Elaine Thomas

Overview

Best Publications

• Outcome of low back pain in general practice: a prospective study

  Peter R Croft;Gary J Macfarlane;Ann C Papageorgiou;Elaine Thomas

  993
  Citations

• A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies

  Clermont E. Dionne;Kate M. Dunn;Peter R. Croft;Alf L. Nachemson

  926
  Citations

• Occupational risk factors for shoulder pain: a systematic review

  D. A. W. M. Van Der Windt;E. Thomas;D. P. Pope;A. F. De Winter

  734
  Citations

• Predicting who develops chronic low back pain in primary care: a prospective study

  Elaine Thomas;Alan J Silman;Peter R Croft;Ann C Papageorgiou

  689
  Citations

• The prevalence of pain and pain interference in a general population of older adults: cross-sectional findings from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP)

  Elaine Thomas;George Peat;Lindsey Harris;Ross Wilkie

  653
  Citations

• Risk factors for neck pain: a longitudinal study in the general population.

  Peter R. Croft;Martyn Lewis;Ann C. Papageorgiou;Elaine Thomas

  619
  Citations

• Psychologic distress and low back pain : evidence from a prospective study in the general population

  Peter R. Croft;Ann C. Papageorgiou;Susan Ferry;Elaine Thomas

  453
  Citations

• Prognostic factors for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a systematic review.

  Christian D Mallen;George Peat;Elaine Thomas;Kate M Dunn

  416
  Citations

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

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

  403
  Citations

• Sjögren's syndrome: a community-based study of prevalence and impact.

  E Thomas;E M Hay;A Hajeer;A J Silman

  376
  Citations

• Risk of malignancy among patients with rheumatic conditions.

  Elaine Thomas;David H. Brewster;Roger J. Black;Gary J. Macfarlane

  369
  Citations

• Patients' preferences within randomised trials: systematic review and patient level meta-analysis

  Simon J Adamson;J Martin Bland;Elaine M Hay;Ruth E Johnson

  365
  Citations

• 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

  362
  Citations

• Employment and Physical Work Activities as Predictors of Future Low Back Pain

  Gary J. Macfarlane;Elaine Thomas;Ann C. Papageorgiou;Peter R. Croft

  342
  Citations

• How does the self-reported clinical management of patients with low back pain relate to the attitudes and beliefs of health care practitioners? A survey of UK general practitioners and physiotherapists

  Annette Bishop;Nadine E. Foster;Elaine Thomas;Elaine M. Hay

  338
  Citations

• Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial

  Nadine E Foster;Elaine Thomas;Panos Barlas;Jonathan C Hill

  310
  Citations

• Weak association between subjective symptoms or and objective testing for dry eyes and dry mouth: results from a population based study.

  Elaine M Hay;E Thomas;B Pal;Ali Hajeer

  301
  Citations

• Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess disabling foot pain

  Adam P. Garrow;Ann C. Papageorgiou;Alan J. Silman;Elaine Thomas

  287
  Citations

• The grading of hallux valgus. The Manchester Scale.

  Adam P. Garrow;Ann Papageorgiou;Alan J. Silman;Elaine Thomas

  284
  Citations

• Psychosocial factors in the workplace--do they predict new episodes of low back pain? Evidence from the South Manchester Back Pain Study.

  Ann C. Papageorgiou;Gary J. Macfarlane;Elaine Thomas;Peter R. Croft

  260
  Citations