Assignment
Article: "Physical Therapy versus Glucocorticoid Injection for Osteoarthritis of the Knee" by Gail D. Deyle, Chris S. Allen, Stephen C. Allison, Norman W. Gill, Benjamin R. Hando, Evan J. Petersen, Douglas I. Dusenberry and Daniel I. Rhon.
How to interpret the results of a research article about a physical therapy intervention.
A. What was the purpose of the trial?
B. Was the study experimental or observational? Explain answer
C. What are key demographic and clinical features of the sample (i.e., what are the characteristics that are most clinically important)?
D. What were the key components of the PT intervention (frequency, duration, modes of intervention, characteristics of treating PTs)?
E. Is the intervention feasible? In other words, is it realistic to expect it could be done in a typical clinical setting? Explain answer.
F. What was the primary outcome measure? Is it continuous or categorical?