Manuela Ferreira's Publications

About Manuela Ferreira's Publications

Program Head, Musculoskeletal Health
  • Professor of Musculoskeletal Health, UNSW Sydney
  • BPhysio,
  • MSc,
  • PhD

  • Assessment of the therapeutic alliance in physical rehabilitation: a RASCH analysis

    Disability and Rehabilitation Date published:

  • The effect of lumbar posture on abdominal muscle thickness during an isometric leg task in people with and without non-specific low back pain

    Manual Therapy Date published:

  • Measures of function in low back pain/disorders: Low Back Pain Rating Scale (LBPRS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Progressive Isoinertial Lifting Evaluation (PILE), Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS), and Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ)

    Arthritis Care & Research Date published:

  • Tai chi exercise for treatment of pain and disability in people with persistent low back pain: A randomized controlled trial

    Arthritis Care & Research Date published:

  • Reliability and Discriminatory Capacity of a Clinical Scale for Assessing Abdominal Muscle Coordination

    Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Date published:

  • Ultrasonographic Analysis of the Neck Flexor Muscles in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain and Changes After Cervical Spine Mobilization

    Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Date published:

  • Discriminative and reliability analyses of ultrasound measurement of abdominal muscles recruitment

    Manual Therapy Date published:

  • Back Complaints in the Elders (BACE); design of cohort studies in primary care: an international consortium

    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Date published:

  • Testes clinimétricos de dois instrumentos que mensuram atitudes e crenças de profissionais de saúde sobre a dor lombar crônica

    BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY Date published:

  • Symptoms of depression and stress mediate the effect of pain on disability

    Pain Date published:

  • Effect of 2 Lumbar Spine Postures on Transversus Abdominis Muscle Thickness During a Voluntary Contraction in People With and Without Low Back Pain

    Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Date published:

  • Can We Explain Heterogeneity Among Randomized Clinical Trials of Exercise for Chronic Back Pain? A Meta-Regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Physical Therapy Date published:

  • The Influence of the Therapist-Patient Relationship on Treatment Outcome in Physical Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review

    Physical Therapy Date published:

  • Factors defining care-seeking in low back pain - A meta-analysis of population based surveys

    European Journal of Pain Date published:

  • The patient-specific functional scale is more responsive than the Roland Morris disability questionnaire when activity limitation is low

    European Spine Journal Date published:

  • Are neck pain scales and questionnaires compatible with the international classification of functioning, disability and health? A systematic review

    Disability and Rehabilitation Date published: