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  1. Development of a patient decision aid in relation to imaging for rotator cuff tendinopathy: a mixed-methods study
  2. 011 Social media posts about medical tests with potential for overdiagnosis and/or overuse
  3. 014 What influences physiotherapists’ use of diagnostic labels for low back pain? A qualitative study
  4. 033 Multi-component support interventions for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in older adults: a systematic review
  5. Impact of a Decision Aid on Perceptions of Shared Decision‐Making in the Primary Care Management of Patients With Subacromial Pain Syndrome: A Two‐Phased Multi‐Methods Study
  6. Do Italian Physiotherapists Follow Evidence‐Based Guidelines When Managing Patients With Low Back Pain? A Cross‐Sectional Survey
  7. Statistical Analysis Plan for RECITAL: a non-inferiority randomised control trial evaluating a virtual fracture clinic compared with in-person care for people with simple fractures
  8. Management of musculoskeletal conditions with remotely delivered physiotherapy versus face-to-face physiotherapy: process evaluation of the REFORM trial using the Realist Evaluation and the RE-AIM Framework
  9. The Clinical Course of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis in Adults Attending Two Hospital Outpatient Physiotherapy Clinics in NSW: An Evaluation of the Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP)
  10. Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Commonly used interventional procedures for non-cancer chronic spine pain
  11. Non-specific diagnostic labels for musculoskeletal conditions foster positive views about prognosis and non-invasive management but require clear explanation: a systematic review
  12. Remotely delivered physiotherapy for musculoskeletal conditions is cost saving for the health system and patients: economic evaluation of the REFORM randomised trial
  13. The smallest worthwhile effect on pain and function for rotator cuff repair surgery: a benefit-harm trade-off study
  14. Effectiveness of Choosing Wisely recommendations in reducing physiotherapists’ intentions to refer for imaging and use electrotherapy for low back pain: a randomised controlled experiment
  15. A Codesigned Patient Decision Aid Supports the Decision Quality of Patients Considering Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  16. Mapping the Choosing Wisely campaigns in physical therapy: Are we missing an opportunity to reduce low-value care?
  17. STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE EARLY PAIN INTERVENTION AFTER KNEE REPLACEMENT MODEL OF CARE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
  18. Development of a patient decision aid for people with chronic low back pain and degenerative disc disease considering lumbar fusion: A mixed-methods study
  19. Exploring physiotherapist’s ability to identify cauda equina syndrome early
  20. Exploring the decisional needs of patients living with subacromial pain syndrome: A qualitative needs assessment study
  21. The smallest worthwhile effect of surgery versus non-surgical treatments for sciatica: a benefit-harm trade-off study
  22. DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL INSIGHTS INTO THE AUSTRALIAN KNEE INJURY STUDY: A NATIONWIDE KNEE INJURY INCEPTION COHORT
  23. The Development of a Patient Decision Aid for People Considering Surgical vs Non-Surgical Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: An International Mixed-Methods: Study
  24. Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis
  25. Impact of a Decision aid on Perceptions of Shared Decision-Making in the Primary Care Management of Patients with Subacromial Pain Syndrome: a two-phased multi-methods study
  26. Development of a decision aid for Australian carers of children with cerebral palsy and their community clinicians, about selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery
  27. The effectiveness of education for people with shoulder pain: A systematic review
  28. Development and Initial Evaluation of a Patient Decision Aid to Support Decision-Making in Care-seeking Patients with Subacromial Pain Syndrome in Primary Care
  29. Effectiveness of a physiotherapist-led triage and treatment service on WAITing time for adults with musculoskeletal pain referred to Australian public hospital physiotherapy clinics: a protocol for the WAIT-less trial
  30. The Influence of “Labels” for Neck Pain on Recovery Expectations Following a Motor Vehicle Crash: An Online-Randomized Vignette-Based Experiment
  31. The brief pain inventory—Interference Subscale has acceptable reliability but questionable validity in acute back and neck pain populations
  32. Exploring the Decisional Needs of Patients living with Subacromial Pain Syndrome: a qualitative needs assessment study
