ANZMUSC Public Lecture

Join us for an exciting evening at South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) for the ANZMUSC Public Lecture. Learn from experts in the field as they discuss the latest advancements in musculoskeletal research.

We will hear from three researchers whose trials have recently been published in The Lancet. These trials are related to the management of hand osteoarthritis, chronic knee pain (knee osteoarthritis), and low back pain.

Each speaker will briefly showcase study findings before we open to a panel discussion including both a consumer and clinican commentator. We encourage audience members (in-person and online) to participate by submitting questions for the panellists.

Master of Ceremonies:

- Lead - South Australian Chronic Pain Statewide Clinical Network & Clinical Professor, The University of Adelaide

Panellists:

- Research Physiotherapist, The University of Melbourne

The Trial finds that video conferencing consultations with a physiotherapist are non-inferior to in-person care for the non-surgical management of chronic knee pain. These results support and build on previous studies that suggest real-time telerehabilitation with a physiotherapist might be as effective as in-person care for rehabilitation after joint replacement surgery. Collectively, the available evidence has ramifications for the delivery of musculoskeletal rehabilitation services and indicate that routine telerehabilitation training is warranted for physiotherapists.

- Head of the Musculoskeletal Unit, Monash University & Head of Rheumatology, Alfred Hospital

The trial provides the first evidence for a moderate but potentially clinically meaningful effect of oral methotrexate 20 mg once weekly on reducing pain and stiffness at 6 months in people with symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and synovitis. These results support the use of methotrexate in the management of hand osteoarthritis with an inflammatory phenotype, providing clinicians with a safe therapeutic option for this clinical phenotype.

- Professor of Physiotherapy, Macquarie University

The Trial finds that a walking and education intervention, delivered using a health coaching approach, significantly reduced the recurrence of low back pain. Being accessible and low cost, this intervention has a better potential of being successfully implemented at scale than previously investigated forms of exercise. These results indicate the importance of preventive management and could affect how low back pain is managed.

Consumer Commentator - Project officer at CHAOS (Community Houses Association of the Outer Eastern Suburbs) & ANZMUSC Consumer Advisory Group Member

Clinician Commentator , Rheumatologist & Epidemiologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital & The University of Adelaide

Thank you to the Organising Committee:

Prof. Chris Lin, Dr. Sam Whittle, Prof. Tasha Stanton, Ms. Erin MacIntyre & Ms. Helen Ramsay

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