Archive for October, 2013

Is it Peer Reviewed?

Is it Peer Reviewed?

Please see the following link to an article written in a newspaper titled “The Australian”, by a gentleman named Brendan O’Neill. What do we want? Peer review. When do we want it? Never. Whilst this article mainly refers to climate change as an example of a scientific subject, I think this article is very relevant […]

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VMO and Patellofemoral Pain

VMO and Patellofemoral Pain

I have previously discussed Patellofemoral pain and the evidence base behind the diagnosis, pre-disposing factors and treatment of this disorder (link here). As discussed in the above-mentioned post a significant volume of literature would suggest that the clinical utility of “clinical tests” for diagnosing Patellofemoral pain is poor, that being they lack specificity, sensitivity, and […]

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