Skip to content

About

About CliniStudy

A study tool for physio students and new graduates on placement: 134 MSK clinical patterns, the red flags, and 144 outcome measures. Six minutes on the pattern before the patient walks in.

Who builds it

Ben Onofrio

Ben Onofrio

Co-founder

APA Titled Sports & Exercise and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Ben works across musculoskeletal, sports and orthopaedic physiotherapy. He is an experienced clinical educator at Adelaide University, teaching physiotherapy students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. CliniStudy is the way he teaches: the pattern first, the reasoning out loud, a source for every claim.

benonofrio.comLinkedIn

Barry Nguyen

Barry Nguyen

Co-founder

Physiotherapist and software engineer · Founder of CliniScribe

Barry is a physiotherapist and software engineer with more than 20 years in sports and musculoskeletal care. He founded CliniScribe, sits on the Australian Physiotherapy Association's AI Advisory Group, and lectures in digital healthcare at postgraduate level at RMIT Online. He brings that to CliniStudy: technology that sharpens clinical reasoning instead of replacing it.

barrynguyen.comLinkedIn

How the content is made

  • Every claim is cited and checked. Prevalence, prognosis, diagnostic accuracy and management claims each carry a source, and every source is checked against its PubMed record before it reaches a page.
  • Accuracy numbers only from verified studies. Where no verified figure exists for a test, the page says so rather than guessing.
  • Australian guidelines first. Each pattern is anchored to an Australian guideline where one exists, and says plainly when none does.
  • The gaps are named. Every pattern says at least one thing the evidence doesn't settle.
  • Never a diagnosis. A pattern, the finding that tells it apart, and a reminder to check with your educator.

Red flags stay free

The red flags for every pattern are open to anyone, signed in or not, and always will be. Safety is never behind a sign-in.

Found something wrong?

Every section has a feedback button. Flags are read and the content is fixed, which is how CliniStudy gets better through the beta. For anything else, email hello@cliniscribe.ai.