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New paper on opioid prescribing for Australians with compensable #backpain. Administrative data could be the key to improving safety and quality of care. Led by Jennifer Vo, Shannon Gray, Michael Di Donato Monash University doi.org/10.1007/s10926…

Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm theconversation.com/evidence-doesn… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm 🙅 New The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article just published by Dr Skeptic Adrian Traeger Caitlin Jones #backpain #4corners #spinalcordstimulators

A recent Four Corners episode questioned the use of surgically implanted devices called spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain. Here’s what the evidence says according to researchers from UNSW + University of Sydney. theconversation.com/evidence-doesn…

Hard to imagine a more qualified team to write about this topic. Essential reading: Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will? theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand #4corners

Out today in The Lancet Neurology: We outline advances in complex regional pain syndrome epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis & treatment. thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2… More horror stories being reported after the airing of Pain Factory on Four Corners

More horror stories emerge about spinal cord stimulators abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2… via Adele Ferguson

"The key takeout was that there is evidence that spinal cord stimulators may be no better than a placebo procedure." Dr Adrian Traeger quoted in ABC News article on #spinalcordstimulators following the airing of Pain Factory on #4Corners the other week. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

'Spinal cord stimulation for #LowBackPain' 📰Read the press release cochrane.org/news/spinal-co… 📚 Read the #SystematicReview and #PlainLanguage summary of 13 clinical trials cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

I am thrilled to announce that I have been awarded a postdoctoral scholarship from FRQ - secteur Santé. I am very excited to continue my research under the supervision of Timothy H Wideman at McGill University. Thank you to FRQ - secteur Santé for supporting my research career and being part of the #FRQcommunity.

Last night I received the Dean's Merit Award for graduating at the top of the Masters of Behavioural Economics at UTS and the top 1-2% of graduates in the School of Business. Thank Jason Collins and Lionel Page for bringing together an interesting and engaging Masters degree!

New paper in Journal of Physiotherapy: Gemma Altinger brings some fresh perspective to an age old problem... Adherence to an exercise prescription. What can behavioural economics teach us? Nice work Gemma! Chris Maher Institute for Musculoskeletal Health Wiser Healthcare sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

There is a lot of “marketing dressed up as science” in the neuromodulation space. So read this! Great work Adrian Traeger

The WalkBack Trial: An individualised and progressive walking and education program to prevent low back pain recurrence. Article now published The Lancet - Link below: thelancet.com/journals/lance…