Mr Mark Jones

Adjunct Senior Lecturer UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

City East Campus (C8-39)
tel +61 8 830 22549

email Mark.Jones@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Postgraduate physiotherapy education
Advanced musculoskeletal practice
Biopsychosocial practice
Critical thinking and clinical reasoning

Welcome to my homepage. I was a member of the academic teaching staff of the Allied Health and Human Performance Unit, Physiotherapy discipline for 31 years before retiring in 2021. I now hold an Adjunct Senior Lecturer position.

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Research

Research focus

Human Movement and Sports Science
Clinical Sciences
Education
Mechanical Engineering
Other Medical and Health Sciences

Highlights

Musculoskeletal physiotherapy, Physiotherapy education, Critical thinking and clinical reasoning

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2016	Magarey, M, Jones, MA & Baida, SR 2016, 'Motor control of the shoulder region', in ClP Fernandez de las Penas, JA Cleland & J Dommerholt (eds), Manual Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes: an evidence- and clinical-informed approach, Churchill Livingstone, UK, ch. 32, pp. 358-372. 1
2008	Christensen, NK, Higgs, J, Edwards, IC & Jones, MA 2008, 'Helping Physiotherapy students develop clinical reasoning capability', in J Higgs, M Jones, S Loftus and N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 36, pp. 389 - 396.
2008	Edwards, IC & Jones, MA 2008, 'Clinical reasoning to facilitate cognitive-experiential change', in J Higgs, M Jones, S loftus, N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 29, pp. 319 - 328.
2008	Jones, MA, Jensen, G & Edwards, IC 2008, 'Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy', in J Higgs, M Jones, S loftus and N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butteworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 22, pp. 245 - 256.

Books

Year	Output
2018	Jones, MA & Rivett, DA 2018, Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, Elsevier, UK. 12

