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Peter O'Sullivan

Peter O'Sullivan

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Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
29293
World Ranking
12683
National Ranking
414

Overview

Peter O'Sullivan is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation. Their research output spans various aspects of pain management, musculoskeletal conditions, and therapeutic interventions.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Beliefs about the body and pain: the critical role in musculoskeletal pain management, 2020, Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
  • Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain (RESTORE): a randomised, controlled, three-arm, parallel group, phase 3, clinical trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Physiotherapists' perceptions of learning and implementing a biopsychosocial intervention to treat musculoskeletal pain conditions: a systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies, 2020, Pain
  • Training of Physical Therapists to Deliver Individualized Biopsychosocial Interventions to Treat Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: A Scoping Review, 2021, Physical Therapy
  • Patient-centred care: the cornerstone for high-value musculoskeletal pain management, 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Anne Smith (53 joint publications)
  • Peter Kent (30 joint publications)
  • Amity Campbell (28 joint publications)
  • Kieran O'Sullivan (20 joint publications)
  • J.P. Cañeiro (17 joint publications)

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Physical Therapy (7 publications)
  • Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (7 publications)
  • Disability and Rehabilitation (6 publications)
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine (5 publications)
  • European Journal of Pain (5 publications)

Peter O'Sullivan's research mainly covers the broad field of Medicine, with subfields including Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, General Health Professions, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main research topics addressed include:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
  • Sports injuries and prevention

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of Specific Stabilizing Exercise in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain With Radiologic Diagnosis of Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis

    Peter B. O'Sullivan;Grad Dip Manip Phyty;Lance T. Twomey;Garry T. Allison

  • Diagnosis and classification of chronic low back pain disorders: maladaptive movement and motor control impairments as underlying mechanism.

    Peter O’Sullivan

  • 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

  • Masterclass. Lumbar segmental ‘instability’: clinical presentation and specific stabilizing exercise management

    P.B. O'Sullivan

  • Efficacy of classification-based cognitive functional therapy in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial

    K. Vibe Fersum;Peter O'Sullivan;J. Skouen;J. Skouen;Anne Smith

  • The effect of different standing and sitting postures on trunk muscle activity in a pain-free population.

    Peter B O'Sullivan;Kirsty M Grahamslaw;Michelle Kendell;Shaun C Lapenskie

  • Lumbar repositioning deficit in a specific low back pain population

    Peter B. O’Sullivan;Angus Burnett;Alexander N. Floyd;Kristen Gadsdon

  • Cognitive Functional Therapy: An Integrated Behavioral Approach for the Targeted Management of Disabling Low Back Pain

    Peter B O’Sullivan;J P Caneiro;Mary O’Keeffe;Anne Smith

  • Differences in sitting postures are associated with nonspecific chronic low back pain disorders when patients are subclassified.

    Wim Dankaerts;Peter O'Sullivan;Angus Burnett;Leon Straker

  • Physiotherapists may stigmatise or feel unprepared to treat people with low back pain and psychosocial factors that influence recovery: a systematic review

    Aoife Synnott;Mary O'Keeffe;Samantha Bunzli;Wim Dankaerts

  • The influence of different sitting postures on head/neck posture and muscle activity

    Joao Paulo Caneiro;Peter O'Sullivan;Angus Burnett;Avi Barach

  • Effect of different upright sitting postures on spinal-pelvic curvature and trunk muscle activation in a pain-free population.

    Peter B O'Sullivan;Wim Dankaerts;Angus F Burnett;Garreth T Farrell

  • Altered Abdominal Muscle Recruitment in Patients With Chronic Back Pain Following a Specific Exercise Intervention

    Peter B. O'Sullivan;Lance Twomey;Garry T. Allison

  • Reliability of EMG measurements for trunk muscles during maximal and sub-maximal voluntary isometric contractions in healthy controls and CLBP patients

    Wim Dankaerts;Peter Bruce O’Sullivan;Angus Firth Burnett;Leon Melville Straker

  • Altered motor control strategies in subjects with sacroiliac joint pain during the active straight-leg-raise test.

    Peter B O'Sullivan;Darren J Beales;Julie A Beetham;Jillian Cripps

  • It's time for change with the management of non-specific chronic low back pain

    Peter O'Sullivan

  • The relationship beween posture and back muscle endurance in industrial workers with flexion-related low back pain.

    Peter B. O’Sullivan;Tim Mitchell;Paul Bulich;Rob Waller

  • A comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic office workers performing monotonous keyboard work—1: Neck and shoulder muscle recruitment patterns

    Grace P.Y. Szeto;Grace P.Y. Szeto;Leon M. Straker;Peter B. O’Sullivan

  • Altered patterns of superficial trunk muscle activation during sitting in nonspecific chronic low back pain patients: importance of subclassification.

    Wim Dankaerts;Peter O'Sullivan;Angus Burnett;Leon Straker

  • Altered patterns of abdominal muscle activation in patients with chronic low back pain

    Peter O'Sullivan;Lance Twomey;Garry Allison;Jenny Sinclair

Frequent Co-Authors

Leon Straker
Leon Straker Curtin University
Jaro Karppinen
Jaro Karppinen University of Oulu
Clare S. Rees
Clare S. Rees Curtin University
Steven J. Linton
Steven J. Linton Örebro University
Christopher G. Maher
Christopher G. Maher University of Sydney
Peter F. M. Choong
Peter F. M. Choong University of Melbourne
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Thomas Graven-Nielsen
Thomas Graven-Nielsen Aalborg University
Ottmar V. Lipp
Ottmar V. Lipp Curtin University
Rachelle Buchbinder
Rachelle Buchbinder Monash University

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