Research Project
Lianne Wood
Current Appointments
Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter
Honorary Senior Research Fellow at NeuRA
Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Keele University
Advanced Spinal Practitioner, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Key Research Areas
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Lianne PhD, MSc, BSc, is a clinical academic advanced practice spinal physiotherapist, currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter as trial manager to support the MEMOIR Trial for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Lianne is an honorary Senior Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) in the Centre for Pain IMPACT. She also maintains a clinical caseload as an Advanced Spinal Practitioner. She completed her PhD in 2021, exploring the treatment targets and outcomes of exercise for low back pain. She holds a post-doctoral Early Career Research Fellow of Orthopaedic Research UK, investigating how exercise creates change in outcomes of importance in low back pain. Her research interests focus on spinal pain and pathways to support improved diagnosis and management of spinal pain, particularly from an advanced physiotherapy perspective. She is an invited member of the International Working Group for Diagnostic Criteria and Perioperative Management for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy, the Research Officer for the Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner Network, and a general committee member of the Society of Back Pain Research. She has published and presented at national and international conferences regarding pathways for spinal conditions, advanced practice, triage and emergency care pathways, and the management of exercise for low back pain.
Publications
2026 Aug
Evaluating the integration of the reported treatment mechanisms and goal of treatment in randomized controlled trials for low back pain: protocol for a meta-epidemiological analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112332
2026, 14 Mar
The effectiveness of prehabilitation on post-operative recovery from lumbar spinal stenosis surgery – A systematic review and intervention component analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155261418206
2026, 04 Mar
Searching smarter, not harder: leveraging AI to enhance literature searches for theory-driven reviews—A methodological case study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-02814-3
2026 Mar
It is not all about strength: rethinking mechanistic assumptions in exercise-based rehabilitation for musculoskeletal pain relief
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110372
2026 Feb
Healthcare Provider Perspectives of Various Signs and Symptoms for Diagnosing Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results of an International, Multidisciplinary Survey
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.70068
2026
Prehabilitation in degenerative cervical myelopathy: An underexplored opportunity to optimize outcomes
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bas.2026.106105
2025, 20 Oct
Variation in diagnostic coding of cervical decompressions in the English Hospital Episodes Statistics dataset
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2025.2573409
2025 Oct
Development of an internationally agreed national minimum dataset for low back pain: a modified Delphi study
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2025.10.003
2025, 29 Aug
Prehabilitation for lumbar spinal stenosis: understanding mechanisms and contexts for enhanced engagement—a realist review
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf311
2025, 29 Jul
Exercise prescription and patient outcomes
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02953-4
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