  33. Clinimetrics: Keele STarT MSK tool
  34. Process and implementation evaluation of a virtual hospital model of care for low back pain (Back@Home)
  35. Do infographics ‘spin’ the findings of health and medical research?
  36. People With Acute Low Back Pain Have Concerns That May Not Be Addressed by Guideline-Recommended Advice: A Mixed-Methods Study
  37. Patients’, physiotherapists’ and other stakeholders’ experiences and perceptions about supported home physiotherapy for people with musculoskeletal conditions: a qualitative study
  38. Equity in Choosing Wisely and beyond: the effect of health literacy on healthcare decision-making and methods to support conversations about overuse
  39. The smallest worthwhile effect on pain and function for rotator cuff repair surgery: a benefit-harm trade-off study
  40. Prioritisation of clinical trial learning needs of musculoskeletal researchers: an inter-disciplinary modified Delphi study by the Australia & New Zealand musculoskeletal clinical trials network
  41. Work‐Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery: A Systematic Review With Meta‐analysis
  42. Perceptions of advice for acute low back pain: a content analysis of qualitative data collected in a randomised experiment
  43. 184 Exploring the relationship between health literacy and SDM outcomes in the context of low value care
  44. Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis
  45. Clinical trial learning needs of musculoskeletal researchers: an inter-disciplinary consensus study by the Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network
  46. Effectiveness of implementation strategies for increasing clinicians’ use of five validated imaging decision rules for musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review
  47. Development of a patient decision aid for children and adolescents following anterior cruciate ligament rupture: an international mixed-methods study
  48. Remotely delivered physiotherapy is as effective as face-to-face physiotherapy for musculoskeletal conditions (REFORM): a randomised trial
  49. Is It Time to Reframe How Health Care Professionals Label Musculoskeletal Conditions?
  50. RECITAL: a non-inferiority randomised control trial evaluating a virtual fracture clinic compared with in-person care for people with simple fractures (study protocol)
  51. Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis (Preprint)
  52. Development of the Reporting Infographics and Visual Abstracts of Comparative studies (RIVA-C) checklist and guide
  53. Knowledge, behaviours, and barriers regarding tobacco use cessation guidelines by musculoskeletal clinicians
  54. Education can reassure people with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain: a 3-arm, randomised, online experiment
  55. Don’t Just Stand There. Rethinking the Ideal Body Posture for Otorhinolaryngologists
  56. Adding Brief Pain Science or Ergonomics Messages to Guideline Advice Did Not Increase Feelings of Reassurance in People With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Experiment
  57. Awareness and use of five imaging decision rules for musculoskeletal injuries: a systematic review
  58. Community-based exercise and physical activity for chronic low back pain
  59. Compared to what? An analysis of comparators in trials informing the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) low back pain guideline
  60. Critically appraised paper: In patients with acute low back or neck pain, a judicious short course of opioids did not reduce pain compared with placebo
  61. General practitioners’ decision-making process to prescribe pain medicines for low back pain: a qualitative study
  62. Randomized Trial of the Choosing Wisely Consumer Questions and a Shared Decision-Making Video Intervention on Decision-Making Outcomes
  63. Can language enhance physical therapists’ willingness to follow Choosing Wisely recommendations? A best-worst scaling study
  64. Critically appraised paper: In people with persistent instability after ACL injury, surgical reconstruction is more effective and cost-effective than non-surgical rehabilitation
  65. Developing a patient decision aid for Achilles tendon rupture management: a mixed-methods study
  66. How do people perceive different advice for rotator cuff disease? A content analysis of qualitative data collected in a randomised experiment
  67. Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Clinical Practice Guideline for hamstring strain injury in athletes
  68. Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Exercise intensity assessment and prescription in cardiovascular rehabilitation and beyond: why and how. A position statement from the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation Section of the European Association...
