Musculoskeletal Publications
(2001 onwards)

In Press
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2001

In Press

Bennell KL, Hinman RS and Wrigley TW (in press). Potential future directions in physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis. In: Osteoarthritis. Sharma L and Berenbaum F (Eds.), Elsevier Science.

Chan BK, Chakrabarti AJ and Bell SN (in press). An alternative portal for scapulothoracic arthroscopy. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

Cowan SM, Schache A, Brukner P, Crossley KM, Bennell KL, Hodges PW and Coburn P (in press). Delayed activation of transversus abdominus in individuals with chronic groin pain. Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise.

McConnell J (in press). Neuromuscular rehabilitation strategies for the shoulder girdle. In: Rehabilitation of the Shoulder. Tovin B (Ed.), Churchill Livingstone

McConnell J (in press). Patellofemoral problem with significant biomechanical contributing factors. In: Clinical reasoning for Health Professionals. Jones M and Rivett D (Eds.), Butterworth Heinnemann

McConnell J (in press). Recalcitrant chronic low back and leg pain - a new theory and different approach to management. Manual Therapy.

McConnell J (in press). Taping for pain relief. In: Taping techniques principles and practice. Macdonald R (Ed.), Butterowrth Heinnemann

McConnell J and Bennell K (in press). Conservative management of anterior knee pain: The McConnell Program. In: Anterior knee pain. Sanchis-Alfonso V (Ed.), Springer-Verlag

Richardson M and Bell SN (in press). The mark 111 GSB total elbow replacement in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Arthroplasty.

Weber AB and Bell SN (in press). Arthroscopic sub-acromial surgery in rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Rheumatology.

Ackerman, I.N., Graves, S.E., Bennell K.L. & Osborne R.H. (in press). Quality of life in total hip and knee replacement: Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. Arthritis Care & Research

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2006

Ackerman IN, Graves SE, Bennell KL, Osborne RH. (2006) Evaluating quality of life in hip and knee replacement: Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL Short Version instrument. Arthritis Care and Research 55:4: 583-590.

Ackerman IN, Osborne RH. (2006) Integrating data to facilitate clinical research: A case study. Informatics in Primary Care 13:263-70.

Anderson VB, Bialocerkowski AE, Bennell KL. (2006) Test-retest reliability of glenohumeral internal and external rotation strength in chronic rotator cuff pathology. Physical Therapy in Sport. 7:115-121.

Briggs AM, Wark JD, Kantor S, Fazzalari NL, Greig AM, Bennell KL. (2006) Distribution of bone mineral density in thoracic and lumbar vertebrae: An ex vivo study using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Bone 38(2):286-288.

Haines TP, Hill KD, Bennell KL, Osborne RH. (2006) Recurrent events counted in evaluations of predictive accuracy. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 59:115-1161.

Haines TP, Hill KD, Bennell KL, Osborne RH. (2006) Patient education to prevent falls in subacute care. Clinical Rehabilitation 20(11); 970-979.

Hinman RS, May RL, Crossley KM. (2006) Is there an alternative to the full-leg radiograph for determining knee joint alignment in osteoarthritis? Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care and Research) 55(2): 306-13.

Matthews BL, Bennell KL, McKay HA, Khan KM, Baxter-Jones ADG, Mirwald RL, Wark JD. (2006) Dancing for bone health: a 3-year longitudinal study of bone mineral accrual across puberty in female nonelite dancers and controls. Osteoporosis Int 1043-1054.

Matthews BL, Bennell KL, McKay HA, Khan KM, Baxter-Jones ADG, Mirwald RL, Wark JD. (2006) The influence of dance training on growth and maturation of young females: A mixed longitudinal study. Annals of Human Biology 33:342-356.

