A5073798382- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Occupational Health and Performance
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Social Media in Health Education
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Occupational health in dentistry
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
University College Dublin
2024-2025
The University of Sydney
2002-2025
Institute for Musculoskeletal Health
2018-2025
Sydney Local Health District
2018-2024
Queensland University of Technology
2024
The University of Notre Dame Australia
2024
University of South Australia
2024
Universidade Cidade de São Paulo
2024
University College Cork
2024
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2024
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Biomedical approaches for diagnosing and managing disabling low back pain (LBP) have failed to arrest the exponential increase in health care costs, with a concurrent disability chronicity. Health messages regarding vulnerability of spine failure target interplay among multiple factors that contribute may partly explain this situation. Although many subgrouping systems LBP been proposed an attempt deal complexity, they criticized being unidimensional reductionist not improving outcomes....
Background One-size-fits-all interventions reduce chronic low back pain (CLBP) a small amount. An individualised intervention called cognitive functional therapy (CFT) was superior for CLBP compared with manual and exercise in one randomised controlled trial (RCT). However, systematic reviews show group are as effective one-to-one musculoskeletal pain. This RCT investigated whether physiotherapist-delivered more than group-based education individuals CLBP. Methods 206 adults were to either...
Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Various approaches to diagnose and manage LBP have arisen, an exponential increase in health care costs. Paradoxically, this trend has been associated with a concurrent chronicity. The system faces enormous challenges, both burden financial impact relating escalating. Growing evidence suggests that current practice discordant contemporary evidence, fact often exacerbating problem. Change will demand cultural shift beliefs...
There is clinical equipoise for COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) use in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.To determine the safety and efficacy of CCP compared placebo receiving noninvasive supplemental oxygen.CONTAIN COVID-19, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial adults was conducted at 21 US hospitals from April 17, 2020, to March 15, 2021. The enrolled 941 participants who were 3 or less days presented 7 after symptom onset required oxygen supplementation.A unit...
Diagnostic labels may influence treatment intentions. We examined the effect of labelling low back pain (LBP) on beliefs about imaging, surgery, second opinion, seriousness, recovery, work, and physical activities.Six-arm online randomized experiment with blinded participants without LBP. Participants received one six labels: 'disc bulge', 'degeneration', 'arthritis', 'lumbar sprain', 'non-specific LBP', 'episode pain'. The primary outcome was belief need for imaging.A total 1375 (mean [SD]...
What are physiotherapists' perspectives on managing the cognitive, psychological and social dimensions of chronic low back pain after intensive biopsychosocial training?Qualitative study design using semi-structured interviews to explore perceptions their identification treatment Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) training.Thirteen qualified physiotherapists from four countries who had received specific CFT training. The training involved supervised implementation in clinical practice with...
Introduction Completeness of Global Burden Disease (GBD) Study data is acknowledged as a limitation. To date, no study has evaluated this issue for low back pain, leading contributor to disease burden globally. Methods We retrieved reports, in any language, based on citation details from the GBD 2017 website. Pairs raters independently extracted following data: number prevalence reports tallied across countries, age groups, gender and years 1987 2017. also considered if studies enrolled...
Non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) is a very common and costly musculoskeletal disorder associated with complex interplay of biopsychosocial factors. Cognitive functional therapy (CFT) represents novel, patient-centred intervention which directly challenges pain-related behaviours in cognitively integrated, functionally specific graduated manner. CFT aims to target all factors that are deemed be barriers recovery for an individual patient NSCLBP. A recent randomised controlled trial...