Chair in Rehabilitation Science & Physiotherapy | Director, Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain @CprSpine @UBSportExR University of Birmingham UK

Birmingham, England
Christmas is over, the new year has begun and I’m due to take down the Christmas tree tomorrow…and now it starts snowing! Seriously!? So beautiful 🤩❄️😩
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Many congratulations to all of my PhD students who graduated this week! 👨‍🎓 Dr Ahmad AlDahas 👏🥳 Dr Mike Arvanitidis 👏🥳 Dr Ignacio Contreras Hernandez 👏🥳 Dr Valter Devecchi 👏🥳 Dr Erik Thoomes 👏🥳 @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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Congratulations to Markus Ernst @MarkusErnst67 for a great presentation of his PhD research on the effects of neck exercise and health promotion on headache in office workers 👏 #IFOMPT2024
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👇👇👇 Pre order a copy of the new edition of Grieve’s Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and use this code for a 20% discount! Publication date August 5th! @chadcookpt @JeremyLewisPT @combinedmover @MicheleSterlin7
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Well done to PhD student Giacomo Asquini @DrAsquiniPT_TMJ for giving a great presentation of his research related to manual therapy for patients with temporomandibular disorders 👏👌 @IFOMPT @CprSpine #IFOMPT2024
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📢🔥👇I just received an advance copy of the 5th Edition of Grieve’s Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy! What a privilege to work with @chadcookpt @JeremyLewisPT @combinedmover @MicheleSterlin7 as Editors of this new Edition. Congrats to the 150+ authors 🙌 @IFOMPT @PhysioMACP
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Many thanks to the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology (ISEK) for the award of ISEK Fellow 2022. It is a real honour to be recognised for my contribution to the Society and for my research in electrophysiology and kinesiology 😊 @ISEKCongress @UBSportExR
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Congratulations to everyone from @CprSpine @UBSportExR who presented at the @ISEKCongress this week #ISEK2022 👏👍
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What a spectacular evening in Québec on the eve of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day - La Fête Nationale Du Québec #ISEK2022 @ISEKCongress #SaintJeanBaptiste
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Great night out at #ISEK2022 Wonderful to have so many people here representing @CprSpine @UBSportExR
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So pleased to hear that @MattPiff has been awarded the @PhysioMACP Student Research Award for his project "Can clinicians accurately capture the location and extent of pain in people with chronic low back pain from the patient interview?" Thanks @MarcoBarberoFT for collaborating

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How wonderful to have graduation ceremonies once again!!Congratulations to all of our students who graduated today 🎓 @UBSportExR
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Congratulations ⁦@AndyCSanderson⁩ on being awarded Doctor of Philosophy! 🎉🎓I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to supervise you 😊 ⁦@CprSpine⁩ ⁦@UBSportExR⁩
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Fantastic evening with the team ⁦@CprSpine⁩ 🎄☃️ ⁦⁦@UBSportExR⁩
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I have just discovered how to make my avatar dance! Getting jiggy with it as I enjoy viewing posters at the @lbpforum2021 #backpainforum
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Professor Sallie Lamb delivering the Inaugural Forum Oration at the @lbpforum2021 #backpainforum Fascinating lecture👏
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Fantastic talk by @PeteOSullivanPT at the @lbpforum2021 on communicating with people with low back pain #backpainforum
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JUST PUBLISHED: Our REVIEW on MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES APPLIED IN SPINAL PAIN RESEARCH. 50 days' free access 👇authors.elsevier.com/a/1dsc2… @UBSportExR @CprSpine @LES_UniBham @ElsevierConnect @ISEKCongress
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🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS🔥 Just accepted in @JPhysiol Deficit in knee extension strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is explained by a reduced neural drive to the vasti muscles. Congratulations to first author @snuccio87 for this outstanding work. 👏
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Check our our latest Systematic Review: Differentiating migraine, cervicogenic headache and asymptomatic individuals based on physical examination findings: a systematic review and meta-analysis ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article… @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @BioMedCentral #headache
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Delighted to see that our book on 'Management of Neck Pain Disorders' has been translated into French 🇫🇷 @gwenjull @JuliaTreleaven and Shaun O'Leary @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @ElsevierConnect
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Muscle network topology analysis for the classification of chronic neck pain based on EMG biomarkers @DavidJimnezGra1 @mredumartinez @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @PLOSONE dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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Great to see so many presentations from @CprSpine @UBSportExR at the IASP 2021 Virtual World Congress on Pain @IASPCongress @IASPpain
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Check out our latest systematic review: THE EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN ON SPINAL AND SUPRASPINAL PROJECTIONS TO MOTONEURONS AND MOTOR UNIT PROPERTIES IN HUMANS. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @EFIC_org
