Research Project
Sam Williams
Current Appointments
PhD CandidateKey Research Areas
Sam BSc (Hons) BHsc/BAppSc (osteo) is a PhD Candidate at UNSW/NeuRA working with Prof James McAuley in the Centre for Pain IMPACT. Interested in complex pain conditions, best management practices, thorough and responsible research methodology and epidemiologic studies, Sam is currently working on the TITAN randomised controlled trial testing promising interventions for Phantom Limb Pain.
Previously, Sam worked as an Osteopath and gained clinical experience in managing patients with pain conditions across many demographics.
When not overseas or camping, Sam likes to spend his time with interesting and creative people, making music, playing a variety of sports, and training different martial arts disciplines; primarily boxing.
Publications
2024, 17 Apr
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 http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2024.12279
2023, 31 Dec
The Efficacy of Graded Motor Imagery and Its Components on Phantom Limb Pain and Disability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2023.2188899
2023 Oct
The smallest worthwhile effect on pain intensity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and exercise therapy for acute and chronic low back pain: a benefit-harm trade-off study
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2023.08.006
2022, 04 Nov
Rescaling pain intensity measures for meta-analyses of analgesic medicines for low back pain appears justified: an empirical examination from randomised trials
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01763-x