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Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2) (2025)
Journal Article
Geraghty, A. W. A., Becque, T., Roberts, L. C., Hill, J., Foster, N. E., Yardley, L., Stuart, B., Turner, D. A., Griffiths, G., Webley, F., Durcan, L., Morgan, A., Hughes, S., Bathers, S., Butler-Walley, S., Wathall, S., Mansell, G., White, M., Davies, F., & Little, P. (2025). Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2). Health Technology Assessment, 29(7), 1-112. https://doi.org/10.3310/gdps2418

Background Low back pain is highly prevalent and a leading cause of disability. Internet-delivered interventions may provide rapid and scalable support for behavioural self-management. There is a need to determine the effectiveness of highly accessib... Read More about Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2).

Estimating the Cost and Carbon Output of Musculoskeletal Primary Care Management Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records (2025)
Journal Article
Braybrooke, A., Pegg, M., Naylor, R., Bailey, J., Scott, J., Burgess, R., Yu, D., Wathall, S., Jordan, K. P., Malcolm, R., Holmes, H., Peat, G., Banerjee, A., & Hill, J. C. (in press). Estimating the Cost and Carbon Output of Musculoskeletal Primary Care Management Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3919

Background: Healthcare accounts for up to 5% of worldwide carbon emissions and costs global economies an estimated $9 trillion annually. Primary care accounts for up to one‐fifth of all NHS carbon emissions, with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain accounting... Read More about Estimating the Cost and Carbon Output of Musculoskeletal Primary Care Management Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records.

Sequence Analysis to Phenotype Healthcare Patterns in Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Primary Care Electronic Health Records (2025)
Journal Article
Mathew, S., Peat, G., Parry, E., Wilkie, R., Jordan, K. P., Hill, J. C., & Yu, D. (in press). Sequence Analysis to Phenotype Healthcare Patterns in Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Primary Care Electronic Health Records. Arthritis Care & Research, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25514

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to apply sequence analysis (SA) to phenotype healthcare patterns of adult patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions using primary care electronic health records and to investigate the association between these... Read More about Sequence Analysis to Phenotype Healthcare Patterns in Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Primary Care Electronic Health Records.

Prioritising Quality Indicators for the Community Care of MSK Conditions: An Online Modified-Delphi Study (2025)
Journal Article
Braybrooke, A., Burgess, R., Brooks, M., Banerjee, A., & Hill, J. (2025). Prioritising Quality Indicators for the Community Care of MSK Conditions: An Online Modified-Delphi Study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 76, Article 103283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103283

Background
Quality indicators can be used within healthcare to measure and benchmark performance. Variations in the access and quality of healthcare for musculoskeletal conditions highlights the need for a nationa... Read More about Prioritising Quality Indicators for the Community Care of MSK Conditions: An Online Modified-Delphi Study.

Are clinical decision support systems seen as helpful to First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in musculoskeletal health? (2024)
Journal Article
Salt, E., Khalid, M., Van Der Windt, D., & Hill, J. (2025). Are clinical decision support systems seen as helpful to First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in musculoskeletal health?. Physiotherapy (Elsevier), 126, Article 101445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2024.101445

Background There is increasing burden on musculoskeletal (MSK) First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in primary care. One possible solution is to use digital technologies such as clinical decision support syste... Read More about Are clinical decision support systems seen as helpful to First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in musculoskeletal health?.

Personalised decision support in the management of patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary physiotherapy care: a cluster randomised controlled trial (the SupportPrim project) (2024)
Journal Article
Granviken, F., Meisingset, I., Bach, K., Bones, A. F., Simpson, M. R., Hill, J. C., van der Windt, D. A., & Vasseljen, O. (2024). Personalised decision support in the management of patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary physiotherapy care: a cluster randomised controlled trial (the SupportPrim project). PAIN, https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003456

We developed the SupportPrim PT clinical decision support system (CDSS) using the artificial intelligence method case-based reasoning to support personalised musculoskeletal pain management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of... Read More about Personalised decision support in the management of patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary physiotherapy care: a cluster randomised controlled trial (the SupportPrim project).

The STarT Back Screening Tool: The Nepali Translation, Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Measurement Properties in Adults With Non‐Specific Low Back Pain (2024)
Journal Article
Maharjan, R., Bovonsunthonchai, S., Vachalathiti, R., Basnet, R., Pathak, A., Hill, J., & Sharma, S. (2024). The STarT Back Screening Tool: The Nepali Translation, Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Measurement Properties in Adults With Non‐Specific Low Back Pain. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(4), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1952

Introduction/Objective: The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) stratifies low back pain (LBP) patients based on their risk of chronicity to guide treatment accordingly. The absence of its validated Nepali version limits stratified LBP care in Nepal. Th... Read More about The STarT Back Screening Tool: The Nepali Translation, Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Measurement Properties in Adults With Non‐Specific Low Back Pain.

629P Co-producing UK care quality standards in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in partnership with people with FSHD, carers and healthcare professionals: a qualitative focus group study (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Leone, E., Pandyan, A., Rogers, A., Kulshrestha, R., Hill, J., & Philp, F. (2024, October). 629P Co-producing UK care quality standards in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in partnership with people with FSHD, carers and healthcare professionals: a qualitative focus group study. Poster presented at Neuromuscular Disorders WMS Congress Issue - Abstracts 2024, Prague

Quality Indicators for the Primary and Community Care of Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Systematic Review: Quality Indicators for MSK Conditions. (2024)
Journal Article
Braybrooke, A., Baraks, K., Burgess, R., Banerjee, A., & Hill, J. (in press). Quality Indicators for the Primary and Community Care of Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Systematic Review: Quality Indicators for MSK Conditions. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2024.08.022

To identify, appraise, and synthesise common themes from quality indicator (QI) sets designed for the assessment, management, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions in primary and community care contexts. A systematic search was performed o... Read More about Quality Indicators for the Primary and Community Care of Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Systematic Review: Quality Indicators for MSK Conditions..