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The attitudes and beliefs of physiotherapy students to chronic back painJane Latimer
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe 2142, Sydney, Australia
Clin J Pain 20:45-50. 2004..Also, to investigate the effect of current or previous LBP on student attitudes and beliefs...
Clinical prediction rule for return to work after back painChristopher Maher
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
CMAJ 172:1575-6. 2005
Manipulative therapy and/or NSAIDs for acute low back pain: design of a randomized controlled trial [ACTRN012605000036617]Mark J Hancock
Back Pain Research Group, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:57. 2005..METHODS/DESIGN: This paper presents the rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial examining the addition of NSAIDs and/or SMT in 240 people who present to their general practitioner with significant acute low back pain...- Prognosis of acute low back pain: design of a prospective inception cohort studyNicholas Henschke
Back Pain Research Group, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170 Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:54. 2006..A secondary aim is to identify factors that are associated with the prognosis of low back pain... - Advice or exercise for chronic whiplash disorders? Design of a randomized controlled trialMark J Stewart
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 4:18. 2003..A secondary aim is to determine if pain severity, level of disability and fear of movement/(re)injury predict response to a physical activity program... - The McKenzie Method for the management of acute non-specific low back pain: design of a randomised controlled trial [ACTRN012605000032651]Luciana A C Machado
Back Pain Research Group, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:50. 2005..We have designed a randomised controlled trial to evaluate whether the addition of the McKenzie Method to general practitioner care results in better outcomes than general practitioner care alone for patients with acute LBP... - Efficacy of manipulation for non-specific neck pain of recent onset: design of a randomised controlled trialAndrew M Leaver
Back Pain Research Group, Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170 Lidcombe NSW 1825 Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 8:18. 2007..The primary aim of this study is to determine whether neck manipulation provides more rapid resolution of an episode of neck pain than mobilisation... - Risk factors for neck pain in office workers: a prospective studyJulia M Hush
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170 Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:81. 2006..The factors that place office workers at greater risk of developing neck pain are not understood. The aim of this study is to investigate the incidence and risk factors of work-related neck pain in Australian office workers... - Challenges for evidence-based physical therapy: accessing and interpreting high-quality evidence on therapyChristopher G Maher
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, New South Wales 1825, Australia
Phys Ther 84:644-54. 2004..These strategies and others discussed in the article might facilitate implementation of evidence-based physical therapy... - Efficacy of "therapist-selected" versus "randomly selected" mobilisation techniques for the treatment of low back pain: a randomised controlled trialAdit Chiradejnant
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
Aust J Physiother 49:233-41. 2003..The results of this study confirm that lumbar mobilisation treatment has an immediate effect in relieving low back pain, however the specific technique used seems unimportant... - Screening for symptoms of depression by physical therapists managing low back painSonia Haggman
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, New South Wales 1825, Australia
Phys Ther 84:1157-66. 2004..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy with which physical therapists screen for depressive symptoms among their patients with LBP... - Reliability of the PEDro scale for rating quality of randomized controlled trialsChristopher G Maher
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, New South Wales 1825, Australia
Phys Ther 83:713-21. 2003..This report describes 2 studies designed to investigate the reliability of data obtained with the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale developed to rate the quality of RCTs evaluating physical therapist interventions... - The effect of motor control exercise versus placebo in patients with chronic low back pain [ACTRN012605000262606]Chris G Maher
Back Pain Research Group, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:54. 2005..This therapy has a biologically plausible effect, is readily available in primary care and it is of modest cost. However, to date, the efficacy of motor control exercise has not been established... - Effective physical treatment for chronic low back painC G Maher
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, P O Box 170, Lidcombe, New South Wales 1825, Australia
Orthop Clin North Am 35:57-64. 2004..Developing new, more powerful treatments and refining the current group of known effective treatments is the challenge for the future... 
