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Book Chapters
, 2024, 'Psychological, physical and complementary therapies for the management of neuropathic pain', in International Review of Neurobiology, pp. 431 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2024.10.010
Journal articles
, 2026, '“A tool to support, not replace”: patient and general practitioner perceptions of digital decision support tools for back pain', Family Practice, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf098
, 2026, 'Prescription opioid discontinuation and mortality due to suicide or unintentional overdose', Pain, 167, pp. 469 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003824
, 2026, ''Identifying Social Factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in Pain Research': Explanation and elaboration to support the standardised reporting of equity-relevant data.', J Clin Epidemiol, pp. 112136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112136
, 2026, 'Effect Modifiers of Graded Sensorimotor Retraining for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the RESOLVE Randomized Trial', JAMA Network Open, 9, pp. e2552787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.52787
, 2026, 'It is not all about strength: rethinking mechanistic assumptions in exercise-based rehabilitation for musculoskeletal pain relief', British Journal of Sports Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110372
, 2026, 'Standardising socio-demographic data collection in pain research: Introducing consensus recommendations for a minimum dataset', Journal of Pain, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105645
, 2026, 'Standardising the Collection of Socio-Demographic Data in Pain Research', European Journal of Pain, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70194
, 2025, 'Memantine and graded motor imagery for complex regional pain syndrome (MEMOIR): study protocol and statistical analysis plan for a decentralised, 2 × 2 factorial randomised trial.', Trials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09383-8
, 2025, 'Efficacy and Safety of Bisphosphonates for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-25-03693
, 2025, 'Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research: consensus recommendations for the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data', Eclinicalmedicine, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103586
, 2025, 'Optimising physical rehabilitation for people with musculoskeletal pain', Pain, 166, pp. S131 - S135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003719
, 2025, 'Improving reporting of observational studies of interventions: The TARGET guideline', Plos Medicine, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004787
, 2025, 'Test-retest reliability and measurement error of the numerical rating scale and visual analogue scale in people with low back pain', Journal of Pain, 35, pp. 105528 - 105528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105528
, 2025, 'Transparent Reporting of Observational Studies Emulating a Target Trial-The TARGET Statement', JAMA, 334, pp. 1084 - 1093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13350
, 2025, 'Ketamine and other NMDA receptor antagonists for chronic pain', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 8, pp. CD015373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015373.pub2
, 2025, 'Analgesic effects of non-surgical and non-interventional treatments for low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomised trials', BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, 30, pp. 222 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2024-112974
, 2025, 'Assessing the feasibility and impact of clinical trial trustworthiness checks via an application to Cochrane Reviews: Stage 2 of the INSPECT-SR project', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111824
, 2025, 'Preventing the transition from acute to chronic low back pain using home-based neuromodulation: Protocol for a randomised, controlled study', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096126
, 2025, 'Non-pharmacological and non-surgical treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane reviews', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD014691.pub2
, 2025, 'Antidepressants for low back pain and spine-related leg pain', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001703.pub4
, 2025, 'Reducing the spread of retracted pain research', Journal of Pain, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104747
, 2025, 'Developing consensus on the most important equity-relevant items to include in pain research: a modified e-Delphi study', Pain, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003621
, 2025, 'It is time to take a broader equity lens to highlight health inequalities in people with pain', British Journal of Anaesthesia, 134, pp. 235 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2024.09.026
, 2025, 'Mechanism evaluation of a digitally enabled rehabilitation intervention for people in aged care and neurological rehabilitation: mediation analysis of the AMOUNT trial', Disability and Rehabilitation, 47, pp. 4780 - 4789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2454298
, 2025, 'To do no harm, we must first "know harms" . The challenge of measuring and reporting adverse events in interventions for pain', Pain, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003796
, 2025, 'Transparent reporting of observational studies emulating a target trial: The TARGET Statement', BMJ, 390, pp. e087179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-087179
, 2025, 'Pain self-efficacy, kinesiophobia and health-related quality of life mediate pain and disability improvements with goal setting and education in people with chronic low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised trial', Journal of Physiotherapy, 71, pp. 260 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2025.09.005
, 2024, 'Reporting health and medical research', BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, 29, pp. 358 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112563
, 2024, 'Why might fears and worries persist after a pain education-grounded multimodal intervention for chronic back pain? A qualitative study', Pain Reports, 9, pp. e1197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001197
, 2024, 'The methodological quality of clinical trials of physical therapy for low back pain varies between countries with different income levels. A meta-epidemiological study', Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2024.101139
, 2024, 'Emotion regulation skills-focused interventions for chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis', European Journal of Pain United Kingdom, 28, pp. 1276 - 1293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2268
, 2024, 'Treatment Effect Modifiers for Return-to-Work in Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders', Journal of Pain, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104556
, 2024, 'Indirect effects in mediation analyses should still include measures of uncertainty and, when appropriate, test for statistical significance', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111395
, 2024, 'The Smallest Worthwhile Effect on Pain Intensity of Exercise Therapy for People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Discrete Choice Experiment Study', Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 54, pp. 477 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2024.12279
, 2024, 'It's OK to Move! Effect of a Brief Video on Community Confidence in Activity Despite Back Pain: A Randomized Trial', Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 54, pp. 400 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2024.12412
, 2024, 'Complex regional pain syndrome: advances in epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment', Lancet Neurology, 23, pp. 522 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00076-0
, 2024, 'Barriers and enablers to exercise adherence in people with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.', Pain, 165, pp. 2200 - 2214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003234
, 2024, 'Generating a list of potentially important contextual factors covering randomized trials, cohorts, and measurement property studies: An OMERACT initiative', Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152370
, 2024, 'Barriers and Enablers to Using Intervention Reporting Guidelines in Sports and Exercise Medicine Trials: A Mixed-Methods Study', The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 54, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2023.12110
, 2024, 'Variation observed in consensus judgments between pairs of reviewers when assessing the risk of bias due to missing evidence in a sample of published meta-analyses of nutrition research', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.111244
, 2024, 'Development of recommendations for a minimum dataset for Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research', METHODSX, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102496
, 2024, 'Promoting Openness and Transparency to Advance Pain Science: New Initiatives at The Journal of Pain.', J Pain, 25, pp. 104604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104604
, 2023, 'Mechanisms of education and graded sensorimotor retraining in people with chronic low back pain: A mediation analysis', Pain, 164, pp. 2792 - 2800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002978
, 2023, 'Using PROGRESS-plus to identify current approaches to the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data: a scoping review', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 163, pp. 70 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.09.017
, 2023, 'The smallest worthwhile effect on pain intensity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and exercise therapy for acute and chronic low back pain: a benefit-harm trade-off study', Journal of Physiotherapy, 69, pp. 240 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2023.08.006
, 2023, 'Reporting of Observational Studies Explicitly Aiming to Emulate Randomized Trials: A Systematic Review', JAMA Network Open, 6, pp. E2336023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.36023
, 2023, 'Development of the TrAnsparent ReportinG of observational studies Emulating a Target trial (TARGET) guideline', BMJ Open, 13, pp. e074626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074626
, 2023, 'Are Exercise Interventions in Clinical Trials for Chronic Low Back Pain Dosed Appropriately to Meet the World Health Organization's Physical Activity Guidelines?', Physical Therapy, 104, pp. pzad114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzad114
, 2023, 'Sharing study materials in health and medical research', BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, 28, pp. 255 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2022-111987