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  1. Long-term outcomes of cruciate ligament injury: evidence from New Zealand linked register data
  2. The epidemiology of knee injuries in New Zealand, 2015–2024
  3. Does mental health mediate the effect of nonsurgical exposures on pain and functional outcomes in osteoarthritis? A systematic review
  4. Do Treatment Expectations Moderate the Effect of Manual Therapy in People With Knee Osteoarthritis? A Secondary Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
  5. Moderators of the effects of exercise and manual therapy for people with knee and hip osteoarthritis: A secondary analysis of the MOA trial
  6. Validity of the Global Rating of Change in patients with chronic low back pain
  7. Effectiveness of interventions for the management of multimorbidity in primary care and community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis
  8. RWD280 THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF OPIOID USE BEFORE TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY: A DOSE-RESPONSE TRIAL EMULATION USING NEW ZEALAND LINKED ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
  9. Cost‐effectiveness of low dose colchicine prophylaxis when starting allopurinol using the “start‐low go‐slow” approach for gout: evidence from a non‐inferiority randomised double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial.
  10. Online osteoarthritis training programme for community-based clinicians: Mixed methods cohort study
  11. OSTEOARTHRITIS RESEARCH IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND 2000-2023: A SCOPING REVIEW
  12. EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF MULTIMORBIDITY IN PRIMARY CARE OR COMMUNITY SETTINGS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
  13. EXCESS COMORBIDITY BURDEN IN PEOPLE WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND: DATA LINKAGE TO A POPULATION-BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
  14. Peoples’ Lived Experiences of Working with Osteoarthritis: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis Protocol
  15. Prioritisation of clinical trial learning needs of musculoskeletal researchers: an inter-disciplinary modified Delphi study by the Australia & New Zealand musculoskeletal clinical trials network
  16. Patients' perspectives on planned interventions tested in the Otago MASTER feasibility trial: an implementation-based process evaluation study
  17. PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR IDENTIFYING HIP AND KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN PRIMARY CARE ELECTRONIC RECORDS: A NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TEXT CLASSIFIER APPROACH
  18. HEALTH SYSTEM AND SOCIETAL COSTS FOLLOWING OSTEOARTHRITIS DIAGNOSIS IN PRIMARY CARE
  19. THE PRIMARY CARE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
  20. Mediators of the effects of exercise and manual therapy for people with knee and hip osteoarthritis: a secondary, exploratory analysis of the MOA trial
  21. The long-term impacts of opioid use before and after joint arthroplasty: matched cohort analysis of New Zealand linked register data
  22. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of outcome measures among physiotherapists in Nepal: A mixed-methods study
  23. Reducing the burden of knee osteoarthritis through community pharmacy: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Knee Care for Arthritis through Pharmacy Service
  24. Why does Aotearoa New Zealand need an osteoarthritis summit?
  25. Clinicians’ perspectives on planned interventions tested in the Otago MASTER feasibility trial: an implementation-based process evaluation study
  26. Are the outcomes of relative motion extension orthoses non-inferior and cost-effective compared with dynamic extension orthoses for management of zones V-VI finger extensor tendon repairs: A randomized controlled trial
  27. Evaluating Osteoarthritis Management Programs: outcome domain recommendations from the OARSI Joint Effort Initiative
  28. Adjunctive Therapies In Addition To Land-Based Exercise Therapy For Osteoarthritis Of The Hip Or Knee: A Cochrane Review
  29. Clinical Outcomes Of Osteoarthritis Management Programs: A Project Of The Oa Trial Bank And Oarsi Joint Effort Initiative Using Individual Participant Data
  30. Singapore KneE osTeoarthritis CoHort (SKETCH): protocol for a multi-centre prospective cohort study
  31. The osteoarthritis knowledge scale
  32. Epidemiology of cruciate ligament injuries in New Zealand: exploring differences by ethnicity and socioeconomic status
  33. Economic evaluation: a reader’s guide to studies of cost-effectiveness
  34. A Guideline-Implementation Intervention to Improve the Management of Low Back Pain in Primary Care: A Difference-in-Difference-in-Differences Analysis
  35. Delivering exercise therapy in practice: a lot to consider, and much still to work out
  36. 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
  37. Adjunctive therapies in addition to land-based exercise therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee
  38. Most people waiting for osteoarthritis care never get it – it’s time to try a different approach
  39. Tailored exercise and manual therapy versus standardised exercise for patients with shoulder subacromial pain: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the Otago MASTER trial)
  40. Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of two types of written information for people with knee osteoarthritis
  41. Knee osteoarthritis and the knowledgeable, trustworthy pharmacist: Patient and pharmacist perceptions of community pharmacy‐based education and support