Chapters

Year	Output
2018	Beneciuk, JM, George, SZ & Jones, MA 2018, 'Assessment, reasoning and management of psychological factors in musculoskeletal practice', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 4, pp. 71-88. 3
2018	Catley, MJ, Moseley, GL & Jones, MA 2018, 'Understanding pain in order to treat patients in pain', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 2 , pp. 32-46. 8
2018	Christensen, N, Jones, MA & Rivett, DA 2018, 'Strategies to facilitate clinical reasoning development', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 31, pp. 562-582. 1
2018	Flynn, TW, Egan, B, Rivett, DA & Jones, MA 2018, 'Nonspecific low back pain: manipulation as the approach to management', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 8, pp. 137-149.
2018	Hall, T, Rivett, DA & Jones, MA 2018, 'Cervicogenic headache', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 16, pp. 276-293.
2018	Hammerish, AS, Scherer, SA & Jones, MA 2018, 'Influence of stress, coping and social factors on pain and disability in musculoskeletal practice', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 3, pp. 47-70.
2018	Jones, MA & Rivett, DA 2018, 'Preface', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, pp. ix-x.
2018	Jones, MA 2018, 'Clinical reasoning: fast and slow thinking in musculoskeletal practice', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 1, pp. 2-31. 9
2018	Jull, G, Sterling, M, Rivett, DA & Jones, MA 2018, 'A lawyer with whiplash', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 14, pp. 241-258.
2018	Lee, DG & Jones, MA 2018, 'Post-partum thoracolumbar pain with associated diastasis rectus abdominis', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 11, pp. 179-197.
2018	Lewis, J, Hegedus, Ej & Jones, MA 2018, 'Shoulder pain: to operate or not to operate?', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 17, pp. 294-317.
2018	Louw, A, Diener, I & Jones, MA 2018, 'A pain science approach to postoperative lumbar surgery rehabilitation', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 13 , pp. 220-240.
2018	Matias, R & Jones, MA 2018, 'Incorporating biomechanical data in the analysis of a university student with shoulder pain and scapula dyskinesis', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 27, pp. 483-503. 1
2018	Matsel, KA, Kiesel, K, Cook, G & Jones, MA 2018, 'Physical therapy chosen over lumbar microdiscectomy: a functional movement systems approach', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 28, pp. 526-551.
2018	Moseley, GL & Jones, MA 2018, 'Chronic facial pain in a 24-year-old university student: touch-based therapy accessed via auditory pathways', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 9 , pp. 150-163. 2
2018	Nee, RJ, Coppieters, MW & Jones, MA 2018, 'Lateral elbow pain with cervical and nerve-related components', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 7, pp. 118-136.
2018	Neumann, P, Thompson, J & Jones, MA 2018, 'Incontinence in an international hockey player', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 21, pp. 385-404.
2018	Nijs, J, De Kooning, M, Malfliet, A & Jones, MA 2018, 'Applying contemporary pain neuroscience for a patient with maladaptive central sensitization pain', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 25, pp. 455-470. 2
2018	Rio, E, Docking, S, Cook, J & Jones, MA 2018, 'Management of profound pain and functional deficits from achilles insertional tendinopathy', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 15, pp. 259-275.
2018	Schomacher, J & Jones, MA 2018, 'Managing a chronic whiplash problem when the patient lives 900 kilometres away', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 23, pp. 421-442.
2018	Showalter, CR, Rivett, DA & Jones, MA 2018, 'Acute exacerbation of chronic low back pain with right-leg numbness in a crop farmer', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 28, pp. 504-525.
2018	Torres Cueco, R, Rivett, DA & Jones, MA 2018, 'Post-traumatic neck pain, headache and knee pain following a cycling accident', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 18, pp. 318-346.
2018	Young, JL, Cleland, JA, Rivett, DA & Jones, MA 2018, 'Neck and upper extremity pain in a female office assistant: where does the problem lie?', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 22, pp. 405-420.
2018	von Piekartz, HJ, Rocabado, M & Jones, MA 2018, 'Orofacial, nasal respiratory and lower-quarter symptoms in a complex presentation with dental malocclusion and facial scoliosis', in MA Jones & DA Rivett (eds), Clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal practice, 2, Elsevier, UK, ch. 19, pp. 347-372.
2016	Magarey, M, Jones, MA & Baida, SR 2016, 'Motor control of the shoulder region', in ClP Fernandez de las Penas, JA Cleland & J Dommerholt (eds), Manual Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes: an evidence- and clinical-informed approach, Churchill Livingstone, UK, ch. 32, pp. 358-372. 1
2014	Jones, MA 2014, 'Clinical reasoning: from the Maitland concept and beyond', in E Hengeveld & K Banks (eds), Maitland's vertebral manipulation: management of neuromusculoskeletal disorders, 8th ed, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, ch. 2, pp. 14-82.
2011	Magarey, ME & Jones, MA 2011, 'Motor control of the shoulder region', in CF de las Peñas, JA Cleland & PA Huijbregts (eds), Neck and arm pain syndromes, Churchill Livingstone, China, ch. 21, pp. 279-295. 1
2009	Smith, M, Jones, MA & Ajjawi, R 2009, 'Clinical Reasoning in Physiotherapy', in Joy Higgs, Megan Smith, Gillian Webb, Margot Skinner & Anne Croker, Contexts of Physiotherapy Practice, Elsevier, NSW, Australia, pp. 102-114.
2008	Christensen, NK, Higgs, J, Edwards, IC & Jones, MA 2008, 'Helping Physiotherapy students develop clinical reasoning capability', in J Higgs, M Jones, S Loftus and N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 36, pp. 389 - 396.
2008	Edwards, IC & Jones, MA 2008, 'Clinical reasoning to facilitate cognitive-experiential change', in J Higgs, M Jones, S loftus, N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 29, pp. 319 - 328.
2008	Higgs, J & Jones, MA 2008, 'Clinical decision making and multiple problem spaces', in J Higgs, M Jones, S Loftus, N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 1, pp. 3-17.
2008	Jones, MA & Rivett, D 2008, 'Using case reports to teach clinical reasoning', in J Higgs, M Jones, S Loftus, N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 477-484.
2008	Jones, MA, Christensen, NK, Higgs, J & Edwards, IC 2008, 'Dimensions of clinical reasoning capability', in Nicole Christensen, Mark A Jones, Joy Higgs and S Loftus, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 9, pp. 101 - 110.
