By Dr Rodrigo Rossi Nogueira Rizzo

Journal articles

Norman-Nott N; Rizzo RRN; Hesam-Shariati N; Schroeder J; Suh J; McAuley JH; Quidé Y; Gustin SM, 2025, '“It’s just crucial to deal with emotions as well as the pain” A qualitative acceptability study of an online emotion regulation skills-focused intervention for people with chronic pain', International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100638

Bolsterlee B; Chow BVY; Morgan C; Novak I; Rae C; Davies S; Lancaster A; Rizzo RRN; Rizzo CY; Herbert RD, 2025, 'Ambulant children with cerebral palsy have similar leg muscle moment arms to typically developing children', Journal of Biomechanics, 189, pp. 112828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112828

Longtin C; Chang JR; Hersch J; Sharma S; Ferraro MC; Rizzo RRN; McBride J; Wong AYL; Maher CG; Guppy M; McAuley JH; Traeger AC, 2025, 'One-Page Patient Fact Sheets for Low Back Pain in Primary Care A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Network Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.23352

Lopes AD; Rizzo RRN; Hespanhol L; Costa LOP; Kamper SJ, 2025, 'Exercise for patellar tendinopathy', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013078.pub2

Chang WJ; Chiang A; Chowdhury N; Adie S; Naylor JM; Finn H; Rizzo RRN; Gorgon E; O'Hagan E; Schabrun SM, 2025, 'Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as an adjunct to quadriceps strengthening exercise in knee osteoarthritis: A pilot randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097293

Souza FL; Bowman H; Yang F; Hesam-Shariati N; Linke J; Gilanyi YL; Jones MD; Z-Pinto R; McAuley JH; Rizzo RRN, 2025, 'Conversational Agents to Support Pain Management: A Scoping Review', European Journal of Pain, 29, pp. e70016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70016

Bolsterlee B; Chow BVY; Yu J; Davies S; Morgan C; Rae CD; Warton DI; Novak I; Lancaster A; Popovic GC; Rizzo RRN; Rizzo CY; Ball IK; Herbert RD, 2025, 'Childhood muscle growth: Reference curves for lower leg muscle volumes and their clinical application in cerebral palsy', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, pp. e2416660122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2416660122

Rizzo RRN; Cashin AG; Wand BM; Ferraro MC; Sharma S; Lee H; O'Hagan E; Maher CG; Furlan AD; van Tulder MW; McAuley JH, 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

Rizzo RRN; Wand BM; Leake HB; O’Hagan ET; Traeger AC; Gustin SM; Moseley GL; Sharma S; Cashin AG; Bagg MK; McAuley JH; Bunzli S, 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

Jones HG; Rizzo RRN; Pulling BW; Braithwaite FA; Grant AR; McAuley JH; Jensen MP; Moseley GL; Rees A; Stanton TR, 2024, 'Adjunctive use of hypnosis for clinical pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Pain Reports, 9, pp. e1185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001185

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Wewege MA; Rizzo RRN; Cashin AG; Wilks CR; Quidé Y; McAuley JH; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 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

Gilanyi YL; Rizzo RRN; Sharma S; Venter M; McAuley JH; Jones MD, 2024, 'A Qualitative Study Identifying Barriers and Enablers to Exercise Adherence in People with Chronic Low Back Pain. “It's a personal journey”', Journal of Pain, 25, pp. 104488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.02.002

Chow BVY; Morgan C; Rae C; Warton DI; Novak I; Davies S; Lancaster A; Popovic GC; Rizzo RRN; Rizzo CY; Kyriagis M; Herbert RD; Bolsterlee B, 2024, 'Human lower leg muscles grow asynchronously', Journal of Anatomy, 244, pp. 476 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13967

Gardner T; O'Hagan E; Gilanyi YL; McAuley JH; Jensen MP; Rizzo RR, 2024, 'Using hypnosis in clinical practice for the management of chronic pain: A qualitative study', Patient Education and Counseling, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.108097

Cashin AG; Lee H; Wand BM; Bagg MK; O'Hagan ET; Rizzo RRN; Stanton TR; Moseley GL; McAuley JH, 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

Hansford HJ; Cashin AG; Jones MD; Swanson SA; Islam N; Douglas SRG; Rizzo RRN; Devonshire JJ; Williams SA; Dahabreh IJ; Dickerman BA; Egger M; Garcia-Albeniz X; Golub RM; Lodi S; Moreno-Betancur M; Pearson SA; Schneeweiss S; Sterne JAC; Sharp MK; Stuart EA; Hernán MA; Lee H; McAuley JH, 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

O'Hagan ET; Cashin AG; Rizzo RRN; Leake HB; Zahara P; Bagg MK; Wand BM; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Development of a booster intervention for graded sensorimotor retraining (RESOLVE) in people with persistent low back pain: A nested, randomised, feasibility trial', Musculoskeletal Care, 21, pp. 444 - 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.1715

Rizzo RRN; Wand BM; Leake HB; O'Hagan ET; Bagg MK; Bunzli S; Traeger AC; Gustin SM; Moseley GL; Sharma S; Cashin AG; McAuley JH, 2023, '“My Back is Fit for Movement”: A Qualitative Study Alongside a Randomized Controlled Trial for Chronic Low Back Pain', Journal of Pain, 24, pp. 824 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2022.12.009

Cashin AG; Wand BM; O'Connell NE; Lee H; Rizzo RRN; Bagg MK; O'Hagan E; Maher CG; Furlan AD; van Tulder MW; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Pharmacological treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023, pp. cd013815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013815.pub2

