We know that a most conditions will improve or fluctuate with time, but how much does that effect research outcomes?

To help answer this we are looking at the 2024 paper - Regression to the mean for physical function and quality of life in clinical trials for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis - Martin Englund and Aleksandra Turkiewicz

- What is regression to the mean?

- How can we measure it?

- How does this effect research outcomes?

- What does this mean for us and our patients?

A little bit of a different episode this week! Instead of talking through a paper we sit down to discuss our thoughts on Ben Patrick, otherwise known online as 'Knees Over Toes Guy'; a hugely successful movement with the aim to help people get out of pain.

Athletic Truth Group is the name of Ben Patrick's business that has emerged from this training philosophy that appears to be doing really well based off a simple message of de-threatening knees going over toes in exercise for people with knee pain.

We ask:

• Who is Ben Patrick?
• How has he become so influential?
• What are the strengths of his approach?
• What are the drawbacks of his approach?
• How could his approach be improved?
• What are we doing differently now as a result of our deep dive into this approach?

This was a great discussion, and one we hope you will find useful if you are unsure on your feelings about the ATG movement!

This week we discuss the 2022 Van Der Graff paper

Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus physical therapy for traumatic meniscal tears in a young study population: a randomised controlled trialWhat are the long term outcomes for these patients between the two groups and what can we take forward to help our patients make the best choice for them?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9304087/#s4