Research Project
Hayley Leake
Current Appointments
Postdoctoral Research FellowKey Research Areas
Dr Hayley Leake B.Physio(Hons), PhD is an honorary Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) in the Centre for Pain IMPACT. She is also a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia (UniSA). Her PhD focused on optimising pain science education for people with chronic pain. Hayley was awarded the 2023 Ruth Grant Prize for dedication to physiotherapy research by UniSA. Prior to commencing research, Hayley pursued a successful clinical career as a physiotherapist, practicing in primary and tertiary care.
Hayleys current research investigates the role of physiotherapy and pain science education for adolescents with chronic pain. Follow Hayleys work on Google Scholar and ORCID.
Publications
2024 Sep
“I wish I knew then what I know now” — pain science education concepts important for female persistent pelvic pain: a reflexive thematic analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003205
2024
Barriers and enablers to using intervention reporting guidelines in sports and exercise medicine trials: a mixed-methods study
2024
Co-design and evaluation of pain science messages on social media with adolescents with a history of chronic pain
2024
Recommendations for patient education in the management of persistent pelvic pain: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines
2024
Teaching patients about pain: the emergence of pain science education, its learning frameworks and delivery strategies
2024
Why might fears and worries persist after a pain education-grounded multimodal intervention for chronic back pain? A qualitative study
2023, 09 Sep
The Sensation and Pain Rating Scale: easy to use, clear to interpret, and responsive to clinical change
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.08.23295128
2023 May
“My Back is Fit for Movement”: A Qualitative Study Alongside a Randomized Controlled Trial for Chronic Low Back Pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2022.12.009
2023 Mar
How does pain work? A qualitative analysis of how young adults with chronic pain conceptualize the biology of pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2069
2023
A single-item mood question adequately discriminates moderately severe to severe depression in individuals with persistent pain: preliminary validation