Physiotherapy International
Research
Research
The internationalisation of the University in the field of physiotherapeutic research is characterized by versatile international collaborations, as well as by the co-supervision of Bachelor, Master and PhD projects by international colleagues.
Research projects
- Kapitza C, Luedtke K, Komenda M, Kiefhaber M, Schmid, AB, Ballenberger N, Tampin B. Inter- and intra-rater-reliability of a clinical framework for spine-related neck-arm pain. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2023.102853, published online 24 August 2023
Kooperation Hochschule Osnabrück Faculty of Business and Social Sciences; Universität Lübeck, Department of Physiotherapy,Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Australia; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, UK - Hardt S, Bergau S-A, Jacques A, Tampin B. Short -and long-term rest-retest reliability of the English version of the 7-item DN4 questionnaire – a screening tool for neuropathic pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1515/spain-2022-0149, published online June 26, 2023 Kooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences; Department of Physiotherapy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia.
- Schmid AB*, Tampin *,Baron R, Finnerp NB, Hansson P, Hietaharju A, Konstantinou K, Lin C-WC, Markman J, Price C, Smith BH, Slater H.. Recommendations for terminology and the identification of neuropathic pain in people with spine-related leg pain. Outcomes from the NeuPSIG working group. PAIN 164(8):1693-1704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002919 *Joint first authorship Kooperation Oxford Univerity UK, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Curtin University, Australia; Division of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Pain Management & Research, Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Neuropathic Pain, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK ; Haywood Hospital, Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust, Staffordshire, UK; Institute for Musculoskeletal Health; Translational Pain Research Program, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, United States; Patient advocate; Division of Population Health and Genomics, University of Dundee, DUNDEE, Scotland; enAble Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
- Schmid AB, Ridgway L, Hailey L, Tachrount M, Probert F, Martin KR, Scott W, Crombez G, Price C, Robinson C, Koushesh S, Ather S, Tampin B, Barbero M, Nanz D, Clare S, Fairbank J, Baskozos G. Factors predicting the transition from acute to persistent pain in people with 'sciatica': the FORECAST longitudinal prognostic factor cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 2023 Apr 5;13(4):e072832. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072832. PMID: 37019481.
Kooperationen: Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK; Academic Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, UK; Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, UK; King’s College London, Health Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience; INPUT Pain Management Unit, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Department of Experimental-clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; FORECAST Patient Partners; Department of Physiotherapy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia; Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Hochschule Osnabrueck, University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrueck, Germany; Rehabilitation Research Laboratory 2rLab, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland; Swiss Center for Musculoskeletal Imaging, Balgrist Campus AG and Medical Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford
- Lam K Nicola Heneghan N, Mistry J, Ojoawo AO, Peolsson A, Verhagen AP, Tampin B, Thoomes E, Jull G, Scholten -Peeters GM, Slater H, Moloney N, Hall T, Dedering A, Rushton A, Falla D. Classification criteria for cervical radiculopathy: An international e-Delphi study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 2022, 61: 102596. Kooperation
- Tampin B. Klinische Phänomenologie von Nervenschmerzen. Schmerz.Therapie 2022, 5: 43-51.
- Tampin B, Schmid AB. Neurodynamik: Wissensstand und Missverständnisse? Schmerz.Therapie 2022, 5: 25-33. Kooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences; Department of Physiotherapy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, UK
- Tampin, B., Lind C, Jacques A, Slater H. (2022). Disentangling ‘sciatica’ to understand and characterise somatosensory profiles and potential pain mechanisms. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 22,48-58. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2021-0058 , Kooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences; Department of Physiotherapy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Australia.