  42. Measurement Properties of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale and Its Current Uses: An Updated Systematic Review of 57 Studies Using COSMIN Guidelines
  43. Prioritizing Healthcare Interventions: A Comparison of Multicriteria Decision Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
  44. Are manual therapy or booster sessions worthwhile in addition to exercise therapy for knee osteoarthritis: Economic evaluation and 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial
  45. Reliability, validity, responsiveness, and minimum important change of the Stair Climb Test in adults with hip and knee osteoarthritis
  46. Content validity of the Brief and Comprehensive ICF Core Sets for common disabling conditions in a developing country
  47. Knowledge about osteoarthritis: Development of the Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Knowledge Scales and protocol for testing their measurement properties
  48. Are education, exercise and diet interventions a cost-effective treatment to manage hip and knee osteoarthritis? A systematic review
  49. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of Nepali versions of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) Pain Intensity, Pain Interference, Pain Behavior, Depression, and Sleep Disturbance short forms in chronic musculoske...
  50. Total hip and knee arthroplasty are highly cost-effective procedures: The importance of duration of follow-up
  51. The cost-effectiveness of recommended adjunctive interventions for knee osteoarthritis: Results from a computer simulation model
  52. Risk Factors for Chronic Opioid Use Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Evidence from New Zealand Population Data
  53. Systematic review of economic evaluations investigating education, exercise, and dietary weight management to manage hip and knee osteoarthritis: protocol
  54. Stakeholders’ preferences for osteoarthritis interventions in health services: A cross-sectional study using multi-criteria decision analysis
  55. Development and assessment of a verbal response scale for the Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) in a low-literacy, non-western population
  56. Opioid Use and Total Joint Replacement
  57. Stakeholder views about a novel consumer health resource for knee osteoarthritis
  58. The Outcomes of Nonoperative Management of Patients With Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Triaged to a Physiotherapy-Led Clinic at Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up and Factors Associated With Progression to Surgery
  59. 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?
  60. Effectiveness of a lumbopelvic monitor and feedback device to change postural behaviour: the ELF cluster randomised controlled trial
  61. Choosing interventions for hip or knee osteoarthritis - What matters to stakeholders? A mixed-methods study
  62. Comparative effectiveness of international osteoarthritis management program clinical cohorts: a project of the oarsi joint effort initiative in collaboration with the OA trial bank
  63. The Surgeon's Role in the Opioid Crisis: A Narrative Review and Call to Action
  64. Group Differences Between Countries and Between Languages in Pain-Related Beliefs, Coping, and Catastrophizing in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review
  65. OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis
  66. Does Religiosity/Spirituality Play a Role in Function, Pain-Related Beliefs, and Coping in Patients with Chronic Pain? A Systematic Review
  67. The Fear Reduction Exercised Early (FREE) approach to management of low back pain in general practice: A pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial
  68. Implementation of a ‘Joint Clinic’ to resolve unmet need for orthopaedic services in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis: a program evaluation
  69. 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)
  70. Sarcopenia in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: The association with self-reported fatigue, physical function and obesity
  71. Process evaluation of complex interventions tested in randomised controlled trials in musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review protocol
  72. 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
  73. State of clinical pain research in Nepal
  74. Associations between Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index and physical performance in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
  75. 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
  76. Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Nepali Translation of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale
  77. Pain education for patients with non-specific low back pain in Nepal: protocol of a feasibility randomised clinical trial (PEN-LBP Trial)
  78. Why clinicians should consider the role of culture in chronic pain
  79. Age, period and cohort effects on body mass index in New Zealand, 1997-2038
  80. Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: an exploration of patients’ beliefs about knee pain
  81. Physical Activity and Exercise Therapy Benefit More Than Just Symptoms and Impairments in People With Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
  82. Effectiveness of extrinsic feedback for management of non-specific low back pain: a systematic review protocol
  83. Effects of internet-based pain coping skills training before home exercise for individuals with hip osteoarthritis (HOPE trial)
  84. Measurement properties of the Nepali version of the Connor Davidson resilience scales in individuals with chronic pain
  85. Outcomes and factors influencing response to an individualised multidisciplinary chronic disease management programme for hip and knee osteoarthritis.