Relationship between spinal stiffness and outcome in patients with chronic low back painManuela Loureiro Ferreira
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Man Ther 14:61-7. 2009..In conclusion, spinal stiffness decreases over the course of an episode of treatment, more so in those with the stiffest spines, but the decrease is not dependent on treatment and is not generally related to outcome...- Factors defining care-seeking in low back pain--a meta-analysis of population based surveysManuela L Ferreira
Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Group, University of Sydney, Australia
Eur J Pain 14:747.e1-7. 2010..Pain intensity was only slightly associated with care-seeking, whereas patients with high levels of disability were nearly eight times more likely to seek care than patients with lower levels of disability... - The reproducibility of a clinical grading system of motor control in patients with low back painNegin Sedaghat
Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 30:501-8. 2007..The ability to recruit these muscles is quantified by assigning 1 of 6 defined grades. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reproducibility of this grading system... - Use of clinical guidelines for whiplash by insurersTrudy J Rebbeck
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, East Street, Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW 2141, Australia
Aust Health Rev 30:442-9. 2006..To describe the opinions of, use of, and compliance with guidelines for whiplash associated disorders (whiplash) by insurance staff after an implementation program... - Prognosis in patients with recent onset low back pain in Australian primary care: inception cohort studyNicholas Henschke
Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, Australia
BMJ 337:a171. 2008..To estimate the one year prognosis and identify prognostic factors in cases of recent onset low back pain managed in primary care... - Comparison of general exercise, motor control exercise and spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: A randomized trialManuela L Ferreira
School of Physiotherapy, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pain 131:31-7. 2007.... - Prognosis of chronic low back pain: design of an inception cohort studyLuciola da Cunha Menezes Costa
Back Pain Research Group, Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe NSW 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 8:11. 2007..The aim of this study is to describe the prognosis of an inception cohort of people with chronic low back pain presenting for primary care... - A systematic review of the predictive ability of the Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain QuestionnaireRowena L Hockings
Musculoskeletal Division, George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:E494-500. 2008..Systematic review... - Independent evaluation of a clinical prediction rule for spinal manipulative therapy: a randomised controlled trialMark J Hancock
Back Pain Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
Eur Spine J 17:936-43. 2008..8 to 1.4). The clinical prediction rule proposed by Childs et al. did not generalise to patients presenting to primary care with acute low back pain who received a course of spinal manipulative therapy... - Trial methodology and patient characteristics did not influence the size of placebo effects on painSteven J Kamper
Back Pain Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW 1825, Australia
J Clin Epidemiol 61:256-60. 2008..To determine whether trial-design, patient-type, or placebo-type factors influence the size of the placebo analgesic effect in clinical trials... - A systematic review identifies five "red flags" to screen for vertebral fracture in patients with low back painNicholas Henschke
Back Pain Research Group, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe NSW 1825, Sydney, Australia
J Clin Epidemiol 61:110-118. 2008.... - Responsiveness of pain and disability measures for chronic whiplashMark Stewart
Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:580-5. 2007..Cohort study... - Evaluation of the core outcome measure in whiplashTrudy J Rebbeck
Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:696-702. 2007..Reanalysis of data derived from longitudinal cohort studies... - Prognosis of conservatively managed anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic reviewQassim I Muaidi
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sports Med 37:703-16. 2007..However, subjects reduced their activity levels on average by 21% following injury... - Low back pain research priorities: a survey of primary care practitionersNicholas Henschke
Back Pain Research Group, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
BMC Fam Pract 8:40. 2007..This study aimed to determine the research priorities of primary care practitioners who manage low back pain on a day-to-day basis... - Screening for malignancy in low back pain patients: a systematic reviewNicholas Henschke
Back Pain Research Group, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
Eur Spine J 16:1673-9. 2007..Malignancy is rare as a cause of low back pain. The most useful features and tests are a previous history of cancer, elevated ESR, reduced hematocrit, and clinician judgement... - Construct validity of lumbar extension measures in McKenzie's derangement syndromeHelen A Clare
Man Ther 12:328-34. 2007..The modified Schober method is the preferred protocol for a clinical setting... - Evidence for physiotherapy practice: a survey of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)Anne M Moseley
Centre for Evidence Based Physiotherapy, Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 1680, Australia
Aust J Physiother 48:43-9. 2002..0 for trials published between 1995 and 1999. There is a substantial body of evidence about the effects of physiotherapy. However, there remains scope for improvements in the quality of the conduct and reporting of clinical trials... - LettersChristopher G Maher
Spine 27:898. 2002 - Forces applied during manual therapy to patients with low back painAdit Chiradejnant
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 2141 Australia
