Target Pathologies - Musculoskeletal
a) ESSA. Exercise for Persisting Pain. (2022) This eBook is designed to help those living with chronic pain, as well as their carers, family, and friends, to understand how exercise can help them to manage pain and improve quality of life.
Arthritis
a) Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) updated Position Statement on exercise and physical activity for people with hip/knee osteoarthritis (2022) (click on the link under Musculoskeletal to access the full-text).
b) Pain Indexes, Radiological Indexes, and ICOAP Pain Questionnaire - Outcome Measures
c) OARSI recommended set of physical performance measures for knee and hip osteoarthritis - Physical Performance Measures
Low Back Pain
a) Exercise is Medicine - Resources - Exercising with lower back pain
b) Bunzli S, Smith A, Schütze R, Lin I, O'Sullivan P. Making Sense of Low Back Pain and Pain-Related Fear
c) Exercise in osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritis: Moving from prescription to adherence
d) NHMRC Clinician Guidelines for Evidence-based management of acute musculoskeletal pain
Osteoporosis
a) Building healthy bones throughout life: an evidence-informed strategy to prevent osteoporosis in Australia.
b) ESSA position statement on exercise prescription for the prevention and management of osteoporosis (Beck, Daly, Fiatrone Singh, &Taaffe, 2017. Also available via ESSA site)
c) Healthy Bones Australia. 2024. Exercise statement presented at National ESSA conference.
d) Physical Activity and Bone Health - Position Stand by ACSM (Kohrt et al., 2004)
e) Too Fit To Fracture: outcomes of a Delphi consensus process on physical activity and exercise recommendations for adults with osteoporosis with or without vertebral fractures.
Neck Pain
a) Jull, G.A. et al., 2009. The effect of therapeutic exercise on activation of the deep cervical flexor muscles in people with chronic neck pain.
b) Chiu, T.T.W. et al., 2005. Performance of the craniocervical flexion test in subjects with and without chronic neck pain.
Tania Brancato AEP ESSAM (Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology)
“The best professionals treat patients using a combination of high level evidence, the individual needs of their patient AND their ever-growing experience in clinical exercise physiology”
Arthritis Australia - Arthritis is a very common condition affecting people of all ages.
Osteoporosis Australia - aims to improve awareness about the disease and reduce bone fractures.
Osteoarthritis Research Society International - OARSI
The Conversation.com - The link between chronic pain and depression: which comes first?
Whiplash – download patient information booklet
Osteoarthritis – Everything you ever wanted to know about osteoarthritis
– Professor David Hunter talks osteoarthritis exercise therapies: better outcomes (BMJ Talk Medicine [Podcast])
Chronic Pain - Chronic pain: Is Australian healthcare really helping people who have chronic pain? (ABC Radio National: The Roundtable [Podcast])
Magic tricks are helping scientists understand the placebo effect and pain https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-05-17/magic-of-placebos/12053722 [ABC News]
New rules around opioid prescriptions leave few options for Australians in pain https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-09/pain-sufferers-say-limiting-their-access-to-opioids-in-cruel/13219230 [ABC News]
What's the deal with stem cells and knee arthritis? https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/whats-the-deal-with-stem-cells-and-knee-arthritis/101965082 [ABC RN Podcast]
Healthy Bones Australia. https://healthybonesaustralia.org.au/
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