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Chris J. Main is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom and focuses research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work encompasses several subfields including Surgery, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics with particular emphasis on musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, pediatric pain management techniques, as well as bladder and urothelial cancer treatments. Other notable topics include urinary and genital oncology studies, pain management and placebo effect, and total knee arthroplasty outcomes.

Chris J. Main has authored multiple papers published in various scientific venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "Effect of Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy With Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion vs Open Radical Cystectomy on 90-Day Morbidity and Mortality Among Patients With Bladder Cancer," 2022, JAMA
  • "Opening the Workplace After COVID-19: What Lessons Can be Learned from Return-to-Work Research?," 2020, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
  • "Pain psychology in the 21st century: lessons learned and moving forward," 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Pain
  • "Cost-Effectiveness of Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy vs Open Radical Cystectomy for Patients With Bladder Cancer," 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • "System-level efforts to address pain-related workplace challenges," 2021, Pain

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, predominantly with William S. Shaw, Lindsay A Ballengee, and Jason M. Beneciuk, each with multiple shared publications. Other frequent co-authors include Ramesh Thurairaja and Rajesh Nair.

Key publication venues where Chris J. Main's work appears include:

  • Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
  • Physical Therapy
  • JAMA
  • Scandinavian Journal of Pain
  • JAMA Network Open

Best Publications

  • A Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) and the role of fear-avoidance beliefs in chronic low back pain and disability

    Gordon Waddell;Mary Newton;Iain Henderson;Douglas Somerville

  • Comparison of stratified primary care management for low back pain with current best practice (STarT Back): a randomised controlled trial

    Jonathan C Hill;David G T Whitehurst;David G T Whitehurst;David G T Whitehurst;Martyn Lewis;Stirling Bryan;Stirling Bryan

  • Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain

    Nicholas Henschke;Raymond W.J.G. Ostelo;Maurits W. van Tulder;Johan W.S. Vlaeyen

  • A primary care back pain screening tool: identifying patient subgroups for initial treatment.

    Jonathan C. Hill;Kate M. Dunn;Martyn Lewis;Ricky Mullis

  • Psychosocial predictors of outcome in acute and subchronic low back trouble.

    A. Kim Burton;K. Malcolm Tillotson;Chris J. Main;Chris J. Main;Sally Hollis

  • Early Identification and Management of Psychological Risk Factors (“Yellow Flags”) in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Reappraisal

    Michael K Nicholas;Steven J Linton;Paul J Watson;Chris J Main

  • The Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire (MSPQ).

    Chris J. Main

  • The Distress and Risk Assessment Method. A simple patient classification to identify distress and evaluate the risk of poor outcome.

    Chris Main;Peter Wood;Sally Hollis;Chris Spanswick

  • Chronic low-back pain, psychologic distress, and illness behavior.

    Gordon Waddell;Chris J. Main;Emyr W. Morris;Michael Dl Paola

  • Assessment of severity in low-back disorders.

    Gordon Waddell;Chris J. Main

  • Do attitudes and beliefs influence work loss due to low back trouble

    T. L. Symonds;A. K. Burton;K. M. Tillotson;C. J. Main

  • Distinctiveness of psychological obstacles to recovery in low back pain patients in primary care

    Nadine E. Foster;Elaine Thomas;Annette Bishop;Kate M. Dunn

  • Pain management : an interdisciplinary approach

    Chris J. Main;Chris C. Spanswick

  • Quality of life in patients with psoriasis : the contribution of clinical variables and psoriasis-specific stress

    D.G. Fortune;C.J. Main;T.M. O'sullivan;T.M. O'sullivan;C.E.M. Griffiths

  • The contribution of perceptions of stigmatisation to disability in patients with psoriasis

    Helen L Richards;Dónal G Fortune;Dónal G Fortune;Christopher E.M Griffiths;Chris J Main

  • Illness perceptions of low back pain patients in primary care: what are they, do they change and are they associated with outcome?

    Nadine E. Foster;Annette Bishop;Elaine Thomas;Chris Main

  • Guide to assessing psychosocial yellow flags in acute low back pain: Risk factors for long-term disability and work loss.

    NA Kendall;SJ Linton;CJ Main;NZ Wellington

  • Patients with psoriasis and their compliance with medication

    Helen L. Richards;Donal G. Fortune;Teresa M. O'Sullivan;Chris J. Main

  • How important are back pain beliefs and expectations for satisfactory recovery from back pain

    Chris J Main;Nadine E Foster;Rachelle Buchbinder

  • Psychological aspects of pain.

    C.J. Main;P.J. Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen L. Richards
Helen L. Richards University of Manchester
Dónal G. Fortune
Dónal G. Fortune University of Limerick
Christopher E.M. Griffiths
Christopher E.M. Griffiths University of Manchester
Elaine M. Hay
Elaine M. Hay Keele University
Paul J. Watson
Paul J. Watson University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Nadine E. Foster
Nadine E. Foster University of Queensland
Michael K. Nicholas
Michael K. Nicholas University of Sydney
Steven J. Linton
Steven J. Linton Örebro University
Stephen Morley
Stephen Morley University of Leeds

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