The University of Sydney: Recent submissions
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People With Acute Low Back Pain Have Concerns That May Not Be Addressed by Guideline-Recommended Advice: A Mixed-Methods Study
Published 2024OBJECTIVE: To investigate what concerns people with acute low back pain (LBP) and explore whether demographic and clinical factors were associated with having concerns about LBP. DESIGN: Mixed-methods study. METHODS: We ...Article -
Diagnostic labels used by health professionals for patellofemoral pain: A cross-sectional online survey
Published 2026OBJECTIVES: To explore what diagnostic labels are commonly used by health professionals in managing patellofemoral pain (PFP), to investigate management preferences for PFP, and whether imaging findings, patient characteristics, ...Article -
Low back pain presentations to New South Wales emergency departments: Trends over time and geographical variation
Published 2021OBJECTIVE: To determine whether rates of ED presentations because of low back pain (LBP) have increased from 2016 to 2019 in New South Wales and map the geographical distribution of ED presentations because of LBP across ...Article -
Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2021OBJECTIVE: 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 ...Article -
Effectiveness of implementation strategies for increasing clinicians' use of five validated imaging decision rules for musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review
Published 2024BACKGROUND: Strategies to enhance clinicians' adherence to validated imaging decision rules and increase the appropriateness of imaging remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of various implementation ...Article