Tendinopathy is a common and often challenging musculoskeletal condition. A cornerstone of diagnosing and managing tendinopathy is assessing the problem well. In today's episode, Dr Myles Murphy (Edith Cowan University, Australia) shares a new patient-reported outcome measure for evaluating Achilles tendinopathy-related disability, the TENDINS-A (TENDINopathy Severity Assessment-Achilles). ------------------------------ RESOURCES The TENDINopathy Severity Assessment-Achilles (TENDINS-A) patient-reported outcome measure: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2023.11964 ICON 2019 International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium consensus statement: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31685525/ JOSPT Insights episode 79: Treating tricky tendons, with Dr Ebonie Rio: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-79-treating-tricky-tendons-with-dr-ebonie-rio/id1522929437?i=1000558586146 or https://open.spotify.com/episode/6d8WMYDQI8s0X9Iu1G68aK Systematic review of Achilles tendinopathy outcome measures: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34797533/ For more on the Virtual Sports PT Conference (3-4 November, 2023), including the full program and to purchase tickets, head to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaspt-and-jospt-virtual-sports-pt-conference-tickets-694110913427.

Foot and ankle surgeon, Dr Casey Humbyrd, returns to JOSPT Insights to share the surgeon’s perspective on Achilles tendon repair. What does she consider when helping patients to make a decision about surgery or no surgery? How does she perform the surgical repair, and why is she so fastidious with post-op restrictions? Dr Humbyrd is a champion for physical therapy, and underscores wound care, person-centred care, and why tension can help the Achilles! ------------------------------ RESOURCES For more about the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society: https://www.aofas.org/ More resources to share with patients: https://www.footcaremd.org/ For more on the AASPT x JOSPT Virtual Sports PT Conference (3-4 November, 2023), including the full program and to purchase tickets, head to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaspt-and-jospt-virtual-sports-pt-conference-tickets-694110913427.

Assessing how people move and helping them to reach their goals for moving is your bread and butter as a clinician. Today we're learning from 2 leaders in sports biomechanics: Drs Elanna Arhos and Stephanie Di Stasi from the Ohio State University. We discuss how to make sense of a biomechanics research article, how to translate what you read to clinical practice, and the minimum biomechanics set-up for your clinic. ------------------------------ RESOURCES For more on the Virtual Sports PT Conference (3-4 November, 2023), including the full program and to purchase tickets, head to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaspt-and-jospt-virtual-sports-pt-conference-tickets-694110913427.

Luke Keaney's career at the top level of Gaelic football was cut short at the age of 24 by hip pain and injury. After 5 hip surgeries and countless hours of hard work in the gym and rehabilitation room, Luke has switched his focus from Gaelic football to rowing, and has his eye on the Paris Olympics. While Luke's career in sport has continued in a different guise, he feels that things might have been different had the clinicians and practitioners he interacted with as a young athlete taken the time to listen and communicate better. Luke's messages about communicating are relevant whether you work with athletes or non-athletes, at professional or recreational levels, and with youth or adults - there's something for all musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinicians. ------------------------------ RESOURCES For more on the Virtual Sports PT Conference (3-4 November, 2023), including the full program and to purchase tickets, head to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaspt-and-jospt-virtual-sports-pt-conference-tickets-694110913427. If you purchase your ticket before the end of August, you can take advantage of a $50 discount. Learn more about how the YAHiR collaborative is partnering to promote and protect athletes' hip health through high-quality research: https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/research/yahir You can register to access full recordings of the Young Athlete's Hip Symposium, and the Oxford-Aspetar-La Trobe Young Athlete's Hip Webinar Series (11 webinars): https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/events/Oxford-Hip-2022 The next Young Athlete's Hip Symposium is on 18-20 September, 2024 at Worcester College, Oxford University.

Have you ever found yourself feeling uncertain or confused when choosing a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM)? Today we're talking about the hallmarks of a PROM for people with patellofemoral pain. Physical therapist, educator and researcher, Professor Lisa Hoglund, fills in the gaps to help us find the promise in PROMs. ------------------------- RESOURCES Construct validity, reliability, responsiveness and interpretability of PROMs for patellofemoral pain: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2023.11730 Content validity and feasibility of PROMs for patellofemoral pain: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2022.11317 Find out more about the KOOS (including the Excel scoring sheet): http://www.koos.nu/index.html ------------------------- The American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy and JOSPT are joining forces to bring you the Virtual Sports PT Conference on Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of November, 2023. Visit the link below to see the full conference programme and to secure your ticket. If you purchase your ticket before the end of August, you can take advantage of a $50 discount. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaspt-and-jospt-virtual-sports-pt-conference-tickets-694110913427