2008	Jones, MA, Jensen, G & Edwards, IC 2008, 'Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy', in J Higgs, M Jones, S loftus and N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butteworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 22, pp. 245 - 256.
2008	Jones, MA, Titchen, A & Higgs, J 2008, 'Knowledge, reasoning and evidence for practice', in J Higgs, M Jones, S Loftus, N Christensen, Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions, 3rd, Butterworth Heinemann, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ch. 13, pp. 151 - 161.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Roesch, HJ, Banwell, H, Jones, M, Saunders, S & Milanese, S 2025, 'An exploration of the acute response of the asymptomatic Achilles tendon to exercise using diagnostic ultrasound. A systematic review of cohort studies', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 313-323. Open access 1
2024	Mine, K, Jones, M, Saunders, S, Onofrio, B, Crowther, RG & Milanese, S 2024, 'Relationships between upper trunk rotation kinematics and arm fatigue after repetitive pitching among baseball pitchers', Sports Biomechanics, online, pp. 1-14.
2023	Dalley-Hewer, J, Clouder, DL & Jones, M 2023, 'Real world reflection: how physiotherapists experience reflection in their practice', Reflective Practice, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 85-99. Open access 2 1
2023	Hage, R, Fourré, A, Ramonfosse, L, Leteneur, S, Jones, M & Dierick, F 2023, 'Description and rules of a new card game to learn clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal physiotherapy', Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 287-296. Open access 5 3
2023	Hage, R, Roussel, N, Dierick, F, Da Natividade, J, Jones, M & Fourré, A 2023, 'Rethinking neck-related arm pain: hypothetical clinical scenarios to differentiate the underlying IASP-defined pain mechanisms', Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, pp. 1-12.
2023	Mine, K, Milanese, S, Jones, MA, Saunders, S & Onofrio, B 2023, 'Pitching mechanics and performance of adult baseball pitchers: a systematic review and meta-analysis for normative data', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 69-76. 4 2
2022	Clouder, L, Jones, M, Mackintosh, S & Adefila, A 2022, 'Development of autonomy on placement: perceptions of physiotherapy students and educators in Australia and the United Kingdom', Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 2100-2110. Open access 3 4
2021	Mine, K, Milanese, S, Jones, MA, Saunders, S & Onofrio, B 2021, 'Risk factors of shoulder and elbow injuries in baseball: a scoping review of 3 types of evidence', Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 9, no. 12, article no. 23259671211064645, pp. 1-12. Open access 11 9
2021	dos Santos, C, Jones, MA & Matias, R 2021, 'Short‐ and long‐term effects of a scapular‐focused exercise protocol for patients with shoulder dysfunctions-a prospective cohort', Sensors, vol. 21, no. 8, article no. 2888, pp. 1-20. Open access 8 5
2020	Murray, CM, Edwards, I, Jones, M & Turpin, M 2020, 'Learning thresholds for early career occupational therapists: a grounded theory of learning-to-practise', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 83, no. 7, pp. 469-482. Open access 9 9 2
2020	Ransom, M, Saunders, S, Gallo, T, Segal, J, Jones, D, Jones, M & Milanese, S 2020, 'Reliability of a portable fixed frame dynamometry system used to test lower limb strength in elite Australian Football League players', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 826-830. Open access 12 12
2019	Man, I, Kumar, S, Jones, M & Edwards, I 2019, 'An exploration of psychosocial practice within private practice musculoskeletal physiotherapy: A cross-sectional survey', Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, vol. 43, pp. 58-63. 14 14 12
2016	Magarey, M, Jones, MA, Cook, CE & Hayes, MG 2016, 'Does physiotherapy diagnosis of shoulder pathology compare to arthroscopic findings?', British Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 50, no. 18, pp. 1151-1157. 8 9
2015	Murray, C, Turpin, M, Edwards, I & Jones, M 2015, 'A qualitative meta-synthesis about challenges experienced in occupational therapy practice', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol.78, no. 9, pp. 534-546. Open access 26 29
2014	Denton, TP, Jones, M & Saunders, SW 2014, 'Test-retest reliability of isometric hip muscle strength measured using handheld dynamometry: a pilot study', Australian Medical Student Journal-AMSJ, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 66-70. Open access
2014	Edwards, IC, Jones, MA, Thacker, M & Swisher, L 2014, 'The moral experience of the patient with chronic pain : bridging the gap between first and third person ethics', Pain Medicine, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 364-378. Open access 16 12
2014	Singla, M, Jones, M, Edwards, I & Kumar, S 2014, 'Physiotherapists' assessment of patients' psychosocial status: are we standing on thin ice? A qualitative descriptive study', Manual Therapy, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 328-334. 92 84
2013	Jones, M, Van Kessel, G, Swisher, L, Beckstead, J & Edwards, I 2013, 'Cognitive maps and the structure of observed learning outcome assessment of physiotherapy students' ethical reasoning knowledge', Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 1-20. 9 9
2012	Edwards, I, van Kessel, G, Jones, M, Bechstead, J & Swisher, LL 2012, 'The development of moral judgment and organization of ethical knowledge in final year physical therapy students', Physical Therapy Reviews, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 157-166. 18 16
2012	Swisher, LL, Van Kessel, G, Jones, M, Beckstead, J & Edwards, I 2012, 'Evaluating moral reasoning outcomes in physical therapy ethics education: stage, schema, phase, and type', Physical Therapy Reviews, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 167-175. 36 30
2011	Jones, MA 2011, 'Clinical reasoning in physical therapy: its importance to learning, practice and physical therapists' contribution to society', Rigaku Ryohogaku (Physical therapy), vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 560-562.
2008	Jaberzadeh, S, Magarey, M, Sandow, M, Tyson, NL, Clisby, E & Jones, MA 2008, 'Relative contributions of the infraspinatus and deltoid during external rotation in patients with symptomatic subacromial impingement', Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, vol. 17, no. 1, supplement 1, pp. s87-s92. Open access 42 38

