List of works - Mark J. Hancock

A Child's Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the McKenzie Method to Motor Control Exercises in People With Chronic Low Back Pain and a Directional Preference

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

A guide to interpretation of studies investigating subgroups of responders to physical therapy interventions.

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

A guide to survival analysis for manual therapy clinicians and researchers

scientific article

A literature review reveals that trials evaluating treatment of non-specific low back pain use inconsistent criteria to identify serious pathologies and nerve root involvement

scientific article

A modified Delphi approach to standardize low back pain recurrence terminology

scientific article

A physiotherapist-led exercise and education program for preventing recurrence of low back pain: a randomised controlled pilot trial.

scientific article published in September 2017

A randomized clinical trial comparing the McKenzie method and motor control exercises in people with chronic low back pain and a directional preference: 1-year follow-up

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

A randomized controlled trial comparing McKenzie therapy and motor control exercises on the recruitment of trunk muscles in people with chronic low back pain: a trial protocol

scientific article published on 01 August 2014

A systematic review of paracetamol for non-specific low back pain

scientific article

A systematic review reveals that the credibility of subgroup claims in low back pain trials was low.

scientific article

Activity level predicts 6-minute walk distance in healthy older females: an observational study

scientific article published on 10 April 2012

Acute Low Back Pain? Do Not Blame the Weather-A Case-Crossover Study.

scientific article

Adults attending private physiotherapy practices seek diagnosis, pain relief, improved function, education and prevention: a survey.

scientific article

Advancing imaging technologies for patients with spinal pain: with a focus on whiplash injury.

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

An Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for the Management of Low Back Pain in Community Pharmacy: Development and Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Ankylosing spondylitis

scientific article published on 03 August 2016

Answer to the letter to the editor of J. Hebert et al. concerning “Hancock MJ, Maher CG, Latimer J, Herbert RD, McAuley JH (2008) Independent evaluation of a clinical prediction rule for spinal manipulative therapy: a randomised controlled trial. Ep

scientific article published on 29 July 2008

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: COPD-X Australian and New Zealand guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2017 update

scientific article published on 03 September 2018

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management. NICE guideline [NG101]

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

scientific article published on 26 March 2019

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a clinical practice guideline

scientific article published on 04 June 2019

Appraisal of: Australian and New Zealand Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinical Practice Guideline

scientific article published on 16 September 2017

Are People With Whiplash-Associated Neck Pain Different From People With Nonspecific Neck Pain?

scientific article published on 3 September 2016

Are Small Effects for Back Pain Interventions Really Surprising?

scientific article published on May 2016

Assessment of diclofenac or spinal manipulative therapy, or both, in addition to recommended first-line treatment for acute low back pain: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Author Response

Author response: Unfounded criticisms

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Benefits and Threats to Using Social Media for Presenting and Implementing Evidence

scientific article

Can predictors of response to NSAIDs be identified in patients with acute low back pain?

scientific article published on October 2009

Can rate of recovery be predicted in patients with acute low back pain? Development of a clinical prediction rule

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

Can we predict response to the McKenzie method in patients with acute low back pain? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 23 November 2011

Clinicians' views on factors that trigger a sudden onset of low back pain

scientific article

Clinimetric Testing of the Lumbar Spine Instability Questionnaire

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Clinimetrics corner: choosing appropriate study designs for particular questions about treatment subgroups

scientific article published on September 2010

Correspondence: Author response to Ganesh

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Critical appraisal of clinical prediction rules that aim to optimize treatment selection for musculoskeletal conditions

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Definitions of recurrence of an episode of low back pain: a systematic review

scientific article published on April 2009

DiTA: a database of diagnostic test accuracy studies for physiotherapists

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Clinical Examination in Identifying the Level of Herniation in Patients with Sciatica ⬇️

scientific article published on May 15, 2011

Discussion paper: what happened to the 'bio' in the bio-psycho-social model of low back pain?

