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  1. Mediators of the effects of exercise and manual therapy for people with knee and hip osteoarthritis: a secondary, exploratory analysis of the MOA trial
  2. The long-term impacts of opioid use before and after joint arthroplasty: matched cohort analysis of New Zealand linked register data
  3. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of outcome measures among physiotherapists in Nepal: A mixed-methods study
  4. Clinicians’ perspectives on planned interventions tested in the Otago MASTER feasibility trial: an implementation-based process evaluation study
  5. Epidemiology of cruciate ligament injuries in New Zealand: exploring differences by ethnicity and socioeconomic status
  6. Economic evaluation: a reader’s guide to studies of cost-effectiveness
  7. Delivering exercise therapy in practice: a lot to consider, and much still to work out
  8. Education plus exercise for persistent gluteal tendinopathy improves quality of life and is cost-effective compared with corticosteroid injection and wait and see: economic evaluation of a randomised trial
  9. Most people waiting for osteoarthritis care never get it – it’s time to try a different approach
  10. Tailored exercise and manual therapy versus standardised exercise for patients with shoulder subacromial pain: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the Otago MASTER trial)
  11. Total hip and knee arthroplasty are highly cost-effective procedures: The importance of duration of follow-up
  12. Stakeholders’ preferences for osteoarthritis interventions in health services: A cross-sectional study using multi-criteria decision analysis
  13. Development and assessment of a verbal response scale for the Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) in a low-literacy, non-western population
  14. The Relationship Between Preoperative Oxford Hip and Knee Score and Change in Health-Related Quality of Life After Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Can It Help Inform Rationing Decisions?
  15. Effectiveness of a lumbopelvic monitor and feedback device to change postural behaviour: the ELF cluster randomised controlled trial
  16. Choosing interventions for hip or knee osteoarthritis - What matters to stakeholders? A mixed-methods study
  17. The Fear Reduction Exercised Early (FREE) approach to management of low back pain in general practice: A pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial
  18. Implementation of a ‘Joint Clinic’ to resolve unmet need for orthopaedic services in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis: a program evaluation
  19. Effectiveness of a tailored rehabilitation versus standard strengthening programme for patients with shoulder pain: a protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the Otago MASTER trial)
  20. Sarcopenia in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: The association with self-reported fatigue, physical function and obesity
  21. Process evaluation of complex interventions tested in randomised controlled trials in musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review protocol
  22. Results of a feasibility randomised clinical trial on pain education for low back pain in Nepal: the Pain Education in Nepal-Low Back Pain (PEN-LBP) feasibility trial
  23. Associations between Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index and physical performance in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
  24. Incremental clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of providing supervised physiotherapy in addition to usual medical care in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: 2-year results of the MOA randomised controlled trial
  25. Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Nepali Translation of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale
  26. Pain education for patients with non-specific low back pain in Nepal: protocol of a feasibility randomised clinical trial (PEN-LBP Trial)
  27. Why clinicians should consider the role of culture in chronic pain
  28. Age, period and cohort effects on body mass index in New Zealand, 1997-2038
  29. Physical Activity and Exercise Therapy Benefit More Than Just Symptoms and Impairments in People With Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
  30. Effectiveness of extrinsic feedback for management of non-specific low back pain: a systematic review protocol
  31. Effects of internet-based pain coping skills training before home exercise for individuals with hip osteoarthritis (HOPE trial)
  32. Measurement properties of the Nepali version of the Connor Davidson resilience scales in individuals with chronic pain
  33. Outcomes and factors influencing response to an individualised multidisciplinary chronic disease management programme for hip and knee osteoarthritis.