  69. Global prevalence of hospital admissions for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis
  70. Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antidepressants for pain in adults: overview of systematic reviews
  71. How to facilitate mainstream media coverage of physiotherapy research
  72. The effect of almond intake on cardiometabolic risk factors, inflammatory markers, and liver enzymes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
  73. Functional outcome measures reported in longitudinal studies of ACL injury: a scoping review
  74. Public and patient perceptions of diagnostic labels for non-specific low back pain: a content analysis
  75. Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults With Hip Fracture
  76. Diagnostic labels and advice for rotator cuff disease influence perceived need for shoulder surgery: an online randomised experiment
  77. Physiotherapists’ attitudes, views, and beliefs about Choosing Wisely recommendations: A qualitative study
  78. How do people use and view infographics that summarise health and medical research? A cross-sectional survey
  79. The impact of a patient decision aid on intention to undergo surgery for subacromial pain syndrome: An online randomised controlled trial
  80. Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antidepressants for pain: an overview of systematic reviews
  81. Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Physiotherapy for epidermolysis bullosa
  82. Protocol for a process evaluation: face-to-face physiotherapy compared with a supported home exercise programme for the management of musculoskeletal conditions: the REFORM trial
  83. Effect of diagnostic labelling on management intentions for non‐specific low back pain: A randomized scenario‐based experiment
  84. 60 The impact of a patient decision aid on intention to undergo surgery for subacromial pain syndrome: an online randomised controlled trial
  85. Online information about the management of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in Australia: A content analysis
  86. Healthcare students’ attitudes towards patient centred care: a systematic review with meta-analysis
  87. Reporting characteristics of journal infographics: a cross-sectional study
  88. Advice and education for spinal pain
  89. Second opinions for spinal surgery: a scoping review
  90. Physical therapy utilization, costs, and return-to-work status following lumbar spine surgery: A retrospective analysis of workers compensation claims in Australia
  91. A content analysis of online information about the benefits and harms of spine surgery
  92. Overview of the Drivers of Low-Value Care Comment on "Key Factors that Promote Low-Value Care: Views of Experts From the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands"
  93. Feasibility of delivering and evaluating stratified care integrated with telehealth (‘Rapid Stratified Telehealth’) for patients with low back pain: protocol for a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial
  94. How do people perceive different labels for rotator cuff disease? A content analysis of data collected in a randomised controlled experiment
  95. Online Information About the Effectiveness of Shoulder Surgery Is Not Based on the Best Available Evidence: A Content Analysis
  96. Intensive supervised rehabilitation versus less supervised rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? A systematic review and meta-analysis
  97. Image-guided glucocorticoid injection versus injection without image guidance for shoulder pain
  98. Development of a patient decision aid on subacromial decompression surgery and rotator cuff repair surgery: an international mixed-methods study
  99. Diagnostic Labels for Rotator Cuff Disease Can Increase People's Perceived Need for Shoulder Surgery: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial
  100. Physiotherapists can reduce overuse by Choosing Wisely
  101. Second Opinions for Spine Surgery: A Scoping Review
  102. Global Media Coverage of the Benefits and Harms of Early Detection Tests
  103. Challenges faced by musculoskeletal health research in Australia and New Zealand due to the COVID‐19 pandemic
  104. The effectiveness of biofeedback for improving pain, disability and work ability in adults with neck pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  105. Physiotherapy utilisation and costs before lumbar spine surgery: a retrospective analysis of workers compensation claims in Australia
  106. Effect of Probiotic, Prebiotic, and Synbiotic Supplementation on Cardiometabolic and Oxidative Stress Parameters in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  107. Low back pain presentations to New South Wales emergency departments: Trends over time and geographical variation
  108. Factors associated with seeking medical care for low back pain in a twin adult sample
  109. Overcoming Overuse Part 5: Is Shared Decision Making Our Excalibur?
  110. Are musculoskeletal conditions neglected in national health surveys?
  111. Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis
  112. What makes a great clinical trial in physiotherapy?
  113. The effectiveness of hip arthroscopic surgery for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  114. Overcoming Overuse Part 4: Small Business Survival
  115. Promise and perils of patient decision aids for reducing low-value care
  116. Overcoming Overuse Part 3: Mapping the Drivers of Overuse in Musculoskeletal Health Care
  117. Overcoming Overuse Part 2: Defining and Quantifying Health Care Overuse for Musculoskeletal Conditions
  118. People considering exercise to prevent low back pain recurrence prefer exercise programs that differ from programs known to be effective: a discrete choice experiment
