OBJECTIVE: To assess the causal role of the relationship between loading and the onset of
nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) and persistence of NSLBP (chronic low back pain …

Osteopaths are expected to keep up to date with research evidence relevant to their clinical
practice and to integrate this knowledge with their own experience and their patients' values …

Qualitative research methodologies can be used to generate insights and evidence around
core issues relating to policy and practice in psychotherapy and behavior change. A major …

This article challenges the traditional view of progress as a linear trajectory from ignorance
to knowledge, arguing that creative cognition involves an extended and dynamic system of …

The adoption of a pluralistic perspective on research design, processes of data collection
and analysis and dissemination of findings, has the potential to enable psychotherapy …

This book critically examines the recent discussions of powers and powers-based accounts
of causation. The author then develops an original view of powers-based causation that …

Literature-based meta-analysis is a standard technique applied to pool results of individual
studies used in medicine and social sciences. It has been criticized for being too malleable …

Objective Rotator cuff–related shoulder pain (RCRSP) is the most common form of shoulder
pain. Exercise therapy is a first-line recommended treatment for RCRSP. However, the …

Pseudoscience has harmful effects on individual patient care, professions and society more
broadly. The propagation of pseudoscience and spread of misinformation by a healthcare …

This commentary proposes a framework for considering the philosophical foundations that
support osteopathic practice, using the metaphor of 'tectonic plates'. It is argued that …