Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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'Targeting care: tailoring non-surgical management according to clinical presentation'
Published 2013-02-01International evidence-based guidelines recommend a multitude of nonsurgical treatment options for the management of osteoarthritis. This article summarizes the evidence available for patient characteristics that have been ...Open AccessArticle -
Strength Training for Arthritis Trial (START): design and rationale
Published 2013-01-01Background Muscle loss and fat gain contribute to the disability, pain, and morbidity associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA), and thigh muscle weakness is an independent and modifiable risk factor for it. However, while ...Open AccessArticle -
Does lumbar spinal degeneration begin with the anterior structures? A study of the observed epidemiology in a community-based population
Published 2011-09-13Background- Prior studies that have concluded that disk degeneration uniformly precedes facet degeneration have been based on convenience samples of individuals with low back pain. We conducted a study to examine whether ...Open AccessArticle -
Acute low back pain is marked by variability: An internet-based pilot study
Published 2011-10-05BACKGROUND: Pain variability in acute LBP has received limited study. The objectives of this pilot study were to characterize fluctuations in pain during acute LBP, to determine whether self-reported 'flares' of pain ...Open AccessArticle -
The reliability of a new scoring system for knee osteoarthritis MRI and the validity of bone marrow lesion assessment: BLOKS (Boston–Leeds Osteoarthritis Knee Score)
Published 2007-05-01Aim: MRI provides unparalleled visualisation of all the anatomical structures involved in the osteoarthritis (OA) process. There is a need for reliable methods of quantifying abnormalities of these structures. The aim of ...Open AccessArticle