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 walks us through some single leg hop testing that he did with a 14 year old female volleyball player coming back from a severe inversion sprain. We go over key metrics, some confusion we have with duplicate metrics, importance of knowing the units you're referencing, and how this testing impacts clinical decision-making.

This week Mike and Pat break down "Interpreting p values and interval estimates based on practical relevance: guidance for the sports medicine clinician". This is a short but dense article explaining the use and interpretation of p-values in research. Since p-values are so important to research and publication, clinicians need to know what they are telling us about the data and the potential limitations with them. While this paper was meant for clinicians, it can be hard to understand. We do our best to break it down and simplify according to our understanding.

The article can be found here: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/13/bjsports-2024-109357

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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.

This week, Pat shares a case of a female, youth swimmer post shoulder subluxation. We go over the ASH test, why he tested, limitations of the test, exercise selection, return to sport decision making, and teamwork within his clinic.