Categorized as: Research
29Mar 500 Word Letter to the Editor? $31.50…
…real scientific and professional discussion? Priceless.* *And free In a previous post, Publishing in Science: Are Industry Standards Serving Researchers, Clinicians, and Science?, @JasonSilvernail and I discussed some of the problems with the current publishing industry paradigm as well as our personal frustrations with the process. These i
18Mar Publishing in Science: Are Industry Standards Serving Researchers, Clinicians, and Science?
Recently, @JasonSilvernail and I wrote a letter to the editor of the journal Manual Therapy entitled Innominate 3D Motion Modeling: Biomechanically Interesting, but Clinically Irrelevant. The article is currently in press [Reference: Ridgeway K, Silvernail J. Innominate 3D motion modeling: Biomechanically interesting, but clinically irrelevant
18Mar SI Joint Mechanics in Manual Therapy: Relevance, Please?
In a separate post Publishing in Science: Are Industry Standards Serving Researchers, Clinicians and Science? Jason Silvernail and I outline some of the perceived cons of the current publishing paradigm. We describe our experience writing a letter to the editor of Manual Therapy. In the end, our goal was, and is, to express our interpretation
29Jan Leveraging Technology VI: Case Example: ACL Injury “Prevention”
Recently, I stumbled upon a website post via Twitter: I absolutely love the basis and intent of the tweet! Female athletes exhibit increased incidence of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries, so we need to work to reduce their risk of injury through specific training, performance, and post-surgical rehabilitation programs. ACL injury, re
17Jan Leveraging Technology V: Beyond RSS to Engagement
This is the 5th in a series of posts investigating how to leverage technology: RSS and Web2.0 Google Reader Selection of Content Blog Reviews In the previous blog posts I have outlined how information is pushed directly to you via RSS feeds and Web 2.0. I explained how to access information from journals and blogs
14Jan Leveraging Technology IV: Blogs
So, this series has had a long, long hiatus between posts for which I apologize!! Time to start the new year off right. This is another dense post with a ton of resources and links. I hope you enjoy. In the previous post, I presented which research journals publish the most and highest quality clinical
29Oct AAOMPT 2011 | Anaheim, CA
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19Aug Leveraging Technology III: Selection of Content
In the first two posts of this series I discussed the concepts of RSS and Web 2.0 as well as detailing the set up of Google Reader. The Basics: Web 2.0 and RSS Google Reader This post will discuss which journals we should be following and reading as physical therapists. Obviously, there is Physical Therapy
07Apr Manage the Evidence Like a Pro
The problem. You are trying to stay current with the literature because that’s a great way to ensure quality treatment of your patients OR your a student in a physical therapy school that has a strong evidence based practice curriculum AND you end up having a hard drive littered with PDFs, like this: The solution. Papers2
05Apr From Bench to Bedside: Spinal Cord Physiology -> Clinical Interventions
Having just defended a dissertation in the field of neuroscience, this session was my guilty pleasure. I felt right at home hearing about the modulation of intrinsic motor neuron properties. But, the question I’ve had since graduate school was the focus of this session – how does the lab work in cat/rat/monkey motor neurons translate
