins the Race': Physical Therapy and the Management of Fibromyalgia."
A PTJ podcast titled "Assessing Outcomes of Physical Therapy Intervention Following Knee or Hip Replacement: Should PTs Rely on Performance-Based Measures, Self-Report Measures, or Both?"
A PTJ podcast titled "Use of the Berg Balance Scale for Predicting Multiple Falls in Community-Dwelling Elderly People: A Prospective Study."
A PTJ podcast titled "Effects of a Single Session of Posterior-to-Anterior Spinal Mobilization and Press-up Exercise on Pain Response and Lumbar Spine Extension in People With Nonspecific Low Back Pain."
A PTJ podcast titled "Locomotor Training: Can It Help Children With Severe Spinal Cord Injuries to Ambulate?"
A PTJ podcast titled 'Relationships Among Severity of Osteonecrosis, Pain, Range of Motion, and Functional Mobility in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia '
A PTJ podcast titled "Diagnosis of Fall Risk in Parkinson Disease: An Analysis of Individual and Collective Clinical Balance Test Interpretation."
A PTJ podcast titled "Movement Training Advances the Emergence of Reaching in Infants Born at Less Than 33 Weeks of Gestational Age: A Randomized Clinical Trial."
A PTJ podcast titled "Modified Constraint-Induced Therapy in Chronic Stroke: Results of a Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial."
A PTJ podcast titled 'Measuring Deterioration in International Classification of Functioning Domains of People With Multiple Sclerosis Who Are Ambulatory'
A PTJ podcast titled 'Effects of Education on Return-to-Work Status for People With Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Acute Low Back Pain'
A PTJ podcast titled 'Assessing Recovery and Establishing Prognosis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty'
A PTJ podcast titled, "Classification and Manipulation for Low Back Pain—Should They Be Linked?"
A PTJ podcast titled 'Effectiveness of an Extension-Oriented Treatment Approach in a Subgroup of Subjects With Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial'
A PTJ podcast titled "Effects of Task-Specific Locomotor and Strength Training in Adults Who Were Ambulatory After Stroke: Results of the STEPS Randomized Clinical Trial."
Use of Virtual Reality to Improve Upper-Extremity Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Single-Subject Design
A PTJ titled 'Age-Related Changes in Strength, Joint Laxity, and Walking Patterns: Are They Related to Knee Osteoarthritis?'
A PTJ podcast titled 'Physical Function in Men With Prostate Cancer on Androgen Deprivation Therapy'
A PTJ podcast titled 'Practitioner and Organizational Barriers to Evidence-based Practice of Physical Therapists for People With Stroke'
A PTJ podcast titled 'Mobilization Techniques in Subjects With Frozen Shoulder Syndrome: Randomized Multiple-Treatment Trial'
A PTJ podcast titled 'Home-Based Physical Therapy Intervention With Adherence-Enhancing Strategies Versus Clinic-Based Management for Patients With Ankle Sprains '
Treadmill training with harness support is a promising, task-oriented approach to restoring locomotor function in people with poststroke hemiparesis. Although the combined use of functional electrical stimulation (FES) and treadmill training with body-weight support (BWS) has been studied before, this combined intervention was compared with the Bobath approach as opposed to BWS alone. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the combined use of FES and treadmill training with BWS on walking functions and voluntary limb control in people with chronic hemiparesis.
A PTJ podcast titled 'Development of a Clinical Prediction Rule to Identify Patients With Knee Pain and Clinical Evidence of Knee Osteoarthritis Who Demonstrate a Favorable Short-Term Response to Hip Mobilization'
A PTJ podcast titled 'Effect of Task Practice Order on Motor Skill Learning in Adults With Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study'