The Evidence Workshop is integrating rehabilitation and research.
08/04/2023
We hate to break it to you, but there is an ugly truth about exercise. A 2021 study out of Europe suggests that exercise is a lot like brushing your teeth. If you don’t do it regularly, bad things can happen. In this article, The Evidence Workshop team looks at how exercise works when you do, and it works even better when you don’t quit.
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06/08/2023
We asked whether exercise reduces medication use in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Our question is important because, while effective, medications for PD have side effects. Exercise is an excellent candidate intervention. There is extensive evidence that exercise improves motor performance and may even slow the progression of PD.
Read more at The Evidence Workshop website:
https://www.theevidenceworkshop.com/
01/04/2023
Over the holiday break, we had time to kick back and watch some movies and TV shows. One such movie was Still Alice, which reminded us of a paper about Parkinson's disease relaying a similar message. The paper suggested that physical activity delays the clinical manifestations of Parkinson’s disease. To read more about this research, use the link in our bio!
09/01/2022
Congrats to our 2022 PODS II scholarship recipients, including Corri Stuyvenberg, PT, DPT, of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the recipient of the Bella J. May Award. Stuyvenberg’s project, “importance of parent-infant relationships in pediatric physical therapy,” is supported by the Bella May Fund.
09/01/2022
This is so true! 💯
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07/23/2022
A daily flamingo pose may not be such a bad idea.
The Evidence Workshop is discussing how balance predicts one's lifespan. We review a study about being able to balance on one foot for ten seconds. So go ahead and try it! Balance might add years to our lives.
Link in the bio!
03/20/2022
The Evidence Workshop is taking a look at an article by Amit Kumar and colleagues on discharge to home after joint replacement surgery. Through the use of this paper, we are going to discuss the strengths and limitations of retrospective studies.
Link in the Bio!
02/28/2022
Before January break, Shop Talk covered the lever sign test to talk about sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios. We introduced the nomogram tool for estimating post-test probability of ACL injury. Today we’ll look at the role of pre-test probability in diagnosis...
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https://www.theevidenceworkshop.com/shop-talk/sheila-rants-on-diagnosis.php
12/24/2021
“The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful… Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!”
The Evidence Workshop is going skiing, but before we go we want to review the latest evidence about ski-related injuries.
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https://www.theevidenceworkshop.com/shop-talk/diagnosing-a-ski-injury/
11/25/2021
In honor of Thanksgiving, we have a little gift for you. The team at The Evidence Workshop created a crossword puzzle from concepts that appear frequently in Shop Talk. We hope you’ll get a moment to relax this weekend, watch some football, and enjoy a slice of pumpkin pie while you work on our puzzle.
Click here to get solving! https://www.theevidenceworkshop.com/shop-talk/gratitude/
11/07/2021
Do incentives work? To learn more about the weird and wonderful incentives that are used by governments, businesses, and medicine, read the latest post on Shop Talk.
Click on the link in the bio to show you the money!