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• Investigation of cardiac substructure automatic segmentation methods on synthetically generated 4D cone-beam CT images. 

  Gardner, M; Finnegan, R N; Dillon, O; Chin, V; Reynolds, T; Keall, P J

  Published 2025

  Background: STereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation (STAR) is a novel noninvasive method for treating arrythmias in which external beam radiation is directed towards subregions of the heart. Challenges for accurate STAR ...

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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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• 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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• Diagnostic Labels for Rotator Cuff Disease Can Increase People's Perceived Need for Shoulder Surgery: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial 

  Zadro, J.R.; O'Keeffe, M.; Ferreira, G.E.; Haas, R.; Harris, I.A.; Buchbinder, R.; Maher, C.G.

  Published 2021

  OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether different labels for rotator cuff disease influence people's perceived need for surgery. DESIGN: Randomized controlled experiment. METHODS: Participants with and without shoulder pain read ...

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