scientific article published on 25 June 2011

Do MRI Findings Change Over a Period of Up to 1 Year in Patients With Low Back Pain and/or Sciatica?: A Systematic Review.

scientific article

Do MRI findings identify patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes who respond best to rest or exercise: a subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Do MRI findings identify patients with low back pain or sciatica who respond better to particular interventions? A systematic review.

scientific article published on 02 September 2015

Do findings identified on magnetic resonance imaging predict future neck pain? a systematic review

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Do older adults with chronic low back pain differ from younger adults in regards to baseline characteristics and prognosis?

scientific article

Do prognostic variables predict a set of outcomes for patients with chronic low back pain: a long-term follow-up secondary analysis of a randomized control trial

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Does anterior trunk pain predict a different course of recovery in chronic low back pain?

scientific article published on 4 February 2014

Does magnetic resonance imaging predict future low back pain? A systematic review

scientific article

Does the addition of visceral manipulation alter outcomes for patients with low back pain? A randomized placebo controlled trial.

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Does the addition of visceral manipulation improve outcomes for patients with low back pain? Rationale and study protocol ⬇️

scientific article published on January 16, 2013

Does weather affect daily pain intensity levels in patients with acute low back pain? A prospective cohort study.

scientific article

Effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce the use of imaging for low-back pain: a systematic review

scientific article

Effects of kinesiotaping on foot posture in participants with pronated foot: A quasi-randomised, double-blind study

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Efficacy of paracetamol for acute low-back pain: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 23 July 2014

Efficacy of the McKenzie method in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a protocol of randomized placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 02 October 2014

Evaluation of a treatment-based classification algorithm for low back pain: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 17 February 2011

Evaluation of guideline-endorsed red flags to screen for fracture in patients presenting with low back pain

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

Exercise programs may be effective in preventing a new episode of neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Exploring the concept of pain of Australian children with and without pain: qualitative study

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Global Perceived Effect scales provided reliable assessments of health transition in people with musculoskeletal disorders, but ratings are strongly influenced by current status.

scientific article published on 8 January 2010

Healthcare expenditure and its predictors in a cohort of Australians living with sciatica

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Heritability and lifestyle factors in chronic low back pain: Results of the Australian Twin Low Back Pain Study (The AUTBACK study)

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How common is imaging for low back pain in primary and emergency care? Systematic review and meta-analysis of over 4 million imaging requests across 21 years

scientific article published on 13 February 2019

How do we define the condition 'recurrent low back pain'? A systematic review

scientific article

How is radiating leg pain defined in randomized controlled trials of conservative treatments in primary care? A systematic review.

scientific article published on 13 August 2013

How little pain and disability do patients with low back pain have to experience to feel that they have recovered?

scientific article published on 13 March 2010

Imaging for low back pain: is clinical use consistent with guidelines? A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

Independent evaluation of a clinical prediction rule for spinal manipulative therapy: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

Influence of clinician characteristics and operational factors on recruitment of participants with low back pain: an observational study

scientific article published on 15 January 2015

Interpretation of dichotomous outcomes: risk, odds, risk ratios, odds ratios and number needed to treat.

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

Interpretation of dichotomous outcomes: sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, and pre-test and post-test probability

scientific article

Interpretation of subgroup effects in published trials

scientific article published on 21 February 2013

Invited Commentary

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Is preoperative physical activity level of patients undergoing cancer surgery associated with postoperative outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 October 2018

Letter re: Christiansen DH, de Vos Andersen N-B, Poulsen PH, Ostelo RW, The smallest worthwhile effect of primary care physiotherapy did not differ across musculoskeletal pain sites, Journal of clinical epidemiology (2018), doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Letter to the Editor concerning "Predicting a beneficial response to motor control training in patients with low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study" by Hides JA, et al. (Eur Spine J. 2019; doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7)

scientific article published on 24 August 2019

Letters

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Longitudinal Fibular Deficiency: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Lower Limb Function of Children and Young People with That of Unaffected Peers

