Mike and Pat throw it back to an article from 2018 going over surgical and nonsurgical management of patellar chondral and osteochondral defects. Check out the episode for the full conversation!

The article can be found here: https://aoj.amegroups.org/article/view/4405/html

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Mike and Pat recap their favorite articles that they read this year. Enjoy the 2 for 1 episode!

The articles can be found below

(Zanini et al., 2025) Strength training improves running economy durability and fatigued high-intensity performance in well-trained male runners: a randomized control trial: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389430543_Strength_Training_Improves_Running_Economy_Durability_and_Fatigued_High-Intensity_Performance_in_Well-Trained_Male_Runners_A_Randomized_Control_Trial

(Maffiuletti et al. 2016) Rate of force development: physiological and methodological considerations: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26941023/

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Data Nerds is a new series that we are introducing which will be alternating weeks with our usual journal club podcast. In this series, we share cases from our clinical practice where we utilize objective testing to inform our decision making, with most attention paid to the results of the tests and interpretation of the information. Therefore, this works best when you can see the numbers. Luckily, these are uploaded to our YouTube channel! Check us out at https://www.youtube.com/@ReadingRehab.

Pat leads us through a case of a 18 year old female dancer nearing 20 weeks post-op ACLR. Listen to learn about the serial isometric strength testing he has done with her and where they are going in the coming weeks!