Cowan, S.M., Hodges, P. et al (2006). Patellar Taping does not change the amplitude of electromyographic activity of the vasti in a stair stepping task. British Journal of Sports Medicine 40(1) : 30-34

2005

Crossley, K., Cowan, S.M., McConnell, J. & Bennell, K.L. (2005). Physical therapy improves knee flexion during stair ambulation in patellofemoral pain. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise 37(2) : 176-183

Hinman, R.S., Crossley, K., McConnell, J., & Bennell, K.L. (2005). Efficacy of knee tape in the management of knee osteoarthritis: a blinded, randomised, controlled trial. Year Book of Rheumatology, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease . R.S. Panush (Ed.). St. Louis, Mosby.

Crossley, K., Cowan, S.M., Green, S., McConnell, J. & Bennell, K. (2005). Physical therapy restores altered gait patterns in individuals with patellofemoral pain. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 37(2) : 176-183

Bennell, K.L & Hinman, R.S. (2005). Exercise as a treatment for osteoarthritis. Current Opinion in Rheumatology 17 : 634-640

Ackerman, I.N., Graves, S.E., Wicks, I.P., Bennell, K.L. & Osborne, R.H. (2005). Severely compromised quality of life in women and those of lower socio-economic status waiting for joint replacement surgery. Arhtritis Care and Research 53(5) : 653-658

Bennell KL, Hinman RS, Metcalf BR, Buchbinder R, McConnell J, McColl G, Green S and Crossley KM (2005). Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 64:906-12.

Bennell KL and Hinman RS (2005). Effect of experimentally-induced knee pain on standing balance in healthy elderly individuals. Rheumatology 45:378-81.

Bennell KL, Wee E, Crossley KM, Stillman B and Hodges P (2005). Effects of experimentally-induced anterior knee pain on knee joint position sense in healthy individuals. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 23: 46-53.

Hinman RS, Cowan SM, Crossley KM and Bennell KL (2005). Age-related changes in electromyographic quadriceps activity during stair descent. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 23: 322-6.

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2004

Ackerman I and Bennell K (2004). Does preoperative physiotherapy improve outcomes from lower limb joint replacement. A systematic review. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy 50: 25-32.

Ackerman IN and Bennell KL (2004). Current Australian practice in pre-operative physiotherapy prior to total knee replacement surgery. Physiotherapy 90: 176-82.

Bennell K, Hinman RS, Crossley KM, Metcalf BR, Buchbinder R, Green S and McColl G (2004). Is the Human Activity Profile a useful measure in people with knee osteoarthritis? Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 41: 621-30.

Bennell K, Hinman RS and Metcalf BR (2004). Association of sensoriomotor function with knee join kinematics during locomotion in knee osteoarthritis. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 83: 455-63.

Bennell K, Hodges P, Mellor R, Bexander C and Souvlis T (2004). The nature of anterior knee pain following injection of hypertonic saline into the infrapatellar fat pad. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 22: 116-21.

Crossley KM, Bennell K, Green S and Cowan SM (2004). Analysis of outcome measures for persons with patellofemoral pain: which are reliable and valid? Archives of  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 85: 815-22.

Crossley KM, Cowan SM, Bennell K and McConnell J (2004). Knee flexion during stair ambulation is altered in individuals with patellofemoral pain. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 22: 267-74.

Hinman RS, Crossley KM, McConnell J and Bennell K (2004). Does the application of tape influence quadriceps sensorimotor function in knee osteoarthritis? Rheumatology 43: 331-6.

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2003

Bennell K, Crossley KM, Metcalf BR, Buchbinder R, Hinman RS, Smith M and McColl G (2003). Relationship of knee join proprioception to pain and disability in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 21: 792-7.

Cowan SM, Hodges PW, Bennell K, Crossley KM and McConnell J (2003). Simultaneous feedforward recruitment of the vastii in untrained postural tasks can be restored by specific training. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 21: 553-8.

Crossley KM, Bennell K and McConnell J (2003). Patellofemoral joint. In: Physical Therapies in Sport and Exercise: Principles and Practice. Kolt GS and Snyder-Mackler L (Eds.) Edinburgh, Harcourt Health Sciences: pp 399-418.

