Simon French

Queen's University — Canada

Medicine · Health Sciences

66h-index23.2kcitations578works2.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation(144), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology(54), Complex Systems and Decision Making(54), Clinical practice guidelines implementation(42), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life(39)

Publications578 total

Determining the Impact of a Physiotherapist-Led Primary Care Model for Low Back Pain: Protocol and Analysis Plan for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial and Embedded Process Evaluation (Preprint)
2025Open Access
Determining the Impact of a Physiotherapist-Led Primary Care Model For Hip and Knee Pain: Study Protocol and Analysis Plan for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial and Process Evaluation (Preprint)
2025Open Access
Effectiveness of strategies for implementing guideline-concordant care in low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
EClinicalMedicine·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Implementing an integrated psychological and physical intervention in routine physiotherapy practice for patients with musculoskeletal road traffic injury: protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness type III cluster randomised controlled trial
Implementation Science·2025Open Access
“It’s hard to trust an individual, it’s easier to trust an image”—patients with low back pain want imaging as a means of coping with uncertainty
BMC Primary Care·2025Open Access
Effect of a Walking Plus Education Program on the Duration and Severity of Recurrences of Low Back Pain: A Secondary Exploratory Analysis of the WalkBack Trial
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy·2025
Patient Characteristics Are Associated With Differences in Perceptions of Reassurance After a Consultation for Low Back Pain: Analysis of an Observational Study in Primary Care
European Journal of Pain·2025Open Access
‘Overhaul Medicare and perhaps train us better’: a qualitative study of primary care general practitioners’ perspectives on how to implement the low back pain clinical care standards
BMJ Public Health·2025Open Access
Evaluating the effect of incentives on recruiting people with low back pain with limited English proficiency as part of the COMFORT cluster randomised controlled trial: a study protocol for a study within a trial (SWAT)
Trials·2025Open Access
Moderators and Mediators of Pain and Function Outcomes in a New Service Delivery Model for Management of Knee Osteoarthritis in Primary Care: Secondary Exploratory Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Arthritis Care & Research·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
“Gleaning a lot from the history and physical exam,” and “reasonably confident without imaging”: a qualitative study of primary care clinicians' management of patients with low back pain
BMC Primary Care·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Clinical course of spinal pain in adolescents: a feasibility study in a chiropractic setting
BMJ Open·2025Open Access
Diagnostic imaging in the management of older adults with low back pain: analysis from the BAck Complaints in Elders: Chiropractic – Australia cohort study
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Clinician experiences in providing reassurance for patients with low back pain in primary care: a qualitative study
Journal of physiotherapy·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Reassurance use and reassurance-related outcomes for low back pain in primary care: A scoping review
Journal of Pain·2024· 2 cited
Retracted: Effectiveness of strategies for implementing guideline-concordant care in low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
EClinicalMedicine·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Does sedentary behaviour cause spinal pain in children and adolescents? A systematic review with meta-analysis
British Journal of Sports Medicine·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Back pain Knowledge and beliefs Survey (BacKS): development and assessment of measurement properties
British Journal of Sports Medicine·2024· 1 cited
Caminhar pode prevenir a dor lombar, segundo um novo estudo
2024
Walking can prevent low back pain, a new study shows
2024
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Frequent Co-authors

Sally Green(5), Rachelle Buchbinder(5), Jeremy Grimshaw(4), Denise O’Connor(4), Kim L. Bennell(4), Rana S. Hinman(4), Bruce F. Walker(4), Jill Francis(3), Susan Michie(3), K N Papamichail(3), Noah Ivers(2), Gro Jamtvedt(2), Signe Flottorp(2), Jane Young(2), Jan Odgaard‐Jensen(2), Mary Ann O’Brien(2), Joanne E. McKenzie(2), Peter Schattner(2), Neil Spike(2), Fiona Dobson(2)