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 25:362-9. 2002..Also, the force characteristics described here may provide useful data for both teaching and research in manual therapy... - WorkCover's physiotherapy forms: purpose beyond paperwork?Eva Schonstein
School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Aust J Physiother 48:221-5. 2002..However, most physiotherapists did not provide precise, measurable or time-specific treatment goals, despite this being emphasised by WorkCover. We propose ways of improving communication practices between physiotherapists and insurers... - Does spinal manipulative therapy help people with chronic low back pain?Manuela L Ferreira
The University of Sydney, Australia
Aust J Physiother 48:277-84. 2002..It is not clear whether spinal manipulation is more effective than NSAIDs in reducing pain of patients with chronic low back pain... - Objective manual assessment of lumbar posteroanterior stiffness is now possibleAdit Chiradejnant
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW 2141, Australia
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 26:34-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: This research shows that therapists can accurately judge asymptomatic subjects' spinal stiffness using a matching task. We believe that this method may allow therapists to quantify lumbar PA stiffness in clinical practice... - Manual discrimination capability when only viscosity is varied in viscoelastic stiffness stimuliLeslie L Nicholson
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe 1825, NSW, Australia
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 26:365-73. 2003..Previous research has suggested that the viscous component of stiffness is more difficult to judge... - Reliability of detection of lumbar lateral shiftHelen A Clare
School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, Australia
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 26:476-80. 2003..This study aimed to remove the potential confounding arising from biological variation and test reactivity and control the level of rater experience/training in making judgments of lateral shift... - An evaluation of Superthumb and the Kneeshaw device as manual therapy toolsChristopher G Maher
School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 1825, Australia
Aust J Physiother 48:25-30. 2002..The results suggest that neither tool, in its current form, is suitable for clinical practice... - Efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain of less than three months' durationManuela L Ferreira
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Australia
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 26:593-601. 2003..Spinal manipulative therapy, exercise, usual physiotherapy, and medical care appear to produce similar outcomes in the first 4 weeks of treatment... - Evaluating two implementation strategies for whiplash guidelines in physiotherapy: a cluster randomised trialTrudy Rebbeck
University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
Aust J Physiother 52:165-74. 2006..Are implementation strategies involving education any more effective than mere dissemination of clinical practice guidelines in changing physiotherapy practice and reducing patient disability after acute whiplash?.. - Selecting an appropriate placebo for a trial of spinal manipulative therapyMark J Hancock
Back Pain Research Group, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Aust J Physiother 52:135-8. 2006..Different beliefs about what is the active component of spinal manipulative therapy appear to be responsible for much of the disagreement... - Specific stabilisation exercise for spinal and pelvic pain: a systematic reviewPaulo H Ferreira
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Aust J Physiother 52:79-88. 2006..Single trials indicate that specific stabilisation exercise can be helpful in the treatment of cervicogenic headache and associated neck pain, pelvic pain, and in reducing recurrence after acute low back pain... - Comparison of the functional rating index and the 18-item Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire: responsiveness and reliabilityWunpen Chansirinukor
School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Spine 30:141-5. 2005..CONCLUSION: The Functional Rating Index seems preferable to the 18-item Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire for use in clinical trials and clinical practice... - A systematic review of efficacy of McKenzie therapy for spinal painHelen A Clare
The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Aust J Physiother 50:209-16. 2004..There are also insufficient data available on neck pain patients... - Attitudes and beliefs of Brazilian and Australian physiotherapy students towards chronic back pain: a cross-cultural comparisonPaulo H Ferreira
School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Physiother Res Int 9:13-23. 2004..A history of chronic low back pain does not affect students' attitudes and beliefs... - Reliability of McKenzie classification of patients with cervical or lumbar painHelen A Clare
School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, 2141, Australia
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 28:122-7. 2005..At present, the reliability of classification with this system is unclear. No study has included patients with cervical pain, and the studies to date have reported conflicting results... - A description of the trials, reviews, and practice guidelines indexed in the PEDro databaseChristopher G Maher
Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for International Health, PO Box M201, Missenden Road, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Phys Ther 88:1068-77. 2008..This rapid growth presents a challenge for physical therapists who want to keep up to date in clinical practice... - Physiotherapist-directed exercise, advice, or both for subacute low back pain: a randomized trialLiset H M Pengel
Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom
Ann Intern Med 146:787-96. 2007..Advice and exercise are widely recommended for subacute low back pain, but the effectiveness of these interventions is unclear...