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Low back pain and best practice care: A survey of general practice physicians

scientific article published in February 2010

MRI findings are more common in selected patients with acute low back pain than controls?

scientific article published on 6 August 2011

Manipulative therapy and/or NSAIDs for acute low back pain: design of a randomized controlled trial [ACTRN012605000036617]

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McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy was slightly more effective than placebo for pain, but not for disability, in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomised placebo controlled trial with short and longer term foll

scientific article

On "Clinical prediction rules for physical therapy interventions..." Beneciuk JM, et al. Phys Ther. 2009;89:114-124

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Optimal designs for prediction studies of whiplash.

scientific article published on December 2011

PACE--the first placebo controlled trial of paracetamol for acute low back pain: design of a randomised controlled trial

scientific article

PACE--the first placebo controlled trial of paracetamol for acute low back pain: statistical analysis plan.

scientific article published on 09 August 2013

PRECISE - pregabalin in addition to usual care for sciatica: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

PRECISE--pregabalin in addition to usual care: statistical analysis plan

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Pilates for Low Back Pain: Complete Republication of a Cochrane Review.

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Pilates for low back pain

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Pilates for low back pain.

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Predicting pain recovery in patients with acute low back pain: Updating and validation of a clinical prediction model

scientific article published on 24 September 2018

Predicting rapid recovery from acute low back pain based on the intensity, duration and history of pain: A validation study

scientific article published on 19 March 2014

Predicting recovery in patients with acute low back pain: A Clinical Prediction Model.

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Predicting response to motor control exercises and graded activity for patients with low back pain: preplanned secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Preoperative exercise halves the postoperative complication rate in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review of the effect of exercise on complications, length of stay and quality of life in patients with cancer.

scientific article published in February 2018

Prevalence of benign osseous lesions of the spine and association with spinal pain in the general population in whole body MRI

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Prevention of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article

Prognosis for patients with chronic low back pain: inception cohort study

scientific article published on 06 October 2009

Prognosis of chronic low back pain in patients presenting to a private community-based group exercise program ⬇️

scientific article published on 23 June 2013

Prognostic factors for pain and functional disability in children and adolescents with persisting pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 13 February 2020

Prospective Comparison of Changes in Lumbar Spine MRI Findings over Time between Individuals with Acute Low Back Pain and Controls: An Exploratory Study.

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RESTORE-Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 18 August 2019

Recruitment rate for a clinical trial was associated with particular operational procedures and clinician characteristics.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Recurrence of low back pain is common: a prospective inception cohort study

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain.

scientific article published in October 2014

Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain: systematic review

scientific article

Reliability of the Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy System in Patients With Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Resistance training for strength: effect of number of sets and contraction speed.

scientific article published in September 2005

Responsiveness of the 24-, 18- and 11-item versions of the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire.

scientific article

Rigid versus semi-rigid orthotic use following TMC arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 21 June 2014

Risk factors for a recurrence of low back pain.

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Risk factors for low back pain with special reference to current smoking

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Risk of Recurrence of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Self-efficacy is more important than fear of movement in mediating the relationship between pain and disability in chronic low back pain.

scientific article published on 23 July 2010

Stratified models of care

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

TOPS: Trial Of Prevention Strategies for low back pain in patients recently recovered from low back pain-study rationale and protocol

scientific article

The Brazilian-Portuguese versions of the McGill Pain Questionnaire were reproducible, valid, and responsive in patients with musculoskeletal pain.

scientific article published on 27 March 2011

The creation of the diagnostic accuracy quality scale (DAQS).

scientific article published on May 2014

The economic burden of guideline-recommended first line care for acute low back pain.

scientific article

The prognosis of acute and persistent low-back pain: a meta-analysis

scientific article

The relationship between quantitative measures of disc height and disc signal intensity with Pfirrmann score of disc degeneration

