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