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, 08 Feb
Understanding how therapeutic exercise prescription changes outcomes important to patients with persistent non-specific low back pain: a realist review protocol
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02466-8
2024 Feb
Contexts, behavioural mechanisms and outcomes to optimise therapeutic exercise prescription for persistent low back pain: a realist review
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2023-107598
2023 Jul
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
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2023.05.008
2023, 14 Jun
Mechanical loading of the Achilles tendon during different rehabilitation exercises: A cross sectional observational study
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.13.544659
2023 Feb
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
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.07.012
2022, 15 Nov
Degenerative cervical myelopathy: a case report of delayed diagnosis in a younger man
View full journal-article on https://www.jospt.org/doi/abs/10.2519/josptcases.2022.11088
2022, 01 Oct
A SERVICE EVALUATION OF ADVANCED SPINAL PRACTITIONER MULTIDISCIPLINARY DISCUSSIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
2022, 01 Oct
DEVELOPMENT, PILOT IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF AN ADVANCED PRACTICE IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS
View full conference-abstract on https://boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.1302/1358-992X.2022.9.027
2022, 01 Oct
MANGAGING RISK IN DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL MYELOPATHY: A SERVICE REVIEW IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 DELAYS
View full conference-abstract on https://boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.1302/1358-992X.2022.9.010
2022, 01 Oct
PEER AND PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH A PHYSIOTHERAPIST-LED SPINAL SAME-DAY EMERGENCY CARE UNIT