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🌟50 days' free access🌟 Men and women show different adaptations of quadriceps activity following fatiguing contractions: An explanation for the increased incidence of sports-related knee injuries in women? 👉authors.elsevier.com/a/1c%7E… @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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Our latest paper published in @EurSpineJournal with @_alejandroluque SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS MEDIATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PAIN INTENSITY AND PAIN INTERFERENCE IN ACUTE/SUBACUTE WHIPLASH-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS #ChronicPain link.springer.com/article/10… @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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AHEAD OF PRINT: Widespread pain in people with TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS is associated with greater pain intensity, neck and headache related disability, depression, anxiety, hyperventilation and central sensitivity. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3378… @MarcoBarberoFT @CprSpine @UBSportExR
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🔥🔥 JUST PUBLISHED🔥🔥 QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING: Our latest work published in @SciReports provides a NOVEL METRIC OF PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD TESTING. nature.com/articles/s41598-0… @CprSpine 👀👇
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Our latest work on CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY published in the European Journal of Pain @EFIC_org @liew_xwb Anneli Peolsson, Joshua Cleland, Marco Scutari, Marie Kierkegaard, Asa Dedering @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3353…
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Some of our latest work from @CprSpine provides new insight into the use of biomarkers for the objective evaluation of movement dysfunction in people with chronic neck pain. @DavidJimnezGra1 @Farokh_Atashzar @mredumartinez @aledenunzio @JBiomech @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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Join our team @CprSpine @UBSportExR WE ARE RECRUITING THREE NEW LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURERS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPY. Deadline for application 25th of January. jobs.ac.uk/job/CDN204/lectur…
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Check out our latest REVIEW ARTICLE “New insights into pain-related changes in muscle activation revealed by high-density surface electromyography” 50 days' free access at authors.elsevier.com/a/1b2ps… @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @ElsevierConnect
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CHECK OUT OUR LATEST ARTICLE: Lack of Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia to Repetitive Back Movement in People with Chronic Low Back Pain ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/31… @PaulineKuithan @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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RESULTS FROM OUR LATEST SYSTEMATIC REVIEW- Is kinesiophobia and pain catastrophising at baseline associated with chronic pain and disability in whiplash-associated disorders? ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/31… @BJSM_BMJ @Physioinmove @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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CONGRATULATIONS ANDY SANDERSON @AndyCSanderson on winning the Michael K. O’Rourke prize for best PhD publication for the College of Life and Environmental Sciences!!! @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @unibirmingham Very proud ☺️👏
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JUST PUBLISHED: A novel application of strain sonoelastography can detect changes in Achilles tendon elasticity ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ @AleSchnee86 @MarcoBarberoFT @CorradoCescon @UBSportExR @CprSpine @jfootankleres
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JUST PUBLISHED: Influence of experimental pain on the spatio-temporal activity of upper trapezius during dynamic lifting. 50 days' free access authors.elsevier.com/c/1Z9FE… @liew_xwb @CorradoCescon @MarcoBarberoFT @CprSpine @UBSportExR
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Thank you #PSiM19 Marco Testa and @PaininMotion for a wonderful weekend in Savona 🇮🇹. #pain #movement #research 👏👏👏
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Pauline Kuithan @PaulineKuithan presenting her PhD research on exercise induced hypoalgesia #PSiM19 @CprSpine @UBSportExR @PaininMotion
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Nicola Middlebrook @nic_middlebrook presenting findings from her PhD focused on musculoskeletal trauma @CprSpine @srmrc @TraumaUoB @UBSportExR @PaininMotion #PSiM19
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PhD student Feras Alsultan @feras2007pt presenting his research evaluating the variability of spinal movement in people with neck pain @CprSpine #PSiM19 @UBSportExR @PaininMotion
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PhD student Andy Sanderson @AndyCSanderson presenting his latest work mapping the spatial distribution of erector spinae activity in people with low back pain #PSiM19 @CprSpine @UBSportExR @PaininMotion
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JUST PUBLISHED: Variation in the spatial distribution of erector spinae activity during a lumbar endurance task in people with low back pain ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3066… @AndyCSanderson @JAnatomy @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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One of our latest studies showing decreased movement variability in people with chronic neck pain, especially in those with higher fear of movement. 50 days' free access to the article authors.elsevier.com/a/1YYt6… @CprSpine @jclinbiomech @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham
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Thank you @Physioinmove @CCSaludUMA for a wonderful time in Malaga. A great opportunity to teach a fantastic group of Spanish physiotherapists.
