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In this episode of the PTJ Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, talks with Amee Seitz, PT, DPT, PhD, and Kyle Strickland, PT, DPT, about their recently published perspective, which presents a modified emergency department treatment-based classification system for low back pain with three case examples. Listen as the authors discuss the “origin story” of the algorithm, how the emergency department creates a unique setting for physical therapy, and why patients may be more open to trying nondrug treatment options.

Seitz and Strickland are co-authors of the article "Application of Algorithm-Based Treatment Approach to Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department.” Read the articles on the PTJ website and follow PTJ on LinkedIn and Bluesky for more research updates. 

Our Speakers

Amee Seitz, PT, DPT, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is editor-in-chief of PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal. He is the Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery and therapeutic area lead in musculoskeletal and surgical sciences at Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University.

Kyle Strickland, PT, DPT, is affiliated with the Department of Rehabilitation Services, Northwestern Memorial Hospital.