  34. Sample size estimation for cluster randomized controlled trials
  35. The Joint Clinic: Managing Excess Demand for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Referrals Using a New Physiotherapy-Led Outpatient Service
  36. Radiographic knee osteoarthritis impacts multiple dimensions of health-related quality of life: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
  37. The ShortMAC: Minimum Important Change of a Reduced Version of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index
  38. Development and validation of a new population-based simulation model of osteoarthritis in New Zealand
  39. Validity of the Nepali version of Pain Catastrophizing Scale in adults with chronic pain.
  40. Thank You to All JOSPT Contributors for 2017
  41. Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol
  42. Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Nepali versions of numerical pain rating scale and global rating of change
  43. The quality-of-life burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand adults: A model-based evaluation
  44. Exercise, Manual Therapy, and Booster Sessions in Knee Osteoarthritis: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis from a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
  45. The Fear Reduction Exercised Early (FREE) approach to low back pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
  46. Sarcopenic obesity is more prevalent in osteoarthritis than rheumatoid arthritis: are different processes involved?
  47. 2016 JOSPT Awards: Additive Effects and Biological Mechanisms of Interventions Offer Important Insights
  48. 2016 JOSPT Reviewer of the Year Award
  49. Effectiveness of an Internet-Delivered Exercise and Pain-Coping Skills Training Intervention for Persons With Chronic Knee Pain
  50. Internet-Delivered Exercise and Pain-Coping Skills Training for Chronic Knee Pain
  51. Effectiveness of a lumbopelvic monitor and feedback device to change postural behaviour: a protocol for the ELF cluster randomised controlled trial
  52. Growth and Consequences
  53. Exercise, manual therapy, and use of booster sessions in physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis: a multi-center, factorial randomized clinical trial
  54. Increasing the Impact of Peer-Reviewed Publications Through Tailored Dissemination Strategies: Perspectives for Practice Feature inJOSPT
  55. The TIDieR Checklist Will Benefit the Physical Therapy Profession
  56. Idols of the Cave
  57. 2015JOSPTReviewer of the Year Award
  58. Exercise and load modification versus corticosteroid injection versus ‘wait and see’ for persistent gluteus medius/minimus tendinopathy (the LEAP trial): a protocol for a randomised clinical trial
  59. Perspectives for Practice: A NewJOSPTFeature to Facilitate Translation of Research Into Practice
  60. Reporting Guidelines and Checklists Improve the Reliability and Rigor of Research Reports
  61. Accommodating a Viewpoint
  62. The People Behind theJournal: A New Editorial Team for 2016
  63. The Incremental Effects of Manual Therapy or Booster Sessions in Addition to Exercise Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
  64. Adjunctive therapies in addition to land-based exercise therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee
  65. A real time biofeedback using Kinect and Wii to improve gait for post-total knee replacement rehabilitation: a case study report
  66. Effects of Adding an Internet-Based Pain Coping Skills Training Protocol to a Standardized Education and Exercise Program for People With Persistent Hip Pain (HOPE Trial): Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
  67. Global Ratings of Change Do Not Accurately Reflect Functional Change Over Time in Clinical Practice
  68. Physical Therapy and Hip Osteoarthritis—Reply
  69. The Effectiveness of a Lumbopelvic Monitor and Feedback Device to Change Postural Behavior: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
  70. Internet-mediated physiotherapy and pain coping skills training for people with persistent knee pain (IMPACT – knee pain): a randomised controlled trial protocol
  71. The Distinction Between Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs) and Preliminary Feasibility and Pilot Studies: What They Are and Are Not
  72. Minimum Important Differences for the Patient-Specific Functional Scale, 4 Region-Specific Outcome Measures, and the Numeric Pain Rating Scale
  73. Accuracy of physical therapists' prognosis of low back pain from the clinical examination: a prospective cohort study
  74. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale was valid for group-level change comparisons and between-group discrimination
  75. Effect of Physical Therapy on Pain and Function in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  76. Congenital ‘butterfly vertebra’ associated with low back pain: a case report
  77. Validity of pain drawings for predicting psychological status outcome in patients with recurrent or chronic low back pain
  78. Patient Global Ratings of Change Did Not Adequately Reflect Change Over Time: A Clinical Cohort Study
  79. Manual therapy, exercise therapy, or both, in addition to usual care, for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. 2: economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial
  80. OARSI recommended performance-based tests to assess physical function in people diagnosed with hip or knee osteoarthritis