Hinman RS, Crossley KM, McConnell J and Bennell K (2003a). Efficacy of knee taping for knee osteoarthritis: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. British Medical Journal 327: 135-40.

Hinman RS, Bennell K, Crossley KM and McConnell J (2003b). Immediate effects of adhesive tape on pain and disability with knee OA. Rheumatology 42: 865-9.

Jones G, Bennell K and Cicuttini F (2003). The effect of physical activity and cartilage development in healthy kids. British Journal of Sports Medicine 37: 382-3.

McConnell J and Bennell K (2003). Conservative management of anterior knee pain: The McConnell program. In: Anterior Knee Pain, Editorial Medica Panamericana: pp 161-81.

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2002

Baker V, Bennell K, Stillman B, Cowan SM and Crossley KM (2002). Abnormal knee joint position sense in individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 20: 208-14.

Cowan SM, Bennell K and Hodges PW (2002). Therapeutic patellar taping changes the timing of vastii muscle activation in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 12: 339-47.

Cowan SM, Bennell K, Hodges PW and Crossley KM (2002). Altered vastii recruitment when people with patellofemoral pain syndrome complete a postural task. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 83: 989-95.

Cowan SM, Hodges PW, Bennell K and Crossley KM (2002). Anticipatory activity of vastus medialis obliquus is delayed when subjects with aptellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) complete a postural task. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 83: 989-95.

Cowan SM, Bennell K, Crossley KM, Hodges PW and McConnell J (2002). Physiotherapy treatment alters the recruitment of the vasti in patellofemoral pain syndrome. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 34: 1879-85.

Cowan SM, Bennell K, Crossley KM, Hodges PW and McConnell J (2002). Physical therapy treatment changes electromyographic onset timing of vastus medialis obliquus relative to vastus lateralis in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 34: 1879-85.

Crossley KM, Bennell K, Green S and McConnell J (2002). Conservative management of patellofemoral pain: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. American Journal of Sports Medicine 30: 857-65.

Hinman RS, Bennell K, Metcalf BR and Crossley KM (2002). Delayed onset of quadriceps activity and altered knee joint kinematics during stair-stepping in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 83: 1080-6.

Hinman RS, Bennell K, Metcalf BR and Crossley KM (2002). Temporal activity of Vastus Medialis Obliquus and Vastus Lateralis in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 81: 684-90.

Hinman RS, Bennell K, Metcalf BR and Crossley KM (2002). Balance impairments in individuals with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a comparison with matches controls using clinical tests. Rheumatology 41: 1388-94.

McConnell J (2002). The physical therapist's approach to patellofemoral disorders. In: Injuries to the extensor mechanism of the knee. Fithian D (Ed.).

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2001

Bennell K (2001). Management of patellofemoral pain syndrome: merging the scientific evidence with clinical practice. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine 29: 20-5.

Bennell K, Khan KM, Matthews BL and Singleton C (2001). Changes in hip and ankle range of motion and hip muscle strength in 8-11 yr old novice female ballet dancerns and controls - a 12-month follow up study. British Journal of Sports Medicine 35: 54-9.

Cowan SM, Hodges PW and Bennell K (2001). Anticipatory activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus occurs simultaneously in voluntary heel and toe raises. Physical Therapy in Sport 2: 71-9.

Cowan SM, Bennell K, Hodges PW, Crossley KM and McConnell J (2001). Delayed electromyographic onset of vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 82: 183-9.

Crossley KM, Bennell K, Green S and McConnell J (2001). A systematic review of physical interventions for patellofemoral pain syndrome. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 11: 103-10.

McConnell J (2001). Faulty alignment and posture perpetuating musculoskeletal problems. In: Sports Medicine for Specific Ages and Abilities. Maffuli N, Chan KM, Macdonald R, Malina RM and Parker AW (Eds.) London, Churchill Livingstone: pp 203-22.

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