Wewege MA; Bagg MK; Jones MD; Ferraro MC; Cashin AG; Rizzo RRN; Leake HB; Hagstrom AD; Sharma S; McLachlan AJ; Maher CG; Day R; Wand BM; O'Connell NE; Nikolakopolou A; Schabrun S; Gustin SM; McAuley JH; Hagstrom M, 2023, 'Comparative effectiveness and safety of analgesic medicines for adults with acute non-specific low back pain: systematic review and network meta-analysis', BMJ, 380, pp. e072962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072962

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Cashin AG; Wewege MA; Rizzo RRN; Wilks CR; Quidé Y; McAuley J; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2022, 'Evaluation of emotion-centric psychological interventions for chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063102

Bagg MK; Wand BM; Cashin AG; Lee H; Hübscher M; Stanton TR; O'Connell NE; O'Hagan ET; Rizzo RRN; Wewege MA; Rabey M; Goodall S; Saing S; Lo SN; Luomajoki H; Herbert RD; Maher CG; Moseley GL; McAuley JH, 2022, 'Effect of Graded Sensorimotor Retraining on Pain Intensity in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA, 328, pp. 430 - 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.9930

Rizzo RRN; Cashin AG; Bagg MK; Gustin SM; Lee H; McAuley JH, 2022, 'A Systematic Review of the Reporting Quality of Observational Studies That Use Mediation Analyses', Prevention Science, 23, pp. 1041 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01349-5

Chang WJ; Adie S; Naylor JM; Chowdhury N; Finn H; Rizzo RRN; O'Hagan E; Schabrun SM, 2022, 'Feasibility and safety of combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and quadriceps strengthening exercise for chronic pain in knee osteoarthritis: A study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e062577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062577

Rizzo RRN; Ferraro MC; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; O'Hagan ET; Jones MD; Gustin SM; McLachlan AJ; Day R; McAuley JH, 2022, 'Targeting neurotrophic factors for low back pain and sciatica: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 61, pp. 2243 - 2254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab785

O’Hagan E; Rizzo RRN; O’Keeffe M, 2022, 'Impact of being first: comparing media coverage for two studies investigating the relationship between exercise and COVID-19', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56, pp. 590 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-105012

Ferraro MC; Bagg MK; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; Rizzo RRN; Jones MD; Gustin SM; Day R; Loo CK; McAuley JH; Leake H, 2021, 'Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of antidepressants for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Systematic Reviews, 10, pp. 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01599-4

Rizzo RRN; Lee H; Cashin AG; Costa LOP; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2021, 'The mediating effect of pain catastrophizing on pain intensity: The influence of the timing of assessments', European Journal of Pain United Kingdom, 25, pp. 1938 - 1947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1810

Cashin AG; Rizzo RRN; Wand BM; O'Connell NE; Lee H; Bagg MK; O'Hagan E; Maher CG; Furlan AD; van Tulder MW; McAuley JH, 2021, 'Non-pharmacological and non-surgical treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD014691

Cashin AG; Folly T; Bagg MK; Wewege MA; Jones MD; Ferraro MC; Leake HB; Rizzo RRN; Schabrun SM; Gustin SM; Day R; Williams CM; McAuley JH, 2021, 'Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of muscle relaxants for adults with non-specific low back pain: Systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ, 374, pp. n1446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1446

Cashin AG; Lee H; Bagg MK; Wand BM; O'Hagan E; Rizzo RRN; Stanton TR; Lorimer Moseley G; McAuley JH, 2021, 'Investigating the mechanisms of graded sensorimotor precision training in adults with chronic nonspecific low back pain: Protocol for a causal mediation analysis of the resolve trial', Jmir Research Protocols, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/26053

Rizzo RRN; Wewege MA; Leake HB; McAuley JH, 2021, 'Commentary: The Efficacy of Nerve Growth Factor Antibody for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis Pain and Chronic Low-Back Pain: A Meta-analysis', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, pp. 619344, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.619344

Wun A; Kollias P; Jeong H; Rizzo RR; Cashin AG; Bagg MK; McAuley JH; Jones MD, 2021, 'Why is exercise prescribed for people with chronic low back pain? A review of the mechanisms of benefit proposed by clinical trialists', Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 51, pp. 102307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2020.102307

Rizzo RRN; Ferraro MC; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; O’Hagan ET; Jones MD; Gustin SM; McAuley JH; O'Hagan E, 2021, 'Efficacy and safety of medicines targeting neurotrophic factors in the management of low back pain: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis', Jmir Research Protocols, 10, pp. e22905, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/22905

Bagg MK; Lo S; Cashin AG; Herbert RD; O'Connell NE; Lee H; Hübscher M; Wand BM; O'Hagan E; Rizzo RRN; Moseley GL; Stanton TR; Maher CG; Goodall S; Saing S; McAuley JH, 2021, 'The RESOLVE Trial for people with chronic low back pain: statistical analysis plan', Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 25, pp. 103 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2020.06.002

Wewege MA; Bagg MK; Jones MD; McAuley JH; Cashin AG; Day RO; Ferraro MC; Folly T; Gustin SM; Hagstrom AD; Leake HB; Loo CK; McLachlan AJ; O’Hagan ET; Rizzo RRN; Schabrun SM; O'Hagan E; Hagstrom M, 2020, 'Analgesic medicines for adults with low back pain: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis', Systematic Reviews, 9, pp. 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01506-3

Rizzo RRN; Medeiros FC; Pires LG; Pimenta RM; McAuley JH; Jensen MP; Costa LOP, 2018, 'Hypnosis Enhances the Effects of Pain Education in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial', Journal of Pain, 19, pp. 1103 - 1103.e9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2018.03.013

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