You work at a pediatric physical therapy facility offering a…

You work at a pediatric physical therapy facility offering aquatic therapy and want to investigate whether aquatic therapy improves gross motor scores in patients with cerebral palsy compared to land-based exercises. A systematic review and meta-analysis of 4 RCTs (n = 93) reported a Cohen’s effect size = 0.5 (95% CI = 0.05–0.89, I² = 5%, p = 0.03). What can you interpret from these results?

A patient with benign positional vertigo presents to your cl…

A patient with benign positional vertigo presents to your clinic with positive nystagmus and very severe dizziness measured by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI-S). While designing treatment, you are concerned that vertigo exercises may worsen the dizziness. After reviewing a systematic review with meta-analysis comparing the Epley maneuver to vertigo exercises, you find a DHI-S mean difference of -2 (95% CI -5.51 to 1.51; I² = 84%). What can you interpret from these results?