- Tampin B, Lind C, Schmid N, Fuller K, Slater H. Investigation of altered sensory nerve fibre structure and function in patients with lumbar radiculopathy and radicular leg pain; Collaboration with Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Curtin University, University of Western Australia, Australia; Oxford University, UK
- Armijo Olivo S. Effectiveness of neck motor control exercises in patients with temporomandibular disorders: A randomized controlled trial; Collaboration with University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
- Armijo Olivo S. Integrating physical therapy treatment in patients with disabilities in the oral region; Collaboration with University of Alberta, Canada
- Armijo Olivo S. Temporomandibular Disorders in an Elderly Chilean Sample: Prevalence, Symptomatology, Comorbidities-Risk Factors, and Biopsychosocial Outcomes According to Age, Sex, Socio-Economic Status, Ethnicity, Place of Living, and Country Development Index; Collaboration with ACTA Netherlands
- Armijo Olivo S. Understanding pain modulation and brain plasticity after exercise in chronic temporomandibular disorders pain: A randomized controlled trial; Collaboration with University of Alberta, Canada
- Armijo Olivo S. “What is the minimal important difference to determine improvement in urinary incontinence: a systematic review”; Collaboration with Federal University of São Carlos (Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar)
- Armijo Olivo S. The effectiveness of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise for orofacial pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Collaboration with State University of Campinas (Brazil), Methodist University of Piracicaba (Brazil), Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), University of Naples Federico II (Italy)
- Armijo Olivo S. The Randomised Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklists (RCTRACK). Methodology of development of guidelines for reporting and conduct specific to rehabilitation; Collaboration with Cochrane Rehabilitation
- Armijo Olivo S. Are morphological impairments of the deep neck muscles related to primary headache disorders? A systematic review”; Collaboration with University of Medicine San Pablo CEU Madrid
- Armijo-Olivo S, Machalicek W, DE Oliveira-Souza AI, Dennett L, Ballenberger N. Attrition, missing data, complicance, and related biases in randomized controlled trials or rehabilitation interventions: towards improving reporting and conduct. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med.2020 Dex; 56(6): 817-828. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06427-8.
- Armijo-Olivo S, Machalicek W, Dennett L, Ballenberger N. Influence of attrition, missing data, compliance, and related biases and analyses strategies on treatment effects in randomzied controlled trials in rehabilitation: a methodological review. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med.2020 Dex; 56(6): 799-816. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06428-X.
- Ottiger-Boettger, K., Ballenberger, N., Landmann, G., Stockinger, L., Tampin, B*., & Schmid, A. (2020). Somatosensory profiles in patients with non-specific neck-arm pain with and without positive neurodynamic tests. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 50, 102261. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2020.102261; *Joint last authorship
- Schmid A, Fundaun J, Tampin B. Entrapment neuropathies: A contemporary approach to pathophysiology, clinical assessment and management. Pain Reports 2020;5:e829.
- Tampin, B., Slater, H., Jacques, A., & Lind, C. (2020). Association of quantitative sensory testing parameters with clinical outcome in patients with lumbar radiculopathy undergoing microdiscectomy. European Journal of Pain, 24, 1377-1392. doi:10.1002/ejp.1586.
- von Piekartz H, Schwiddessen J, Reineke L, Armijo-Olivio S, Bevilaqua-Grossi D, Biasotto Gonzalez DA, Carvalho G, Chaput E, Cox E, Fernandes-de Las-Penas C, Gadotti IC, Gil Martanez A, Gross A, Hall T, Hoffmann M, Julsvoll EH, Karegeannes M, La Touche R, Mannheimer J, Pitance L, Rocabado M, Strickland M, et al. International consensus on the most useful assessments used by physical ttherapists to evalutae patients with temporomandibular disorders: A Delphi study. J Oral Rehabil. 2020 Jun; 47(6): 685-702. Doi: 10.1111/joor.12959
- Biele C, Möller D, von Piekartz H, Hall T, Ballenberger N. Validity of increasing the number of motor control tests within a test battery for discrimination of low back pain conditions in people attending a physiotherapy clinic: a case-control study. BMJ Open. 2019 Nov 25;9(11):e032340. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032340.
