52: Orthopedic Special Tests (with Whitney Lowe)

<p>Til interviews Whitney about his use of Orthopedic Special Tests. Topics include:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">The promise and the reality of special tests</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Pros, cons, and controversies</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">When to use them, when not to.</li> </ul> <p>Get the full transcript at <a href='https://advanced-trainings.com/thinking-practitioner-podcast/'>Til</a> or<a href='https://www.academyofclinicalmassage.com/the-thinking-practitioner-episode-04/'> Whitney's</a> sites! </p> <p>Resources discussed in this episode:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Lowe, Whitney. “Suggested Variations on Standard Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Assessment Tests.” Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 12, no. 2 (April 2008): 151–57. <a href='https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.04.001'>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.04.001</a>.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Hegedus, Eric J, Alexis A Wright, and Chad Cook. “Orthopaedic Special Tests and Diagnostic Accuracy Studies: House Wine Served in Very Cheap Containers.” British Journal of Sports Medicine 51, no. 22 (November 2017): 1578–79. <a href='https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-097633'>https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-097633</a>. And, Cook, Chad. “The Lost Art of the Clinical Examination: An Overemphasis on Clinical Special Tests.” Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy 18, no. 1 (March 2010): 3–4. <a href='https://doi.org/10.1179/106698110X12595770849362'>https://doi.org/10.1179/106698110X12595770849362</a>.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">TTP Podcast Episode: “<a href='https://www.thethinkingpractitioner.com/e/23-xxxxx/'>23: Do Expectations Shape Results? (with Mark Bishop)</a>” </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='http://www.themassagementorinstitute.com/p/shoulderjam2'>The Shoulder Jam</a> (Whitney’s charts)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Cook, Chad, and Eric J. Hegedus. Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-Based Approach. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson Education, 201