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• Effectiveness of a physiotherapist-led triage and treatment service on WAITing time for adults with musculoskeletal pain referred to Australian public hospital physiotherapy clinics: a protocol for the WAIT-less trial 

  Hutton, J.M.; Gamble, A.R.; Maher, C.G.; Campos, T.F.d.; Han, C.S.; Coombs, D.; Halliday, M.; Harvey, L.A.; Foster, N.E.; Machado, G.; Anderson, D.; Billot, L.; Richards, B.; Swain, M.; McKay, M.; Needs, C.; Chu, J.; Shaw, T.; Lung, T.; Harris, I.A.; Zadro, J.R.

  Published 2025

  INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal pain is the second leading cause of disease burden in Australia, and there is a need to investigate new models of care to cope with the increasing demand for health services. This paper describes ...

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• Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Ferreira, G.E.; McLachlan, A.J.; Lin, C.C.; Zadro, J.R.; Abdel-Shaheed, C.; O'Keeffe, M.; Maher, C.G.

  Published 2021

  OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy and safety of antidepressants for back and osteoarthritis pain compared with placebo. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central ...

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• Developing a patient decision aid for Achilles tendon rupture management: a mixed-methods study 

  Gan, J.F.L.; McKay, M.J.; Jones, C.M.P.; Harris, I.A.; McCaffery, K.; Thompson, R.; Hoffmann, T.C.; Adie, S.; Maher, C.G.; Zadro, J.R.

  Published 2023

  OBJECTIVE: To develop and user-test a patient decision aid portraying the benefits and harms of non-surgical management and surgery for Achilles tendon ruptures. DESIGN: Mixed methods. SETTING: A draft decision aid was ...

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• Physiotherapy utilisation and costs before lumbar spine surgery: a retrospective analysis of workers compensation claims in Australia 

  Zadro, J.R.; Lewin, A.M.; Kharel, P.; Naylor, J.; Maher, C.G.; Harris, I.A.

  Published 2021

  BACKGROUND: Understanding how much physiotherapy people receive before lumbar spine surgery could give insight into what people and clinicians consider an adequate trial of non-operative management. The aim of this study ...

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• The Influence of "Labels" for Neck Pain on Recovery Expectations Following a Motor Vehicle Crash: An Online-Randomized Vignette-Based Experiment 

  Xie, Y.; Costa, N.; Söderlund, A.; Zadro, J.; Malmström, E.M.; Grant, G.; Jull, G.; Westergren, H.; Kasch, H.; MacDermid, J.; Treleaven, J.; Curatolo, M.; Ravn, S.L.; Andersen, T.; Rebbeck, T.; Sterling, M.

  Published 2024

  OBJECTIVES: To (1) investigate whether different labels for neck pain after a motor vehicle crash (MVC) influenced recovery expectations and management beliefs, (2) explore reasons for low recovery expectations and greater ...

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