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
A.T. Still University	UNITED STATES
Adelaide Sports Physiotherapy	AUSTRALIA
Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown	PORTUGAL
Charles Sturt University	AUSTRALIA
Colorado In Motion	UNITED STATES
Coventry University	UNITED KINGDOM
Creighton University	UNITED STATES
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Diane Lee and Associates	CANADA
Duke University	UNITED STATES
Franklin Pierce University	UNITED STATES
Functional Movement Systems	UNITED STATES
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Haute cole de Namur-Lige-Luxembourg	BELGIUM
Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut	BELGIUM
High Point University	UNITED STATES
Instituto Politecnico De Setubal	PORTUGAL
International Spine and Pain Institute	UNITED STATES
King's College London	UNITED KINGDOM
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Manual Therapy Center, Brussels	BELGIUM
Mattituck	UNITED STATES
North Melbourne Football Club	AUSTRALIA
North Melbourne Victory Football Club	AUSTRALIA
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences	GERMANY
Pacific University	UNITED STATES
Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (Portugal)	PORTUGAL
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
Regis University	UNITED STATES
Rehazenter	LUXEMBERG
Samuel Merritt University	UNITED STATES
Sportsmed	AUSTRALIA
Stellenbosch University	SOUTH AFRICA
Temple University	UNITED STATES
Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France	FRANCE
University Hospital Brussels	BELGIUM
University of Antwerp	BELGIUM
University of Chile	CHILE
University of Evansville	UNITED STATES
University of Florida	UNITED STATES
University of Hertfordshire	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of South Florida	UNITED STATES
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Valencia	SPAIN
Vrije University Brussel	BELGIUM

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Keynote 3rd International Korean Academy of Maitland Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Thera-py (KAMOMPT) Conference, Suwon, Korea	2018
Member Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA)	2017
Member Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia	2017
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning Office for Learning and Teaching, Department of Education and Training, Australian Government	2012

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Manual/Manipulative Physiotherapy,Clinical Reasoning/Clinical Decision Making/Critical Thinking

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Developing a protocol to assess plantar flexor muscle strength as a risk factor for Achilles Tendinopathy in distance runners	Current
The acute effects of loading programs and anti-inflammatory medication on the exercise response in the asymptomatic Achilles tendon. A study using diagnostic ultrasound measuring tendon dimensions and vascularity.	Current
Associations between upper trunk rotation kinematics, trunk functions and arm fatigue in baseball pitching	Completed
Responses to troublesome aspects of knowledge and practice: a grounded theory of learning-to-practice occupational therapy	Completed

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