A5064181645- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Occupational Health and Performance
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Occupational health in dentistry
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Effects of Vibration on Health
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Sports Performance and Training
- Diversity and Impact of Dance
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
Curtin University
2016-2025
Australian Physiotherapy Association
2015-2024
The University of Sydney
2005-2023
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
2022
University College Cork
2022
The Kids Research Institute Australia
2010-2021
Region Västra Götaland
2021
Pfizer (United States)
2021
Women and Infants Research Foundation
2020-2021
Raine Medical Research Foundation
2020-2021
Study Design. A randomized, controlled trial, test-retest design, with a 3-, 6-, and 30-month postal questionnaire follow-up. Objective. To determine the efficacy of specific exercise intervention in treatment patients chronic low back pain radiologic diagnosis spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis. Summary Background Data. recent focus physiotherapy management has been training muscles surrounding spine (deep abdominal lumbar multifidus), considered to provide dynamic stability fine control...
Non-specific chronic low back pain disorders have been proven resistant to change, and there is still a lack of clear evidence for one specific treatment intervention being superior another.
A normative, single-group study was conducted.To determine whether there is a difference in electromyographic activation of specific lumbopelvic muscles with the adoption common postures pain-free population.Clinical observations indicate that adopting passive such as sway standing and slump sitting can exacerbate pain individuals low back pain. These often present poor stabilizing musculature. At this writing, little empirical evidence exists to document function trunk musculature are...
In Brief Study Design. A comparative study. Objectives. To investigate sitting postures of asymptomatic individuals and nonspecific chronic low back pain (NS-CLBP) patients (pooled subclassified) evaluate the importance subclassification. Summary Background. Currently, little evidence exists to support hypothesis that CLBP sit differently from pain-free controls. Although classifying NS-CLBP into homogeneous subgroups has been previously emphasized, no attempts have made consider such...
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...
Study Design. A cross-sectional observational design study was conducted to determine lumbar repositioning error in 15 subjects who had chronic low back pain with a clinical diagnosis of segmental instability and asymptomatic participants. Objective. To whether individuals have decreased ability reposition their spine into neutral spinal position. Summary Background Data. Proprioception the has been investigated variable results. The testing procedure's lack sensitivity nonhomogeneity groups...
A normative within-subjects single-group study.To compare spinal-pelvic curvature and trunk muscle activation in 2 upright sitting postures ("thoracic" "lumbo-pelvic") slump a pain-free population.Clinical observations suggest that both can exacerbate low back pain. Little research has investigated the effects of different on activation.Spinal-pelvic surface electromyography 6 muscles were measured bilaterally (thoracic lumbo-pelvic) 22 subjects.Thoracic, compared to lumbo-pelvic, showed...
Study Design. An experimental study of respiratory function and kinematics the diaphragm pelvic floor in subjects with a clinical diagnosis sacroiliac joint pain comparable pain-free subject group was conducted. Objective. To gain insight into motor control strategies resultant effect on breathing pattern. Summary Background Data. The active straight-leg-raise test has been proposed as for assessment load transfer through pelvis. Clinical observations show that patients have suboptimal...
The efficacy of specific exercise interventions that advocate training the co-contraction deep abdominal muscles with lumbar multifidus for treating chronic back pain conditions has not been tested. A randomized controlled trial involving 42 subjects a condition investigated whether this form intervention results in changes to ratio activation internal oblique relative rectus abdominis. Data were collected before and after intervention, using surface electromyography, while performed...
A cross-sectional comparative study between healthy controls and two subgroups of nonspecific chronic low back pain (LBP) patients.To determine differences in trunk muscle activation during usual unsupported sitting.Patients with LBP commonly report exacerbation on sitting. Little evidence exists to confirm that patients use different motor patterns sitting than pain-free controls.A total 34 33 subjects were recruited. Two blinded clinicians classified into (active extension pattern flexion...