- Briggs AM, Persaud JG, Deverell ML, Bunzli S, Tampin B, Sumi Y, Amundsen O, Houlding EM, Cardone A, Hugosdottir T, Rogers S, Pozsgai M, Slater H. Integrated prevention and management of non-communicable diseases, including musculoskeletal health: a systematic policy analysis among OECD countries. BMJ Global Health. 2019;4:e001806.
- Stolz M, von Piekartz H, Hall T, Schindler A, Ballenberger N. Evidence and recommendations for the use of segmental motion testing for patients with LBP - A systematic review. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2020 GFeb;45:102076. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2019.102076
- Tampin. B, Broe RE, Seow LL,George SG, Tan J, Menon R, Jacques A, Slater H. Field testing of the revised neuropathic pain grading system in a cohort of patients with neck and upper limb pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2019;19:523-532.
- von Piekartz H, Rösner C, Batz A, Hall T, Ballenberger N. Bruxism, temporomandibular dysfunction and cervical impairments in females - Results from an observational study. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2020 Feb;45:102073. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2019.102073
- von Piekartz H, Maloul R, Hoffmann M, Hall T, Ruch MM, Ballenberger N. Diagnostic accuracy and validity of three manual examination tests to identify alar ligament lesions: results of a blinded case-control study. J Man Manip Ther. 2019. May;27(2):83-91. doi: 10.1080/10669817.2018.1539434
- Zhu GC, Böttger K, Slater H, Cook C, Tampin B*, Schmid AB. Concurrent validity of a low-cost and time-efficient clinical sensory test battery to evaluate sensory dysfunction. Eur J Pain 2019, 23:1826-1838. *Joint last authorship
- Möller D, Ballenberger N, Ackermann B, Zalpour C. Potential relevance of altered muscle activity and fatigue in the development of performance-related musculoskeletal injuries in high string musicians.Med Probl Perform Art. 2018. Sep;33(3):147-155. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2018.3021.
- Tampin B, Vollert J, Schmid AB. Sensory profiles are comparable in patients with distal and proximal entrapment neuropathies, while the pain experience differs. Curr Med Res Opin. 2018; 34:1899-906.
- Schmidt, AB., Hayley, L., Tampin. B. Entrapment neuropathies: Challenging common beliefs with novel evidence. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 2018; 48(2): 58-62.
Theses
- "Pilot validation of the Basler Vegetative State Assessments for Animal Assisted Therapy – BAVESTA-k-AAT"
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück and Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) - “Satisfaction in an international training ward according to the ZIPAS-model”
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück and Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) - “Activity mapping on a subacute medical unit”
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth, Western Australia - “Short and ‘long-term’ reliability of the DN4 questionnaire”
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth, Western Australia - “Validity of the DN4 questionnaire”
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth, Western Australia - “Virtual Reality in the therapy of chronic pain“
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück; Corantis Kliniken Germany; Roessingh Research and Development, Telemedicine group, Enschede; University of Twente, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Telemedicine group; Inmote MedTech, Niederlande; SALT AND PEPPER Software GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück, Deutschland - “Sensory characteristics in young string musicians with playing-related musculoskeletal problems – a feasibility study”
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia - “Are neuropathic pain components common in patients with knee osteoarthritis undergoing surgery?”
Cooperation Hochschule Osnabrück, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth, Western Australia
Kapitza C. cand PhD. Evaluation of a classification for neck and neck-arm pain,
Cooperation Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Department of Economics and Social Sciences; University of Lübeck; Department of Physiotherapy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, UK. 2019 - ongoing
Guest scientists
Several guest scientists have conducted research in physiotherapy at the Hochschule Osnabrück.
PhD student from Brasil: "Effectiveness of an exercise program on pain and functionality of patients with temporomandibular dysfunction: a controlled and randomized clinical trial"
PhD student from Brasil: "Effectiveness of electrotherapy for orofacial pain: A systematic review"
Dr.Sonia Ranelli is a lecturer at the Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia and she works in a private physiotherapy practice. Her clinical and research interest is in the area of musician health. She obtained the Endeavour Fellowship in 2016 and spent four months at the Hochschule Osnabrück.