ACL-RSI and Psychological Readiness After ACL Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A plain-language walk through a pooled analysis of 83 studies reporting psychological readiness to return to sport after ACL injury, what the score trajectory looked like from before surgery out to five years, and how confident the authors were in…
Early Motion After Flexor Tendon Repair: A Cohort Study and a Randomized Mobilization Trial
Two papers, read side by side: a single-centre retrospective cohort that compared three windows for the first postoperative rehabilitation session, and a randomized trial that compared passive mobilisation with place-and-hold against true active mobilisation and reanalysed the DASH item by…
Conservative Care for Adult Trigger Finger: Orthosis Versus Exercise in Two Randomized Trials
One trial put a PIP joint-blocking orthosis head to head with hand therapy. Another added a finger gliding exercise programme to usual care after a steroid injection. This course reports what each trial found, where they agree, and where they…
Distal Radius Fracture Recovery: Surgery, Casting, and Early Rehabilitation in Two Meta-Analyses
After a wrist fracture, what moves function more: the fixation decision made in the fracture clinic, or how soon rehabilitation starts? Two pooled analyses, reported side by side.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Splinting and Nerve Gliding: Two Randomized Trials
Two randomized trials asked different halves of the same question: does holding the wrist still, or moving the nerve and tendons, do more for mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome? This course reports what each trial found, where they agree, and where…
Non-Surgical Care for Hand and Thumb Base Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and a Randomized Exercise Trial
Two papers, one question: what does non-surgical care actually achieve in hand and thumb base osteoarthritis, and can exercise therapy change whether surgery follows?
Quadriceps Tendon Autograft for ACL Reconstruction: A Clinical Commentary on Fascial Anatomy
A JOSPT Open clinical commentary compares quadriceps tendon, hamstring tendon, and bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts through the lens of the deep myofascial tissue network, and reports what harvesting each tissue may cost the knee extensor and flexor mechanisms.
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training After Childbirth and Twelve Years On: Two Randomized Trials
A postpartum trial of hypopressive exercise and a twelve-year follow-up of pelvic floor muscle training versus sling surgery, read side by side for what they support when a patient asks whether the gains last.
Rehabilitation Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Trial and an Umbrella Review
A randomized trial of self-managed flexion exercise in people whose knee motion stalled after replacement, paired with an umbrella review of preoperative rehabilitation, and an honest look at what each body of evidence can and cannot support.
Leadership and Professional Identity in Physiotherapy and Allied Health: A Scoping Review and Interview Study
Two papers, two angles on the same question: what leadership actually means in physiotherapy and the wider allied health workforce, and how it shapes the way clinicians see themselves and their professions.
Burnout, Perfectionism and Moral Injury in Physiotherapists: Interview and Survey Evidence
Two 2025 papers from the same research programme asked what drives burnout in practising physiotherapists u2014 one by interviewing them, one by measuring them. This course reports what each established, where they line up, and where they do not.
Technology-Assisted Arm Recovery After Stroke: An Umbrella Review and a Home Virtual Reality Trial
Two papers, one question: does technology-assisted arm therapy improve recovery after stroke, and does the benefit hold up when the device goes home with the patient?
Robotic Gait Training and Dual-Task Exergaming After Stroke: A Meta-Analysis and Randomized Trial
Two papers, two technologies, one question: does technology-assisted training improve walking and dual-task performance after stroke, and for whom?
Falls in Parkinson’s Disease: Visual Perturbation Training and the World Falls Guidelines
A randomized trial of visual perturbation training on a treadmill, read alongside the global falls-prevention guidance for Parkinson’s disease and the gaps its authors name.
Exercise During and After Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Trial and Consensus Recommendations
What should exercise look like during cancer treatment and after it, and what does the evidence support about its effects? One randomized trial of supervised training during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and one expert consensus statement for older survivors, reported side by…
Fall Prevention and Fear of Falling in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and a Pilot Randomized Trial
What the pooled evidence supports for preventing falls, what teaching someone to get up off the floor did to fear of falling, and what a clinician does when the two lines of evidence point in different directions.
Exercise for Gait, Balance and Falls in Parkinson Disease: Two Network Meta-Analyses Compared
Two 2025 network meta-analyses pooled largely the same randomized trials of exercise in Parkinson disease and did not agree on which approach ranks first. This course reports what each one found, where they line up, where they diverge, and what…
Immediate vs Delayed Physical Therapy for Adolescent Lumbar Spondylolysis: A Multicenter Randomized Trial
A two-hospital randomized trial compared starting rehabilitation within a week of diagnosis against resting until symptoms resolved, and followed 64 young athletes for 12 months.
Physical Therapy Modalities for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
TENS, laser, shockwave, aquatic exercise, neuromuscular exercise and more, ranked against the same pain and function outcomes — and how certain the evidence behind each ranking actually is.
AI-Assisted Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Network Meta-Analysis of Pain, Motion, and Function
A plain-language look at a 2025 network meta-analysis of 33 randomized trials that ranked exergaming, robotics, telerehabilitation and AI feedback systems on pain relief, functional recovery and range of motion.