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Members of @CprSpine trying to learn to “floss” tonight at @UBSportExR Christmas celebrations @HeneghanNicola @abrushton
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Just received a copy of our new book “MANAGEMENT OF NECK PAIN DISORDERS” 😁 @gwenjull @JuliaTreleaven @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @ElsevierNews
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Thank you @2018Isek for a wonderful Congress! Good times and great memories #ISEK2018
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Our very own Carlos Murillo wins “best student oral presentation” at @2018Isek #2018Isek @CprSpine @UBSportExR very proud! 😁
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Thank you Finnish physiotherapy and musculoskeletal medicine for a very "cool" week last week ❄️🎿🏂 @josefsenmartin
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Lots of action at our #CPRSpine patient and public involvement day @CprSpine @UBSportExR @LES_UniBham @UOBengage
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WE ARE RECRUITING new faculty members @CprSpine @UBSportExR University of Birmingham bit.ly/READER-SPINAL-PAIN
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For those of you who are already into Friday-Happy Australia Day! #AustraliaDay2018 🇦🇺 "I still call Australia home"
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Our new text📖 “Management of neck pain disorders–A research informed approach” has been submitted to the publisher!👍
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Thank you Reunion Island physios for a wonderful teaching experience ☀️ 🏄 🌺 #NeckPain #Headache #Dizziness
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Great to get the @CprSpine team together on the eve of #Physio2017 @UBSportExR @thecsp @PhysioMACP
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Lots of fun teaching in Iceland this w-end. Thanks again @UnnurPeters @Sigrun_Konrads @josefsenmartin
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Great workshop today at @CprSpine - EMG to aid decision making for return to play @physiquipe @velamed @NoraxonUSA
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Evaluating neck muscle activation during rally car driving in Torino today with @otbioelettronic #EMG #MotorControl
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I'm up and ready to attend #ISB2017 The problem is that I'm about 4 hours too early 😳 #jetlag @ISBiomechanics
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My first baseball game thanks to @btetech @cwetherington24 @physiquipe . @Orioles won!! 👏👍 Brilliant night!!
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New insights into the mechanisms underlying perpetuation of pain with repetitive activity bit.ly/trapezius-pain
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Our recent work on pain extent in chronic tension-type headache bit.ly/TTH-pain
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Back Pain plenary session starting soon. @ECSS2017 #ecss2017
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Amazing opening ceremony for #ECSS2017 Identification, Inactivity, Individuality and Inclusion @ECSS2017
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Our latest work on profiling the location and extent of musicians' pain bit.ly/pain-musician @MarcoBarberoFT
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My latest review with @paulwhodges INDIVIDUALIZED EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS FOR SPINAL PAIN bit.ly/Exercise-Spine
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Just received my copy of the new Clinical Sports Medicine @BruknerKhan Proud to be a contributor to this new edition
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EEG as a biomarker to predict opioid analgesic response ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27…
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Understanding how secondary temporomandibular disorders may develop in people with neck pain bit.ly/HDEMG-masseter
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Replying to @FionaWilsonf
Pleasure to be here! They are working hard!! 👍
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AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ : Discord Between Approaches to Spinal and Extremity Disorders @JOSPT bit.ly/JULL-Spine
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Short- and long-term effects of exercise on neck muscle function in cervical radiculopathy bit.ly/RCT_Radiculopathy
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Passive and active stiffness differs for the deep and superficial neck extensors bit.ly/ShearWave
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