30 years with the KOOS is now available in its finally formatted pdf-version, open access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Increase in total number of Disability-Adjusted Life Years #DALYs attributed to #Osteoarthritis due to alarming rise in #BMI between 1990 & 2019 ➡️Healthy lifestyles, early intervention possible to reduce #obesity-related osteoarthritis #ACR23 👉🏽acrabstracts.org/abstract/burde…

RCT in people with knee #osteoarthritis finds oral high-dose cannabidiol had no additional analgesic effect compared to continued paracetamol, compared with adding placebo to paracetamol thelancet.com/journals/lanep…

Low back pain is estimated as the leading contributor to disability globally. Learn how WHO is responding with its new guideline on chronic primary low back pain adults, launching 7 Dec 12.15-13.15 CET. Register here: who.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Are you actively engaged with OA research in NZ? Join OARnet, the Osteoarthritis Aotearoa Research Network otago.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0D…

Are you a musculoskeletal researcher based in Australia or New Zealand? Interested in designing, conducting, and reporting trial-based economic evaluations for musculoskeletal conditions? The ANZMUSC Economics Methods Group wants to know your needs monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0x…

🚨AUS & NZ RESEARCHERS🚨 How confident are you in designing or interpreting economic evaluations? Tell us your experiences so we can design future resources!!! Visit: monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0x…

Are you actively engaged with OA research in NZ? Join OARnet, the Osteoarthritis Aotearoa Research Network otago.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0D…

Another incredible keynote talk, this one delivered by Prof Haxby Abbott describing the OA landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand and OA management including a great new initiative Osteoarthritis Aotearoa NZ #ANZORS2023

Are you a #osteoarthritis researcher, #ECR, #EMCR, research postgraduate student in NZ? OARnet, the Osteoarthritis Aotearoa Research Network, are your people! Our work is all about developing the field & the people doing the mahi. otago.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0D…

Do pain beliefs or functional strength mediate the treatment effect of manual therapy (MT) and exercise therapy (ExTh) on WOMAC scores in people with hip and/or knee #osteoarthritis ? A mediation study of MOA Trial data by @danielcr doi.org/10.1016/j.ocar…

NZ input needed to shape the resources and training being developed by ANZMUSC on cost-effectiveness studies alongside clinical trials

🚨 Research study alert 🚨 We are conducting an online survey to understand how difficult and important different activities are This survey is open to all people > 18. Thanks for taking part Link: bit.ly/UniversityofOt… Ben Darlow Kim Bennell Kelli Allen UniofOtagoWellington

Check out the 'how to keep your joints healthy' in the Guardian - great to see this topic getting some profile at last! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/s…

Introducing Lívia Fernandes, our collaborating PhD Student Lívia, a Brazilian PT, aims to explore how Māori with chronic pain represent their pain experience. She is curious about meaningful ways of collecting and interpreting data. She is excited to collaborate with CMOR whānau

Twitter folks, we are still recruiting participants for this online survey (fun and interactive). This survey is open to all people > 18🌏 We really appreciate your participation. Please share widely - family, friends, and patients. Link: bit.ly/UniversityofOt…

Our collaborative PhD student Lívia Fernandes presented at the New Zealand Pain Society Conference 2024 New Zealand Pain Society. "We do not stop being Indigenous when we are in pain" The lived experiences of Indigenous people with chronic pain. #NZPS2024

Introducing Dr. Moody Gayed Moody is a public health physician with vast experience in medical epidemiology, health policy, healthcare analytics, and health economics. He is pursuing his PhD, which focuses on the economic evaluation of OA management alongside the MOA-PIP trial

The first paper of my PhD (2nd project) has been published. We conducted a DCE to find out the difficulty and importance of lower-limb physical activities. Hopefully, this will help to develop more comprehensive and person-centered outcome measures Link: dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.70…

This one is very special. First project of the PhD (2nd publication) Physical functions assessed by lower limb performance-based and self-reported outcome measures for knee musculoskeletal conditions: a scoping review. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy (BJPT) OPEN ACCESS🆓 Link: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S14…