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Medicine
Australia
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
133
Citations
66411
World Ranking
2226
National Ranking
65

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Paul W. Hodges is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of medicine, with a focus on several subfields including pharmacology, surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, biomedical engineering, and rheumatology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain mechanisms and treatments
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research
  • Spine and intervertebral disc pathology
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Sports injuries and prevention

Paul W. Hodges has published extensively in a range of scientific journals. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology (11 publications)
  • European Spine Journal (9 publications)
  • Pain (8 publications)
  • Continence (8 publications)
  • Neurourology and Urodynamics (6 publications)

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • "Consensus for experimental design in electromyography (CEDE) project: Amplitude normalization matrix," 2020, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
  • "A critical review of the biopsychosocial model of low back pain care: time for a new approach?" 2020, Disability and Rehabilitation
  • "Methods to discriminate between mechanism-based categories of pain experienced in the musculoskeletal system: a systematic review," 2020, Pain
  • "Features and methods to discriminate between mechanism-based categories of pain experienced in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi expert consensus study," 2022, Pain
  • "Systematic Review and Synthesis of Mechanism-based Classification Systems for Pain Experienced in the Musculoskeletal System," 2020, Clinical Journal of Pain

Collaboration is a distinct aspect of their research profile. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bill Vicenzino (26 collaborative publications)
  • Manuela Besomi (24 collaborative publications)
  • Sauro E. Salomoni (23 collaborative publications)
  • David M. Klyne (20 collaborative publications)
  • Wolbert van den Hoorn (19 collaborative publications)

Paul W. Hodges has received several honors including:

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science, awarded in 2019
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, awarded in 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1933

The profile suggests a focus on advancing understanding in musculoskeletal pain, its mechanisms, and rehabilitation techniques through clinical and experimental research methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Inefficient muscular stabilization of the lumbar spine associated with low back pain : A motor control evaluation of transversus abdominis

    Paul W. Hodges;Carolyn A. Richardson

  • Contraction of the Abdominal Muscles Associated With Movement of the Lower Limb

    Paul W Hodges;Carolyn A Richardson

  • A comparison of computer-based methods for the determination of onset of muscle contraction using electromyography

    Paul W. Hodges;Bang H. Bui

  • Measurement of muscle contraction with ultrasound imaging.

    P.W. Hodges;L.H.M. Pengel;R.D. Herbert;S.C. Gandevia

  • Moving differently in pain: a new theory to explain the adaptation to pain.

    Paul W. Hodges;Kylie Tucker

  • Altered trunk muscle recruitment in people with low back pain with upper limb movement at different speeds

    Paul W. Hodges;Carolyn A. Richardson

  • Feedforward contraction of transversus abdominis is not influenced by the direction of arm movement

    P. W. Hodges;C. A. Richardson

  • Pain and motor control of the lumbopelvic region: effect and possible mechanisms

    Paul W. Hodges;G.Lorimer Moseley

  • Delayed postural contraction of transversus abdominis in low back pain associated with movement of the lower limb.

    Paul W. Hodges;Carolyn A. Richardson

  • Therapeutic Exercise for Lumbopelvic Stabilization: A Motor Control Approach for the Treatment and Prevention of Low Back Pain

    Carolyn Richardson;Paul W. Hodges;Julie Hides

  • Therapeutic exercise for lumbopelvic stabilization

    C. A. Richardson;P. Hodges;J. A. Hides

  • Patients With Neck Pain Demonstrate Reduced Electromyographic Activity of the Deep Cervical Flexor Muscles During Performance of the Craniocervical Flexion Test

    Deborah L. Falla;Gwendolen A. Jull;Paul W. Hodges

  • Delayed onset of electromyographic activity of vastus medialis obliquus relative to vastus lateralis in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome.

    Sallie M. Cowan;Kim L. Bennell;Paul W. Hodges;Kay M. Crossley

  • Co-activation of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles during voluntary exercises.

    R.R. Sapsford;P.W. Hodges;C.A. Richardson;D.H. Cooper

  • A randomized controlled trial of intensive neurophysiology education in chronic low back pain.

    G Lorimer Moseley;Michael K Nicholas;Paul W Hodges

  • Changes in intra-abdominal pressure during postural and respiratory activation of the human diaphragm.

    Paul W. Hodges;Simon C. Gandevia

  • Is there a role for transversus abdominis in lumbo-pelvic stability?

    P.W. Hodges

  • Changes in recruitment of the abdominal muscles in people with low back pain: Ultrasound measurement of muscle activity

    Paulo H. Ferreira;Manuela L. Ferreira;Paul W. Hodges

  • 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

  • Experimental muscle pain changes feedforward postural responses of the trunk muscles

    Paul W. Hodges;Paul W. Hodges;G. Lorimer Moseley;Anna Gabrielsson;Simon C. Gandevia

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim L. Bennell
Kim L. Bennell University of Melbourne
Bill Vicenzino
Bill Vicenzino University of Queensland
Siobhan M. Schabrun
Siobhan M. Schabrun Neuroscience Research Australia
G. Lorimer Moseley
G. Lorimer Moseley University of South Australia
Rana S. Hinman
Rana S. Hinman University of Melbourne
Jaap H. van Dieën
Jaap H. van Dieën Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gwendolen Jull
Gwendolen Jull University of Queensland
Kay M. Crossley
Kay M. Crossley La Trobe University
Manuela L. Ferreira
Manuela L. Ferreira University of Sydney
Simon C. Gandevia
Simon C. Gandevia Neuroscience Research Australia

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