  86. Sample size estimation for cluster randomized controlled trials
  87. The Joint Clinic: Managing Excess Demand for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Referrals Using a New Physiotherapy-Led Outpatient Service
  88. Radiographic knee osteoarthritis impacts multiple dimensions of health-related quality of life: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
  89. The ShortMAC: Minimum Important Change of a Reduced Version of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index
  90. Development and validation of a new population-based simulation model of osteoarthritis in New Zealand
  91. Validity of the Nepali version of Pain Catastrophizing Scale in adults with chronic pain.
  92. Thank You to All JOSPT Contributors for 2017
  93. Subgrouping and TargetEd Exercise pRogrammes for knee and hip OsteoArthritis (STEER OA): a systematic review update and individual participant data meta-analysis protocol
  94. Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Nepali versions of numerical pain rating scale and global rating of change
  95. The quality-of-life burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand adults: A model-based evaluation
  96. Exercise, Manual Therapy, and Booster Sessions in Knee Osteoarthritis: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis from a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
  97. The Fear Reduction Exercised Early (FREE) approach to low back pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
  98. Sarcopenic obesity is more prevalent in osteoarthritis than rheumatoid arthritis: are different processes involved?
  99. 2016 JOSPT Awards: Additive Effects and Biological Mechanisms of Interventions Offer Important Insights
  100. 2016 JOSPT Reviewer of the Year Award
  101. March 2017 Letters to the Editor-in-Chief
  102. Effectiveness of an Internet-Delivered Exercise and Pain-Coping Skills Training Intervention for Persons With Chronic Knee Pain
  103. Internet-Delivered Exercise and Pain-Coping Skills Training for Chronic Knee Pain
  104. How to Choose Where to Publish Your Work
  105. Effectiveness of a lumbopelvic monitor and feedback device to change postural behaviour: a protocol for the ELF cluster randomised controlled trial
  106. Thank You to All JOSPT Contributors for 2016
  107. A Look Back at 2016:JOSPT
  108. Growth and Consequences
  109. Exercise, manual therapy, and use of booster sessions in physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis: a multi-center, factorial randomized clinical trial
  110. Increasing the Impact of Peer-Reviewed Publications Through Tailored Dissemination Strategies: Perspectives for Practice Feature inJOSPT
  111. The TIDieR Checklist Will Benefit the Physical Therapy Profession
  112. Idols of the Cave
  113. 2015JOSPTReviewer of the Year Award
  114. 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
  115. Perspectives for Practice: A NewJOSPTFeature to Facilitate Translation of Research Into Practice
  116. Reporting Guidelines and Checklists Improve the Reliability and Rigor of Research Reports
  117. Accommodating a Viewpoint
  118. The People Behind theJournal: A New Editorial Team for 2016
  119. The Incremental Effects of Manual Therapy or Booster Sessions in Addition to Exercise Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
  120. Adjunctive therapies in addition to land-based exercise therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee
  121. A real time biofeedback using Kinect and Wii to improve gait for post-total knee replacement rehabilitation: a case study report
  122. 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
  123. Global Ratings of Change Do Not Accurately Reflect Functional Change Over Time in Clinical Practice
  124. Physical Therapy and Hip Osteoarthritis—Reply
  125. The Effectiveness of a Lumbopelvic Monitor and Feedback Device to Change Postural Behavior: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
  126. Internet-mediated physiotherapy and pain coping skills training for people with persistent knee pain (IMPACT – knee pain): a randomised controlled trial protocol
  127. The Distinction Between Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs) and Preliminary Feasibility and Pilot Studies: What They Are and Are Not
  128. Minimum Important Differences for the Patient-Specific Functional Scale, 4 Region-Specific Outcome Measures, and the Numeric Pain Rating Scale
  129. Accuracy of physical therapists' prognosis of low back pain from the clinical examination: a prospective cohort study
  130. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale was valid for group-level change comparisons and between-group discrimination
  131. Effect of Physical Therapy on Pain and Function in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  132. Congenital ‘butterfly vertebra’ associated with low back pain: a case report
  133. Validity of pain drawings for predicting psychological status outcome in patients with recurrent or chronic low back pain
  134. Patient Global Ratings of Change Did Not Adequately Reflect Change Over Time: A Clinical Cohort Study
