Research & Publications
My clinical practice is grounded in research I have helped produce. As a member of the La Trobe University Low Back Research Team, I contributed to the Specific Treatment of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) programme, one of the most comprehensive bodies of work on individualised physiotherapy for low back pain, from its development through to publication. My research has appeared in leading international journals including the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Spine, The Spine Journal, and Physiotherapy, and is cited in international systematic reviews.
Below is my complete peer-reviewed publication record. Papers on which I am first author are marked.
First-Author Publications
Chan AY, Ford JJ, Surkitt LD, Richards MC, Slater SL, Davidson M, Hahne AJ. (2017). Individualised functional restoration plus guideline-based advice versus advice alone for non-reducible discogenic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial. Physiotherapy, 103(2), 121–130.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2016.08.001
Chan AY, Ford JJ, McMeeken JM, Wilde VE. (2013). Preliminary evidence for the features of non-reducible discogenic low back pain: survey of an international physiotherapy expert panel with the Delphi technique. Physiotherapy, 99(3), 212–220.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2012.09.007
Chan A, Ford J, Hahne A, Surkitt L, Slater S, Hinman R, Taylor N. (2013). 12-month results of a randomised controlled trial comparing subgroup-specific physiotherapy against advice for people with low back disorders. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 16S, e2–e38.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Ford J, Hahne A, Surkitt L, Chan A, Richards M. (2019). The Evolving Case Supporting Individualised Physiotherapy for Low Back Pain. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(9), 1334.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8091334
Ford JJ, Hahne AJ, Surkitt LD, Chan AY, Richards MC, Slater SL, … Taylor NF. (2019). STOPS trial versus Costa et al: a more accurate analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(14), 914–916.
Ford JJ, Slater SL, Richards MC, Surkitt LD, Chan AY, Taylor NF, Hahne AJ. (2019). Individualised manual therapy plus guideline-based advice vs advice alone for people with clinical features of lumbar zygapophyseal joint pain: a randomised controlled trial. Physiotherapy, 105(1), 53–64.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2018.07.008
Ford JJ, Richards MC, Surkitt LD, Chan AY, Slater SL, Taylor NF, Hahne AJ. (2018). Development of a Multivariate Prognostic Model for Pain and Activity Limitation in People with Low Back Disorders Receiving Physiotherapy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99(12), 2504–2512.e12.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2018.04.026
Hahne AJ, Ford JJ, Hinman RS, Richards MC, Surkitt LD, Chan AY, … Taylor NF. (2017). Individualized functional restoration as an adjunct to advice for lumbar disc herniation with associated radiculopathy: a preplanned subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial. The Spine Journal, 17(3), 346–359.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2016.10.004
Hahne AJ, Ford JJ, Surkitt LD, Richards MC, Chan AYP, Slater SL, Taylor NF. (2017). Individualized Physical Therapy Is Cost-Effective Compared With Guideline-Based Advice for People With Low Back Disorders. Spine, 42(3), E169–E176.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000001734
Hahne AJ, Ford JJ, Richards MC, Surkitt LD, Chan AY, Slater SL, Taylor NF. (2017). Who Benefits Most from Individualized Physiotherapy or Advice for Low Back Disorders? A Pre-Planned Effect Modifier Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Spine, 42(21), E1215–E1224.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000002066
Surkitt LD, Ford JJ, Chan AY, Richards MC, Slater SL, Pizzari T, Hahne AJ. (2016). Effects of Individualised Directional Preference Management Versus Advice for Reducible Discogenic Pain: A Pre-Planned Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial. Manual Therapy, 25, 69–80.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2016.06.002
Ford JJ, Hahne AJ, Surkitt LD, Chan AY, Richards MC, Slater SL, … Taylor NF. (2015). Individualised physiotherapy as an adjunct to guideline-based advice for low back disorders in primary care: a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 50(4), 237–245.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-095058
Ford JJ, Hahne AJ, Chan AYP, Surkitt LD. (2012). A classification and treatment protocol for low back disorders Part 3: Functional restoration for intervertebral disc related disorders. Physical Therapy Reviews, 17(1), 55–75.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1179/1743288X11Y.0000000037
Heymans MW, Ford J, McMeeken J, Chan A, de Vet HCW, van Mechelen W. (2007). Exploring the contribution of patient-reported and clinician-based variables for the prediction of low back work status. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 17, 383–397.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-007-9084-1
For a complete and continuously updated record, see my ORCID profile and Google Scholar.