PHYS THER
Vol. 90, No. 4, April 2010, pp. 644-646
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2010.90.4.644
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Author Response

Paul E. Mintken, Joshua A. Cleland, Kristin J. Carpenter, Melanie L. Bieniek, Mike Keirns and Julie M. Whitman

P.E. Mintken, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, is Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, 13121 E 17th Ave, Mailstop C244, Aurora, CO 80045 (USA), and Lead Clinician, Wardenburg Health Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
J.A. Cleland, PT, PhD, is Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Franklin Pierce University, Concord, New Hampshire; Physical Therapist, Rehabilitation Services, Concord Hospital, Concord, New Hampshire; and Faculty, Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Program, Regis University, Denver, Colorado.
K.J. Carpenter, PT, DPT, is Physical Therapist, Waldron's Peak Physical Therapy PC, Boulder, Colorado.
M.L. Bieniek, PT, DPT, is Rehabilitation Coordinator and Physical Therapist, Concord Hospital.
M. Keirns, PT, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Regis University, and Clinical Director, Physiotherapy Associates, Greenwood Athletic Club, Greenwood Village, Colorado.
J.M. Whitman, PT, DSc, is Director, Evidence In Motion's Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Program, Louisville, Kentucky, and Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Regis University.

Address all correspondence to Dr Mintken at: paul.mintken@ucdenver.edu.


Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the full text and any section headings.

We thank Cibulka and Harrell for their response1 to our article.2 As Mark Twain wrote in his autobiography, "Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’"3 Cibulka and Harrell have raised some valid points that we would like to address in this response. They state that the "results of this study will likely never be validated." Although it is true that many of the physical therapy research studies that utilize this design are never carried to the next level of validation,4–14 one study validated the findings of a physical therapy derivation study using this same design.15,16 We emphasize that our study is simply the first stage in a stepwise process described by McGinn et al.17 They describe 3 progressive . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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