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PTJ Honors & Awards Highlight: Author Interview With Shawn Farrokhi
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23 minutes 38 seconds
2 months ago
PTJ Honors & Awards Highlight: Author Interview With Shawn Farrokhi
In this episode of the PTJ Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, talks with Shawn Farrokhi, PT, PhD, about winning the 2025 APTA Outstanding Research Award for the article “The Influence of Active, Passive, and Manual Therapy Interventions for Low Back Pain on Opioid Prescription and Health Care Utilization.” They discuss why the article was chosen for the award, how the Military Health System Repository was used as a data source, and how the study has impacted practice and patient care.The APTA Outstanding Research Award encourages the publication of outstanding physical therapy research articles, including both foundational and clinical research impacting practice and patient care. Read the article on the PTJ website (https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/104/3/pzad173/7477809) and follow PTJ on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ptjournal?trk=public_post_follow-view-profile) for more research updates.
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