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

The role of back injury or trauma in lumbar disc degeneration: an exposure-discordant twin study.

scientific article

Trajectories of acute low back pain: a latent class growth analysis.

scientific article published on 7 September 2015

Transcultural adaption and preliminary evaluation of "understanding low back pain" patient education booklet

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Treatment Effect Sizes of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Pain and Disability in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 13 February 2019

Treatment-based subgroups of low back pain: a guide to appraisal of research studies and a summary of current evidence

scientific article published in April 2010

Trial of Pregabalin for Acute and Chronic Sciatica

scientific article

Understanding patient beliefs regarding the use of imaging in the management of low back pain

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Using behaviour change theory and preliminary testing to develop an implementation intervention to reduce imaging for low back pain

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What characterizes people who have an unclear classification using a treatment-based classification algorithm for low back pain? A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 8 November 2012

What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Which Patients With Chronic Pain Are More Likely to Improve Pain Biology Knowledge Following Education?

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

List of works by Mark J. Hancock

A Child's Concept of Pain: An International Survey of Pediatric Pain Experts

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the McKenzie Method to Motor Control Exercises in People With Chronic Low Back Pain and a Directional Preference

A guide to interpretation of studies investigating subgroups of responders to physical therapy interventions.

A guide to survival analysis for manual therapy clinicians and researchers

A literature review reveals that trials evaluating treatment of non-specific low back pain use inconsistent criteria to identify serious pathologies and nerve root involvement

A modified Delphi approach to standardize low back pain recurrence terminology

A physiotherapist-led exercise and education program for preventing recurrence of low back pain: a randomised controlled pilot trial.

A randomized clinical trial comparing the McKenzie method and motor control exercises in people with chronic low back pain and a directional preference: 1-year follow-up

A randomized controlled trial comparing McKenzie therapy and motor control exercises on the recruitment of trunk muscles in people with chronic low back pain: a trial protocol

A systematic review of paracetamol for non-specific low back pain

A systematic review reveals that the credibility of subgroup claims in low back pain trials was low.

Activity level predicts 6-minute walk distance in healthy older females: an observational study

Acute Low Back Pain? Do Not Blame the Weather-A Case-Crossover Study.

Adults attending private physiotherapy practices seek diagnosis, pain relief, improved function, education and prevention: a survey.

Advancing imaging technologies for patients with spinal pain: with a focus on whiplash injury.

An Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for the Management of Low Back Pain in Community Pharmacy: Development and Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Ankylosing spondylitis

Answer to the letter to the editor of J. Hebert et al. concerning “Hancock MJ, Maher CG, Latimer J, Herbert RD, McAuley JH (2008) Independent evaluation of a clinical prediction rule for spinal manipulative therapy: a randomised controlled trial. Ep

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: COPD-X Australian and New Zealand guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2017 update

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management. NICE guideline [NG101]

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain: a clinical practice guideline

Appraisal of: Australian and New Zealand Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinical Practice Guideline

Are People With Whiplash-Associated Neck Pain Different From People With Nonspecific Neck Pain?

Are Small Effects for Back Pain Interventions Really Surprising?

Assessment of diclofenac or spinal manipulative therapy, or both, in addition to recommended first-line treatment for acute low back pain: a randomised controlled trial

Author Response

Author response: Unfounded criticisms

Benefits and Threats to Using Social Media for Presenting and Implementing Evidence

Can predictors of response to NSAIDs be identified in patients with acute low back pain?

Can rate of recovery be predicted in patients with acute low back pain? Development of a clinical prediction rule

Can we predict response to the McKenzie method in patients with acute low back pain? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

Clinicians' views on factors that trigger a sudden onset of low back pain

Clinimetric Testing of the Lumbar Spine Instability Questionnaire

Clinimetrics corner: choosing appropriate study designs for particular questions about treatment subgroups

Correspondence: Author response to Ganesh

Critical appraisal of clinical prediction rules that aim to optimize treatment selection for musculoskeletal conditions

Definitions of recurrence of an episode of low back pain: a systematic review

DiTA: a database of diagnostic test accuracy studies for physiotherapists

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Clinical Examination in Identifying the Level of Herniation in Patients with Sciatica ⬇️

Discussion paper: what happened to the 'bio' in the bio-psycho-social model of low back pain?

