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