Dr Emma Karran

Research Fellow UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

City East Campus (C7-37)
tel +61 8 830 21128

mob +61 451 631 511
email Emma.Karran@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Emma is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. She completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Lorimer Moseley in 2018, her thesis investigating areas of uncertainty related to the clinical management of low back pain. Emma’s current projects and interests relate to exploring the social determinants of pain outcomes, optimising the management of low back pain in primary care, implementation research and health communication. Emma’s mixed-methods research is both driven and informed by her extensive experience as a Physiotherapy Clinician and Educator.

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Medical and Health Sciences
Clinical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

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Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

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Journal Articles

Year	Output
2020	Gardner, C, Moseley, GL, Karran, EL, Wiles, LK & Hibbert, P 2020, 'Implementing high value back pain care in private physiotherapy in Australia: a qualitative evaluation of physiotherapists who participated in an 'implementation to innovation' system', Canadian Journal of Pain, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 86-102. Open access 1 1 2
2020	Riis, A, Karran, EL, Thomsen, JL, Jørgensen, A, Holst, S & Rolving, N 2020, 'The association between believing staying active is beneficial and achieving a clinically relevant functional improvement after 52 weeks: a prospective cohort study of patients with chronic low back pain in secondary care', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 21, no. 1, article no. 47, pp. 1-9. Open access 2 1 19
2020	Stanton, TR, Karran, E, Butler, DS, Hull, MJ, Schwetlik, SN, Braithwaite, FA, Jones, HG, Moseley, GL, Hill, CL, Tomkins-Lane, C, Maher, C & Bennell, K 2020, 'A pain science education and walking program to increase physical activity in people with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a feasibility study', Pain Reports, vol. 5, no. 5, article no. e830, pp. 1-13. Open access
2019	Medalian, Y, Moseley, GL & Karran, EL 2019, 'An online investigation into the impact of adding epidemiological information to imaging reports for low back pain', Scandinavian Journal of Pain, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 629-633. 2 2 6
2019	Riis, A, Karran, EL, Hill, JC, Jensen, MB & Thomsen, JL 2019, 'A conceptual framework for increasing clinical staff member involvement in general practice: a proposed strategy to improve the management of low back pain', BMC Family Practice, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 1-7. Open access 1 1 10
2018	Karran, EL, Hillier, SL, Yau, Y-H, McAuley, JH & Moseley, GL 2018, 'A quasi-randomised, controlled, feasibility trial of GLITtER (Green Light Imaging Interpretation to Enhance Recovery)-a psychoeducational intervention for adults with low back pain attending secondary care', PEERJ, vol. 6, aticle no. e4301, pp. 1-20. Open access 3 3 1
2018	Wheeler, LP, Karran, EL & Harvie, DS 2018, 'Low back pain: Can we mitigate the inadvertent psycho-behavioural harms of spinal imaging?', Australian Journal of General Practice, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 614-617. Open access 6
2017	Karran, E, Medalian, Y, Hillier, SL & Moseley, GL 2017, 'The impact of choosing words carefully: an online investigation into imaging reporting strategies and best practice care for low back pain', PEERJ, vol. 5, article no. 4151, pp. 1-12. Open access 4 5 138
2017	Karran, EL, McAuley, JH, Traeger, AC, Hillier, SL, Grabherr, L, Russek, LN & Moseley, GL 2017, 'Can screening instruments accurately determine poor outcome risk in adults with recent onset low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Medicine, vol. 15, no. 1, article no. 13, pp. 1-15. Open access 68 61 37
2017	Karran, EL, Traeger, AC, McAuley, JH, Hillier, SL, Yau, Y-H & Moseley, GL 2017, 'The value of prognostic screening for patients with low back pain in secondary care', Journal of Pain, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 673-686. 17 15 29
2017	Karran, EL, Yau, Y-H, Hillier, SL & Moseley, GL 2017, 'The reassuring potential of spinal imaging results: development and testing of a brief, psycho-education intervention for patients attending secondary care', European Spine Journal, vol. 27, pp. 101-109. 8 9 66

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Organisation	Country
Aalborg Universitet	DENMARK
Aalborg University	DENMARK
Clarkson University	UNITED STATES
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Keele University	UNITED KINGDOM
Mount Royal University	CANADA
Neuroscience Research Australia	AUSTRALIA
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network	AUSTRALIA
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Silkeborg Regional Hospital	DENMARK
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

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Thesis title	Student status
Using health promotion in the community setting to improve exposure to contemporary knowledge about persistent pain – a process evaluation	Current

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