Description
Tendon pain is common and can be associated with a long symptom duration leading to frustration for individuals and clinicians alike. There has been a lot of research and clinical emphasis on exercise as the key treatment, but we are learning that it is not effective or only partly effective for most people. We need better treatments. Advice and education can help people to improve how they view their condition and empower them to self manage. Aspects of advice and education are recommended in guidelines for people with pain, but there are big gaps in our knowledge. For example, we do not yet know what education to deliver, how to deliver it, and how to individualise it. The aims of this program of research is to: 1) develop education that is informed by stakeholder including clinicians, researchers and patients; and 2) test how best to deliver this education to maximise effectiveness.
Essential criteria:
Minimum entry requirements can be found here: https://www.monash.edu/admissions/entry-requirements/minimum
Keywords
tendinopathy, tendon pain, pain, physiotherapy, musculoskeletal, randomised trial, co-design, co-creation, primary care, patient education, behavioural therapy, behavioural change
School
School of Primary and Allied Health Care
Available options
PhD/Doctorate
Masters by research
Honours
BMedSc(Hons)
Time commitment
Full-time
Part-time
Top-up scholarship funding available
No
Physical location
Clayton Campus
Co-supervisors
Prof
Terry Haines