
Claire Samanna
@clairelsamanna
🔶 PHD Candidate @EHCSMonash @MonashUni
➡️ Investigating exercise for intervertebral disc health 🏃♀️
🔶Accredited Exercise Physiologist @ TailoredHealth
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10-04-2019 19:47:01
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Experiencing lower back pain? A/Prof Patrick J Owen aims to explore what types of exercise improves spinal health via a 12-week intervention. Find out more ➡️deakin.au/3DASBRL @MSKAust #mskaware #rattleyabones

🚨#Published: Can a progressive interval running intervention improve intervertebral disc health / other clinical outcomes in adults with chronic low back #pain? 📰Read our protocol via BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine: bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/9/1/e0… 👀#WatchThisSpace for findings! 👇Expert team below🙏



Common things people with CP see as safe- and threat-related cues in their lives... Enjoyed this investigation Hannah Kennedy Michel Coppieters #auspainsoc related to 'The EP Handbook: Protectometer' Noigroup


Erin MacIntyre smashing her presentation about altered affordances in people with pain. Loved the example of how affordances are individually unique - the video of parkour athletes was amazing(ly scary). Australian Pain Soc #AusPainSoc #APS2023


Thank you Aidan Cashin 🙏 for your inspiring talk on why we need to investigate mechanisms of interventions in clinical trials via #mediationanalysis. #APS2023 #auspainsoc


💊 Pharmacological treatments for low #BackPain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews 📚 Aidan Cashin & team reviewed the evidence from 7 reviews (that included 103 studies on a total of 22,238 people). buff.ly/40ZPxYq


ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ 🚴🏻 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 Daniel Belavy Emiliano Bonini Claire Samanna Hopefully not long now! Data collection is due to finish next week. As for a teaser: the spines of people with cLBP did not spontaneously collapse after starting a running program 🤯 Stay tuned for further updates 🧐

Great to see our ePoster on display SpineWeek 2023. “Exploring the feasibility and efficacy of a 12-week running program in individuals with chronic low back pain: a RCT protocol” Thanks to the entire ASTEROID team 🙏🏻 Full protocol: bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/bmjose…




On behalf of our amazing team 🤩 Claire Samanna A/Prof Patrick J Owen Daniel Belavy A/Prof Matt Clarkson EmmaCraige @RomyGollan Luana Main Dr Clint Miller Dr. Niamh Mundell AEP David Scott Jamie Tait Scott Tagliaferri Grace Vincent


Brendan Mouatt ESSA UniSA A/Prof Tasha Stanton Dr Felicity Braithwaite Noigroup Thanks for the chats Brendan, it was great to catch up!


Interesting new research from Chris Neason A/Prof Patrick J Owen Claire Samanna Daniel Belavy and colleagues in British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) has suggested that an individualised run-walk programme may improve pain and disability in adults with non-specific chronic low back pain 🏃♂️ 🔗


🤩Congrats Claire Samanna & Chris Neason for sharing your research in such a unique way 🙏Thank you to the broader ASTEROID study team 📰Protocol: bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/2/9… 📰Findings so far: bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/2/99 👀Check out a neat poster at #aps2025 for more findings