  119. Has physical therapists’ management of musculoskeletal conditions improved over time?
  120. Parental Multisite Chronic Pain and the Risk of Adult Offspring Developing Additional Chronic Pain Sites: Family-Linkage Data From the Norwegian HUNT Study
  121. Do different sit–stand workstations influence lumbar kinematics, lumbar muscle activity and musculoskeletal pain in office workers? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
  122. What makes a great clinical trial? Exploring the features of five important physiotherapy trials
  123. Family History Influences the Effectiveness of Home Exercise in Older People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
  124. Effectiveness of Implementation Strategies to Improve Adherence of Physical Therapist Treatment Choices to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Systematic Review
  125. Problem with patient decision aids
  126. Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for the treatment of low back pain and osteoarthritis: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
  127. High‐ and low‐value care in sport and exercise medicine: Areas for consideration
  128. What Interventions Do Physical Therapists Provide for Patients With Cardiorespiratory Conditions, Neurological Conditions, and Conditions Requiring Acute Hospital Care? A Systematic Review
  129. Author Correction: The association between physical activity and low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
  130. On “‘Choose Physical Therapy’ for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Clinical Management for Infants Affected by the Opioid Crisis.” McCarty DB, Peat JR, O'Donnell S, Graham E, Malcolm, WF. Phys Ther. 2019; 99;771–785
  131. Overcoming Overuse: Improving Musculoskeletal Health Care
  132. 2 Physiotherapist’s views on choosing wisely recommendations
  133. 56 Evaluating the choosing wisely questions: a pilot study of methods to engage consumers in health decisions across health literacy levels
  134. 80 Interventions for improving the appropriate use of imaging in people with musculoskeletal conditions: an update of a cochrane review
  135. Do choosing wisely recommendations about low-value care target income-generating treatments provided by members? A content analysis of 1293 recommendations
  136. Family history of pain and risk of musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents
  137. Evaluation of the Choosing Wisely Australia 5 Questions resource and a shared decision-making preparation video: protocol for an online experiment
  138. Do physical therapists follow evidence-based guidelines when managing musculoskeletal conditions? Systematic review
  139. Agreement between the Cochrane risk of bias tool and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale: A meta-epidemiological study of randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions
  140. Physiotherapists’ views on the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s Choosing Wisely recommendations: a content analysis
  141. Media Coverage of the Benefits and Harms of Testing the Healthy: a protocol for a descriptive study
  142. The association between physical activity and low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
  143. Is occupational or leisure physical activity associated with low back pain? Insights from a cross-sectional study of 1059 participants
  144. Major Concerns Regarding the Conduct of a Trial of Spinal Mobilization for Lumbar Radiculopathy
  145. Choosing Wisely after a sport and exercise-related injury
  146. PEDro searching has improved over time: A comparison of search commands from two six-month periods three years apart
  147. Family History of Pain and Risk of Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
  148. Evidence-based physiotherapy needs evidence-based marketing
  149. Time for a Different Approach to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: Educate and Create Realistic Expectations
  150. Influence of family history on prognosis of spinal pain and the role of leisure time physical activity and body mass index: a prospective study using family-linkage data from the Norwegian HUNT study
  151. Familial factors predicting recovery and maintenance of physical activity in people with low back pain: Insights from a population-based twin study
  152. Video-Game–Based Exercises for Older People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlledtable Trial (GAMEBACK)
  153. August 2018 Letter to the Editor-in-Chief
  154. 112 Do words matter? investigating how the wording of choosing wisely recommendations influences acceptance among physiotherapists
  155. 28 A cochrane review of strategies to increase adoption of the ottawa ankle rules and reduce unnecessary imaging
  156. Parental chronic widespread pain and the association with chronic widespread pain in adult offspring: Family-linkage data from the Norwegian HUNT Study
  157. We might be getting it wrong if we do not consider genetics in osteoarthritis and back pain: insights from twin studies
  158. Is Vitamin D Supplementation Effective for Low Back Pain? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  159. Mapping the Association between Vitamin D and Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis of Observational Studies
  160. Does Familial Aggregation of Chronic Low Back Pain Affect Recovery?
  161. Are people with chronic low back pain meeting the physical activity guidelines? A co-twin control study
  162. Neighborhood walkability moderates the association between low back pain and physical activity: A co-twin control study
  163. Video-game based exercises for older people with chronic low back pain: a protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (the GAMEBACK trial)
  164. Does educational attainment increase the risk of low back pain when genetics are considered? A population-based study of Spanish twins
  165. The Beneficial Effects of Physical Activity: Is It Down to Your Genes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Twin and Family Studies
  166. Are genetics responsible for the beneficial effects of physical activity? A systematic review and meta-analysis of twin studies
  167. Does education level predict an initial episode of low back pain? A population based longitudinal study of 1080 Spanish twins