Do MRI Findings Change Over a Period of Up to 1 Year in Patients With Low Back Pain and/or Sciatica?: A Systematic Review.

Do MRI findings identify patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes who respond best to rest or exercise: a subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Do MRI findings identify patients with low back pain or sciatica who respond better to particular interventions? A systematic review.

Do findings identified on magnetic resonance imaging predict future neck pain? a systematic review

Do older adults with chronic low back pain differ from younger adults in regards to baseline characteristics and prognosis?

Do prognostic variables predict a set of outcomes for patients with chronic low back pain: a long-term follow-up secondary analysis of a randomized control trial

Does anterior trunk pain predict a different course of recovery in chronic low back pain?

Does magnetic resonance imaging predict future low back pain? A systematic review

Does the addition of visceral manipulation alter outcomes for patients with low back pain? A randomized placebo controlled trial.

Does the addition of visceral manipulation improve outcomes for patients with low back pain? Rationale and study protocol ⬇️

Does weather affect daily pain intensity levels in patients with acute low back pain? A prospective cohort study.

Effectiveness of interventions designed to reduce the use of imaging for low-back pain: a systematic review

Effects of kinesiotaping on foot posture in participants with pronated foot: A quasi-randomised, double-blind study

Efficacy of paracetamol for acute low-back pain: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Efficacy of the McKenzie method in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a protocol of randomized placebo-controlled trial

Evaluation of a treatment-based classification algorithm for low back pain: a cross-sectional study

Evaluation of guideline-endorsed red flags to screen for fracture in patients presenting with low back pain

Exercise programs may be effective in preventing a new episode of neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Exploring the concept of pain of Australian children with and without pain: qualitative study

Global Perceived Effect scales provided reliable assessments of health transition in people with musculoskeletal disorders, but ratings are strongly influenced by current status.

Healthcare expenditure and its predictors in a cohort of Australians living with sciatica

Heritability and lifestyle factors in chronic low back pain: Results of the Australian Twin Low Back Pain Study (The AUTBACK study)

How common is imaging for low back pain in primary and emergency care? Systematic review and meta-analysis of over 4 million imaging requests across 21 years

How do we define the condition 'recurrent low back pain'? A systematic review

How is radiating leg pain defined in randomized controlled trials of conservative treatments in primary care? A systematic review.

How little pain and disability do patients with low back pain have to experience to feel that they have recovered?

Imaging for low back pain: is clinical use consistent with guidelines? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Independent evaluation of a clinical prediction rule for spinal manipulative therapy: a randomised controlled trial.

Influence of clinician characteristics and operational factors on recruitment of participants with low back pain: an observational study

Interpretation of dichotomous outcomes: risk, odds, risk ratios, odds ratios and number needed to treat.

Interpretation of dichotomous outcomes: sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, and pre-test and post-test probability

Interpretation of subgroup effects in published trials

Invited Commentary

Is preoperative physical activity level of patients undergoing cancer surgery associated with postoperative outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Letter re: Christiansen DH, de Vos Andersen N-B, Poulsen PH, Ostelo RW, The smallest worthwhile effect of primary care physiotherapy did not differ across musculoskeletal pain sites, Journal of clinical epidemiology (2018), doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2

Letter to the Editor concerning "Predicting a beneficial response to motor control training in patients with low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study" by Hides JA, et al. (Eur Spine J. 2019; doi.org/10.1007/s00586-019-06045-7)

Letters

Longitudinal Fibular Deficiency: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Lower Limb Function of Children and Young People with That of Unaffected Peers