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Christopher G. Maher

Christopher G. Maher

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Medicine
Australia
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
138
Citations
82808
World Ranking
1812
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Christopher G. Maher is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on areas such as pharmacology, economics and econometrics, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The scientist's work covers key topics including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, clinical practice guidelines implementation, pain management and the placebo effect, healthcare cost, quality, and practices, as well as opioid use disorder treatment.

Frequent publication venues for Maher's research include:

  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of physiotherapy
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
  • Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Christopher G. Maher are:

  • Proteogenomic Landscape of Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy (2020), published in Cell
  • The Lancet Series call to action to reduce low value care for low back pain: an update (2020), published in Pain
  • Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis (2021), published in BMJ
  • Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial (2023), published in The Lancet
  • Epidural corticosteroid injections for lumbosacral radicular pain (2020), published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Christopher G. Maher has collaborated extensively with a number of researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Giovanni Ferreira
  • Gustavo C Machado
  • Joshua R Zadro
  • Rachelle Buchbinder
  • Ian A. Harris

In recognition of their contributions to health and medical sciences, Maher was awarded the title of Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Reliability of the PEDro Scale for Rating Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Christopher G. Maher;Catherine Sherrington;Robert D. Herbert;Anne M. Moseley

  • What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Jan Hartvigsen;Mark J Hancock;Alice Kongsted;Quinette Louw

  • Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.

    Nadine E Foster;Johannes R Anema;Dan Cherkin;Roger Chou

  • Non-specific low back pain

    Christopher G. Maher;Martin Underwood;Martin Underwood;Rachelle Buchbinder

  • An updated overview of clinical guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care

    Bart W. Koes;Maurits van Tulder;Chung-Wei Christine Lin;Luciana G Macedo

  • Evidence for Physiotherapy Practice: A Survey of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)

    Anne M Moseley;Robert D Herbert;Catherine Sherrington;Christopher G Maher

  • Acute low back pain: systematic review of its prognosis.

    Liset H M Pengel;Robert D Herbert;Chris G Maher;Kathryn M Refshauge

  • Global Rating of Change Scales: A Review of Strengths and Weaknesses and Considerations for Design

    Steven J Kamper;Christopher G Maher;Grant Mackay

  • Low back pain: a call for action

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Maurits van Tulder;Birgitta Öberg;Lucíola Menezes Costa

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview

    Crystian B. Oliveira;Chris G. Maher;Rafael Z. Pinto;Adrian C. Traeger

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  • What does best practice care for musculoskeletal pain look like? Eleven consistent recommendations from high-quality clinical practice guidelines: systematic review

    Ivan Lin;Louise Wiles;Rob Waller;Roger Goucke

  • The Influence of the Therapist-Patient Relationship on Treatment Outcome in Physical Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review

    Amanda M. Hall;Paulo H. Ferreira;Christopher G. Maher;Jane Latimer

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  • Prognosis in patients with recent onset low back pain in Australian primary care: inception cohort study

    Nicholas Henschke;Christopher G Maher;Kathryn M Refshauge;Robert D Herbert

  • The prognosis of acute and persistent low-back pain: a meta-analysis

    Luciola da C. Menezes Costa;Christopher G. Maher;Mark J. Hancock;James H. McAuley

  • Efficacy and safety of paracetamol for spinal pain and osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo controlled trials.

    Gustavo C. Machado;Chris G. Maher;Paulo H. Ferreira;Marina B. Pinheiro

  • 2015 updated method guideline for systematic reviews in the Cochrane Back and Neck Group

    A. D. Furlan;A. Malmivaara;R. Chou;C. G. Maher

  • Comparison of general exercise, motor control exercise and spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain: A randomized trial

    Manuela L. Ferreira;Paulo H. Ferreira;Jane Latimer;Robert D. Herbert

  • Exercise for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

    Chung Wei Christine Lin;Deborah Taylor;Sita M A Bierma-Zeinstra;Christopher G. Maher

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuela L. Ferreira
Manuela L. Ferreira University of Sydney
Robert D. Herbert
Robert D. Herbert Neuroscience Research Australia
Andrew J. McLachlan
Andrew J. McLachlan University of Sydney
Kathryn M. Refshauge
Kathryn M. Refshauge University of Sydney
Bart W. Koes
Bart W. Koes Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rachelle Buchbinder
Rachelle Buchbinder Monash University
Maurits W. van Tulder
Maurits W. van Tulder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Arul M. Chinnaiyan
Arul M. Chinnaiyan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Catherine Sherrington
Catherine Sherrington University of Sydney
Robert Adams
Robert Adams Flinders University

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