Friday, 13th September Sydney Spinal Symposium 2024

Registration, Coffee and Poster Mounting

• Progress in the treatment and prevention of low back pain - Natasha Pocovi
• Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Patients' six-month and twelve-month Follow-up Analysis from the MYelopathy NAtural History (MYNAH) Registry - Nashwa Najib
• Navigating complexities: clinicians' experiences and systemic challenges in the implementation of evidence-based practice for chronic low back pain - a qualitative study - Emily D Walker
• Clinician experiences in providing reassurance for patients with low back pain in primary care: a qualitative study - Anika Young

• Implementation of a virtual hospital model of care for low back pain (Back@Home): a preliminary analysis - Crystian Bitencourt Soares de Oliveira
• Variability and commonalities in diagnostic practices & surgical threshold for degenerative cervical myelopathy amongst surgical professionals in Australasia - Rohil Chauhan
• Revealing Undiagnosed Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Prevalence in Non-Cervical Orthopaedic Patients Using Whole Spine Sagittal MRI - Rohil Chauhan
• Trends in opioid dispensing to workers with workers’ compensation claims for musculoskeletal conditions following codeine scheduling changes in Australia - Michael Di Donato
• Craniocervical measurements in Ehlers Danlos syndrome patients - Dineth Fernando
• Barriers and enablers to exercise adherence in people with chronic low back pain - Yannick L Gilanyi
•  Preliminary Outcomes of the OBELIX Study: Evaluating the Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Back Pain in Obese Patients  - Froukje Koremans
• Pharmacological interventions for spine-related leg pain (sciatica): protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis   - Jackson Linke
• Pharmacological management of acute and chronic sciatica: updates on the OASIS and DREAM placebo-controlled trials - Hanan McLachlan
• "I could 100% see myself getting hurt if I did it wrong": a qualitative exploration of exercise perceptions in people with chronic low back pain - Andrew R Natoli
• Clinical and radiographic results of failed spine constructs revised with patient specific implants - William Parr
• Clinical kinematics of cervical total disc replacement, fusion and hybrid procedures with a proposed biomechanical model for adjacent segment disease. - William Parr
• Personalised Spinal Surgery for Australians: Clinical Study and Systematic Review - William CH Parr
• Retrospective case series of cooled radiofrequency ablation of the sacroiliac joint - Prashanth Rao
• Craniocervical measurements in patients with suspected craniocervical instability - Prashanth Rao
• Establishing a Comprehensive Care Paradigm: Insights from a Specialised Combined Scoliosis Clinic in Australia - Alisha Sial
• Decay Variance (DeVa): A novel magnetic resonance imaging postprocessing technique for the assessment of intervertebral disk degeneration and low back pain   - Stone Sima
• Test-retest reliability and measurement error of the numerical rating scale and visual analogue scale in people with low back pain - Sam A Williams
• COMPLIER AVERAGE CAUSAL EFFECT OF OXYCODONE/NALOXONE FOR ACUTE SPINAL PAIN: A REANALYSIS OF THE OPAL TRIAL DATA - Zhiwei Yang
• Patient characteristics associated with the provision of reassurance during a consultation for low back pain - Anika Young
• Trident Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain Classification: A Comprehensive Cohort Study of Patients with Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain Assessed by the PainDETECT Questionnaire - Stone Sima
• Fears and beliefs towards running in adults with chronic low back pain: a mixed methods study from the ASTEROID randomised controlled trial - Christopher Neason
• Emergency Department Length of Stay and Re-presentation Rates in Patients with Low Back Pain A Medical Record Review Study - Xiaotian Xu
• Physiotherapy Medication Prescribing Practice A Scoping Review - Xiaotian Xu

• Omic Profiling in Osteoarthritis - Mohit Kapoor
• RESHAP-ED trial: learnings from embedding a clinical trial in routine emergency departments - Tarcisio de Campos
• Process and implementation evaluation of a virtual hospital model of care for low back pain (Back@Home) - Min Jiat Teng
• Association between non-spinal comorbid medical conditions and neuropathic low back pain. – A further unravelling of pain complexities in the context of back pain. - Stone Sima

• Exploring Real-World Adaptation of Protocolised Interventions for Effective Pain Management: A Qualitative Analysis - Jack JD Devonshire
• A systematic review and meta analysis of exercise adherence and clinical outcomes in adults with chronic low back pain - Matt Jones
• Clinical Signs and Symptoms for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Scoping Review of case control studies to facilitate Early Diagnosis among healthcare professionals - Suhani SS Sharma
• Imaging predictors of progression of lumbar spondylolysis to spondylolisthesis: a systematic review - Stone Sima
• A novel, 100% encapsulated controlled release scaffold for rhBPM-2 in a large animal model - William R Walsh
• Effectiveness of strategies for implementing guideline-concordant care in low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Siya Zhao

• Pharmacological management of low back pain - Christine Lin

• Treatment effect modifiers for return-to-work in patients with musculoskeletal disorders - Martjie Venter
• Changes in pregabalin dispensing to Australians with workers’ compensation claims for low back pain following the listing of pregabalin on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme - Michael Di Donato
• Antidepressants for non-specific low back pain and spine-related leg pain: A Cochrane review - Michael C Ferraro
• Influence of workers’ compensation on outcomes in spinal endoscopic surgery. - Prashanth Rao
• RESHAP-ED: a randomised trial of primary-contact physiotherapy for musculoskeletal pain in emergency departments - Ponsuge Chathurani Sigera
• Efficacy and harms of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and opioids for musculoskeletal pain in older persons - Lisa Vizza

• Effectiveness of Spine Surgery - Can We Make Sense of Conflicting Evidence? - Peter Robertson
• Decompression with or without fusion in subgroups of people with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a target trial emulation   - Harrison J Hansford
• Halo traction evaluation of Cranio-cervical instability in hereditary connective tissue disorder patients: case series - Prashanth Rao
• Smallest worthwhile effect of lumbar discectomy versus non-surgical options for sciatica: a benefit-harm trade-off study - Ali Salame