Harrison Hansford

Current Appointments

PhD Candidate

Key Research Areas

Pain

Back pain

Centre for Pain IMPACT

Chronic pain

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Harrison BSc(Hons), BExPhys is an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar completing his PhD at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and the School of Health Sciences at University of New South Wales (UNSW). His PhD focusses on improving the evidence-based management of musculoskeletal conditions. He also interested in improving research reporting and quality to help improve trust in science. Harrison is a member of NeuRAs Research Quality Committee.

Harrison's current research focusses on understanding whether, and for whom interventions for musculoskeletal conditions are safe and effective using big-data, which allows us to answer questions that cannot be answered using other sources like randomised trials. He is also interested in developing consumer-centred thresholds of clinical importance, the smallest worthwhile effect, to better interpret the effects of treatments.

Publications

2025, 12 Jun

The smallest worthwhile effect on pain and function for rotator cuff repair surgery: a benefit-harm trade-off study

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-08902-x

2025, 01 Apr

Exercise adherence is associated with improvements in pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain: a secondary analysis of a Cochrane review

View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1187240255

2025, 01 Apr

The smallest worthwhile effect of surgery versus non-surgical treatments for sciatica: a benefit-harm trade-off study

View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1186893633

2024, 01 Dec

Reporting health and medical research

View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1169495358

2024, 25 Jul

The smallest worthwhile effect on pain and function for rotator cuff repair surgery: a benefit-harm trade-off study

View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.24.24310953

2024, 01 Jul

The Smallest Worthwhile Effect on Pain Intensity of Exercise Therapy for People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Discrete Choice Experiment Study

View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1170815213

2024, 01 May

COMPARING EXERCISE AGAINST A PLACEBO FOR PAIN AND DISABILITY OUTCOMES IN MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW & META-ANALYSIS

View full conference-abstract on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1171387049

2024, 01 Apr

Self-Efficacy in Nepali Adults With Musculoskeletal Pain: Measurement Properties of Hard-Copy and Online Versions of the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire

View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1165124722

2024, 01 Feb

Barriers and Enablers to Using Intervention Reporting Guidelines in Sports and Exercise Medicine Trials: A Mixed-Methods Study

View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1166097372

2024, 01 Jan

Letter to the Editor: Effects of physical interventions on pain and disability in chronic low back pain with pronated feet

View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1174301457

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