Exploring Changes in Primary Motor Cortex Organization and Associations With Changes in Motor-Sensory Tests Over Time in Relation to Low Back Pain Recovery. A Longitudinal Study.

The evidence for primary motor cortex reorganization in people with low back pain varies and is conflicting. Little is known about its association with motor and sensory tests, and recovery. We investigated primary motor cortex (re)organization and its associations with motor and sensory tests over time in people with (N = 25) and without (N = 25) low back pain in a longitudinal study with a 5-week follow-up.

Physiotherapists' Experiences with the Hip Disability and Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Qualitative Interview Study.

Clinical guidelines for physiotherapy following total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) recommend using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) like the Hip disability and Knee injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS/KOOS). However, it remains unclear how physiotherapists use these PROMs in daily clinical practice. To explore primary care physiotherapists' experiences with the HOOS/KOOS in daily clinical practice following THA and TKA.

To interact or not to interact: The pros and cons of including interactions in linear regression models.

Interaction effects are very common in the psychological literature. However, interaction effects are typically very small and often fail to replicate. In this study, we conducted a simulation comparing the generalizability and estimability of two linear regression models: one correctly specified to account for interaction effects and one misspecified including simple effects only.

Evaluating meta-analysis as a replication success measure.

Background: The importance of replication in the social and behavioural sciences has been emphasized for decades. Various frequentist and Bayesian approaches have been proposed to qualify a replication study as successful or unsuccessful. One of them is meta-analysis.

Utilisation of the Hip Disability and Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score in physiotherapy following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a cross-sectional survey.

Objective: To explore the frequency of administration and the usage of the Hip Disability and Knee injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores (HOOS/KOOS) and their Physical function Short forms (HOOS-PS/KOOS-PS) by physiotherapists after total hip and knee arthroplasties (THA/TKA).

Design: A cross-sectional study using an open online survey.

Setting: Primary care physiotherapy practices affiliated with the Dutch Association for Quality in Physiotherapy.