  135. 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
  136. OARSI recommended performance-based tests to assess physical function in osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: authors' reply
  137. OARSI recommended performance-based tests to assess physical function in people diagnosed with hip or knee osteoarthritis
  138. Validity and reliability of the Spineangel ® lumbo-pelvic postural monitor
  139. 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
  140. DMA Clinical Pilates Directional-Bias Assessment: Reliability and Predictive Validity
  141. Dose-response relationship between work-related cumulative postural exposure and low back pain: A systematic review
  142. Mapping Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) Items to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
  143. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness in Patients With Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Problems
  144. The Patient-Specific Functional Scale: Psychometrics, Clinimetrics, and Application as a Clinical Outcome Measure
  145. Cost-Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic, Nonsurgical Interventions for Hip and/or Knee Osteoarthritis: Systematic Review
  146. 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
  147. Cumulative postural exposure measured by a novel device: a preliminary study
  148. Patient characteristics that predict progression of knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review of prognostic studies
  149. The reliability and accuracy of an electromagnetic motion analysis system when used conjointly with an accelerometer
  150. 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
  151. Outcome measurement in clinical practice: practical and theoretical issues for health related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaires
  152. Extrinsic feedback and management of low back pain: A critical review of the literature
  153. A rationale for the provision of extrinsic feedback towards management of low back pain
  154. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol for acute musculoskeletal injuries: Physiotherapists' understanding of which is safer, more effective, and when to initiate treatment
  155. A Comparison of 3 Methodological Approaches to Defining Major Clinically Important Improvement of 4 Performance Measures in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  156. Good agreement between questionnaire and administrative databases for health care use and costs in patients with osteoarthritis
  157. Predictors of Response to Physical Therapy Intervention in Patients With Primary Hip Osteoarthritis
  158. Recommending NSAIDs and paracetamol: A survey of New Zealand physiotherapists' knowledge and behaviours
  159. Efficacy of a multimodal physiotherapy treatment program for hip osteoarthritis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial protocol
  160. Relationship Between the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Physical Function Subscale and Physical Performance Measures in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis
  161. 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
  162. Measurement of function in hip osteoarthritis: Developing a standardized approach for physical performance measures
  163. The Spineangel®: Examining the validity and reliability of a novel clinical device for monitoring trunk motion
  164. Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy: A Randomised Controlled Trial
  165. Manual Physical Therapy and Exercise Versus Electrophysical Agents and Exercise in the Management of Plantar Heel Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial
  166. Variables associated with the progression of hip osteoarthritis: A systematic review
  167. Exercise therapy, manual therapy, or both, for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: a factorial randomised controlled trial protocol
  168. Manual physical assessment of spinal segmental motion: Intent and validity
  169. Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain
  170. On “Intertester reliability and validity of motion assessments…” Landel et al. Phys Ther. 2008;88:43–49.
  171. Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Achilles Tendinopathy: A Pilot Study
  172. Non-specific neck pain: predicting poor recovery?
  173. To the Editor
  174. Passive intervertebral motion tests for diagnosis of lumbar segmental instability
  175. 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
  176. Calculating the 2D motion of lumbar vertebrae using splines
  177. Lumbar segmental instability: a criterion-related validity study of manual therapy assessment
  178. On calculating the finite centre of rotation for rigid planar motion
  179. The initial effects of an elbow mobilization with movement technique on grip strength in subjects with lateral epicondylalgia
  180. Mobilization with movement applied to the elbow affects shoulder range of movement in subjects with lateral epicondylalgia
  181. Tibialis Posterior Myofascial Tightness as a Source of Heel Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment