Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Perceptions of best practice, pain science and structure-focused education for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: a content analysis of qualitative data from a randomised experiment
Published 2026OBJECTIVES: To explore how people perceive different forms of education for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain in terms of words or feelings evoked by the education and treatments they feel are needed. SETTING: We performed ...Article -
Public and patient perceptions of diagnostic labels for non-specific low back pain: a content analysis
Published 2022PURPOSE: An online randomised experiment found that the labels lumbar sprain, non-specific low back pain (LBP), and episode of back pain reduced perceived need for imaging, surgery and second opinions compared to disc ...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 -
PhyCARE reporting guidelines for physiotherapy case reports: a consensus-based development?
Published 2026OBJECTIVES: Case reports (CRs) are essential in physiotherapy, yet reporting remains heterogeneous and insufficiently standardised. The 2013 CAse REport (CARE) guideline improves transparency but lacks physiotherapy-specific ...Article -
The Effect of Diagnostic Labels on Treatment Preferences and Beliefs in People With Musculoskeletal Pain. A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials
Published 2026OBJECTIVE: To assess how different diagnostic labels affect treatment preferences and beliefs in people with musculoskeletal pain. DESIGN: Systematic review of randomized trials. LITERATURE SEARCH: PubMed, Web of Science, ...Article