Research Project
Lianne Wood
Current Appointments
Senior Research Fellow, University of ExeterKey Research Areas
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
2024, 18 Sep
Can clinical presentation predict radiologically confirmed cauda equina syndrome: retrospective case review of 530 cases at a tertiary emergency department
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2024
An online training resource for clinicians to optimise exercise prescription for persistent low back pain: Design, development and usability testing
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2024
Contexts, behavioural mechanisms and outcomes to optimise therapeutic exercise prescription for persistent low back pain: a realist review
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2024
The Frequency of Symptoms in Patients With a Diagnosis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Results of a Scoping Review
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2024
The value of Clinical signs in the diagnosis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy - A Systematic review and Meta-analysis
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2024
Understanding how therapeutic exercise prescription changes outcomes important to patients with persistent non-specific low back pain: a realist review protocol
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2023
Matching the Outcomes to Treatment Targets of Exercise for Low Back Pain: Does it Make a Difference? Results of Secondary Analyses From Individual Patient Data of Randomised Controlled Trials and Pooling of Results Across Trials in Comparative Meta-analysis
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2023
Mechanical Loading of the Achilles Tendon During Different Rehabilitation Exercises: A Cross Sectional Observational Study
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2023
Mechanical loading of the Achilles tendon during different rehabilitation exercises: A cross sectional observational study
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2023
Pain catastrophising and kinesiophobia mediate pain and physical function improvements with Pilates exercise in chronic low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised controlled trial
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