Awards

A list of previous award winners from our past conferences.

Backcare Award (2011)
Trajectories of back pain in adolescents
KM Dunn, KP Jordan, L Mancl, M Drangsholt, L LeResche
(paper presented to SBPR 2010 Odense, Denmark)
Local Organisers Award (2011)
Proteoglycan populations in human intervertebral discs – small is beautiful?
S Owen, B Caterson, P Roughley, S Eisenstein, S Roberts
(paper presented to SBPR 2011 Cambridge, UK)
Presidents Award (2011)
A randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of stratified primary care management for low back pain compared with current best practice: The STarT Back trial [ISRCTN37113406]
JC Hill, DGT Whitehurst, M Lewis, S Bryan, K Dunn, NE Foster, K Konstantinou, CJ Main, E Mason, S Somerville, G Sowden, K Vohora, EM Hay
(paper presented to SBPR 2011 Cambridge, UK)
Secretarys Award (2011)
Effective reassurance for patients with low back pain
T Pincus, M Underwood, S Vogel, S Taylor
(paper presented to SBPR 2011 Cambridge, UK)
Backcare Award (2010)
Can muscle fatigue impair reflex activation of neck muscles?
NJ Artz, K Daniels, L Joslin, W Macfaul, E Rintoul & T Dolan - Bristol
(paper presented to SBPR 2009, Chepstow, UK)
Local Organisers Award (2010)
Trajectories of back pain in adolescents
KM Dunn, KP Jordan, L Mancl, M Drangsholt, L Leresche
(paper presented to SBPR 2010 Odense, Denmark)
Presidents Award (2010)
Managing missing scores on the Roland Morris disability questionnaire
P Kent, HH Lauridsen
(paper presented to SBPR 2010 Odense, Denmark)
Secretarys Award (2010)
Trajectories of back pain in adolescents
KM Dunn, KP Jordan, L Mancl, M Drangsholt, L LeResche
(paper presented to SBPR 2010 Odense, Denmark)
Backcare Award (2009)
The Access Trial: Randomised clinical trial of public hospital-based versus private community-based physiotherapy for low back pain: 12 month follow-up clinical outcome results
S N Casserley-Feeney, G Bury, L Daly & D A Hurley - Dublin, Ireland
(paper presented to SBPR 2008 Keele, UK)
Local Organisers Award (2009)
The efficacy of a “one-stop” assessment service, including MRI scanning for low back pain. Review of 1300 patients referred by primary care physicians for specialist opinion.
K Greenfield and D Sandeman
(paper presented to SBPR 2009 Chepstow, UK)
Presidents Award (2009)
Incidence of adverse events from manual therapy: a systematic review
D Carnes, T Mars, B Mullinger, R Froud, M Underwood
(paper presented to SBPR 2009 Chepstow, UK)
Secretarys Award (2009)
The predictive relationship between changes in physical activity and functional disability at 3 months in an acute low back pain population
PA Hendrick, LA Hale, ML Bell, S Milosavljevic, DA Hurley-Osing, SM McDonough & DG Baxter
(paper presented to SBPR 2009 Chepstow, UK)
Backcare Award (2008)
Corticosteroids in peri-radicular infiltration for radicular pain- a randomised double-blind controlled trial. One year results and subgroup analysis
P Sell, S Tafazal, L Ng, N Chaudhary
(paper presented to SBPR 2007 Helsinki, Finland)
Backcare Award (2008)
The Access Trial: Randomised clinical trial of public hospital-based versus private community-based physiotherapy for low back pain: 12 month follow-up clinical outcome results
S N Casserley-Feeney, G Bury, L Daly & D A Hurley
(paper presented to SBPR 2008 Keele, UK)
Local Organisers Award (2008)
An evaluation of patients with spinal metastases initially presenting to a primary care spinal clinical assessment service (SCAS)
R Sephton and P Greatbatch
(paper presented to SBPR 2008 Keele, UK)
Presidents Award (2008)
Subjective and objective evaluation of the physical activity profiles of people with low back pain and age-matched controls over 7 consecutive days
DA Hurley, L Brady, E O’Brien, S McDonough, GD Baxter and C Heneghan
(paper presented to SBPR 2008 Keele, UK)
Backcare Award (2007)
Do patients with psychological distress get better after lumbar spinal surgery?
M Hutton, D Hay, J Powell, D Sharp
(paper presented to SBPR 2006 Guisborough, UK)
Local Organisers Award (2007)
Surgical or nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis? A six-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial
P Slätis, A Malmivaara, M Heliövaara, P Sainio, S Seitsalo, H Hurri, K Tallroth et al.
(paper presented to SBPR 2007 Helsinki, Finland)
Presidents Award (2007)
The effect of methodological quality, sample size and statistical rigour on outcomes of randomized controlled trials in low back pain
D M Hettinga
(paper presented to SBPR 2007 Helsinki, Finland)
Backcare Award (2006)
Biopsychosocial intervention for persistent disabling low back pain, effectiveness and patient preferences
R E Johnson, C Roberts, G T Jones, N J Wiles, C Chaddock, R G Potter, P Watson, D P M S Symmons, G J Macfarlane
(paper presented to SBPR 2005 Warwick, UK)
Presidents Award (2006)
Do patients with psychological distress get better after lumbar spinal surgery?
M Hutton, D Hay, J Powell, D Sharp - Ipswich
(paper presented to SBPR 2006 Guisborough, UK)