  81. Validity and reliability of the Spineangel®lumbo-pelvic postural monitor
  82. Manual therapy, exercise therapy, or both, in addition to usual care, for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: a randomized controlled trial. 1: clinical effectiveness
  83. DMA Clinical Pilates Directional-Bias Assessment: Reliability and Predictive Validity
  84. Dose-response relationship between work-related cumulative postural exposure and low back pain: A systematic review
  85. Mapping Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) Items to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
  86. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness in Patients With Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Problems
  87. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale: Psychometrics, Clinimetrics, and Application as a Clinical Outcome Measure
  88. Cost-Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic, Nonsurgical Interventions for Hip and/or Knee Osteoarthritis: Systematic Review
  89. Building the Rationale and Structure for a Complex Physical Therapy Intervention Within the Context of a Clinical Trial: A Multimodal Individualized Treatment for Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  90. Cumulative postural exposure measured by a novel device: a preliminary study
  91. Patient characteristics that predict progression of knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review of prognostic studies
  92. The reliability and accuracy of an electromagnetic motion analysis system when used conjointly with an accelerometer
  93. Economic evaluation within a factorial-design randomised controlled trial of exercise, manual therapy, or both interventions for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: study protocol
  94. Outcome measurement in clinical practice: practical and theoretical issues for health related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaires
  95. Extrinsic feedback and management of low back pain: A critical review of the literature
  96. A rationale for the provision of extrinsic feedback towards management of low back pain
  97. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol for acute musculoskeletal injuries: Physiotherapists' understanding of which is safer, more effective, and when to initiate treatment
  98. A Comparison of 3 Methodological Approaches to Defining Major Clinically Important Improvement of 4 Performance Measures in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  99. Good agreement between questionnaire and administrative databases for health care use and costs in patients with osteoarthritis
  100. Predictors of Response to Physical Therapy Intervention in Patients With Primary Hip Osteoarthritis
  101. Recommending NSAIDs and paracetamol: A survey of New Zealand physiotherapists' knowledge and behaviours
  102. Efficacy of a multimodal physiotherapy treatment program for hip osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial protocol
  103. Relationship Between the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Physical Function Subscale and Physical Performance Measures in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  104. The ability of a sustained within-session finding of pain reduction during traction to dictate improved outcomes from a manual therapy approach on patients with osteoarthritis of the hip
  105. Measurement of function in hip osteoarthritis: Developing a standardized approach for physical performance measures
  106. The Spineangel®: Examining the validity and reliability of a novel clinical device for monitoring trunk motion
  107. Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy: A Randomised Controlled Trial
  108. Manual Physical Therapy and Exercise Versus Electrophysical Agents and Exercise in the Management of Plantar Heel Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial
  109. Variables associated with the progression of hip osteoarthritis: A systematic review
  110. Exercise therapy, manual therapy, or both, for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: a factorial randomised controlled trial protocol
  111. Manual physical assessment of spinal segmental motion: Intent and validity
  112. Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain
  113. On “Intertester reliability and validity of motion assessments…” Landel et al. Phys Ther. 2008;88:43–49.
  114. Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy: A Pilot Study
  115. Non-specific neck pain: predicting poor recovery?
  116. To the Editor
  117. Passive intervertebral motion tests for diagnosis of lumbar segmental instability
  118. Lumbar segmental mobility disorders: comparison of two methods of defining abnormal displacement kinematics in a cohort of patients with non-specific mechanical low back pain
  119. Calculating the 2D motion of lumbar vertebrae using splines
  120. Lumbar segmental instability: a criterion-related validity study of manual therapy assessment
  121. On calculating the finite centre of rotation for rigid planar motion
  122. The initial effects of an elbow mobilization with movement technique on grip strength in subjects with lateral epicondylalgia
  123. Mobilization with movement applied to the elbow affects shoulder range of movement in subjects with lateral epicondylalgia
  124. Tibialis Posterior Myofascial Tightness as a Source of Heel Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment