Romy Parker

Employment:

Associate Professor, Dept of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of Cape Town

Registration:

Health Professions Council of SA – Physiotherapist (PT0045977)

SA Society of Physiotherapy (PAR184)

NRF Rating:

C3 (2016)

Qualifications:

1990 – BSc(Phys) (UCT)

1991 – BSc(Med)(Hons)Ex.Sci(Phys) (UCT)

2004 – MSc(Pain) (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh)

2013 – PhD(Psychiatry) (UCT)

(Pain in HIV/AIDS: characteristics, contributing factors and the effects of a six-week peer-led exercise and education intervention)

2014 – PGDip in Health Professional Education (with distinction) (UCT)

Publications:

Madden, V.J.; Goodin, B.R. and Parker, R. (2020) Pain in HIV/AIDS: past, present and future. (accepted with revisions Frontiers in Psychology)
Lourens, A; Parker, R; Hodkinson, P. (2020) Prehospital acute traumatic pain assessment and management practices in the Western Cape, South Africa: a retrospective review (accepted with minor revisions 30 March 2020 International Journal of Emergency Medicine)
Groenewald, MB; van Nugteren, J; Parker, R (2020) Are Groote Schuur Hospital anaesthesiologists burnt out? A cross-sectional study of prevalence and risk South African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia (accepted 6 March 2020)
Lourens, A; Hodkinson, P; Parker, R (2020) Acute pain assessment and management in the prehospital setting, in the Western Cape, South Africa: A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Survey BMC Emergency Medicine (accepted March 2020)
Limakatso, K; Bedwell, G; Madden, V.J.; Parker, R. (2020) The prevalence of phantom limb pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (accepted minor revisions PlosONE)
Kgokong, D and Parker, R. (2020) Physical activity in Physiotherapy undergraduates: benefits and barriers. South African Journal of Physiotherapy (accepted 26 Feb SAJP)
Parker, R and Madden, V.J. (2020) State of the art: What have the Pain Sciences brought to Physiotherapy? South African Journal of Physiotherapy 76(1) a1309 https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v76i1.1390 |
Prempeh, A; Duys, R; Parker, R (2020) “Perioperative pain management: an audit of practice at a tertiary hospital” Health SA Gesondheid 25, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v25i0.1281
Hendricks, S; Hill, H; Lombard, W; Parker, R. (2019) Does Foam Rolling have a Positive Effect on Performance and Recovery from Post Exercise Induced Muscle Damage: A Systematic Review of the Literature to Guide Practitioners on the use of Foam Rolling J Bodyw Mov Ther https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2019.10.019
Gonzalez, C.E.; Okunbor, J.I.; Parker, R; Owens M.A.; White, D.M.; Merlin, J.S.; Goodin, B.R. (2019) Pain-specific resilience in people living with HIV and chronic pain: beneficial associations with coping strategies and catastrophizing Frontiers in Psychology, section Psychology for Clinical Settings Manuscript ID: 471017 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02046
Parker, R; Madden, VJ; Devan, D; Cameron, S; Jackson, K; Kamerman, P; Reardon, C; Wadley, A (2019) Barriers to implement clinical trials on non-pharmacological treatments in developing countries – lessons learnt from managing pain in HIV PAINReports:November/December 2019 – Volume 4 – Issue 6 – p e783 doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000783 https://journals.lww.com/painrpts/FullText/2019/12000/Barriers_to_implementing_clinical_trials_on.7.aspx#pdf-link
Limakatso, K; Madden, V.J.; Manie, S.; Parker, R (2019) The effectiveness of graded motor imagery for reducing phantom limb pain in amputees: A randomised controlled trial Physiotherapy ISSN 0031-9406, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2019.06.009
Moabelo, A and Parker, R (2019) “The use of pregabalin in the Groote Schuur Hospital chronic pain management clinic: a medicines usage evaluation” South African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia 25:4 (21-28) http://www.sajaa.co.za/index.php/sajaa/issue/view/135
Aswegen, H. van, Reeve, J., Beach, L., Parker, R., & Olsèn, M. F. (2019). Physiotherapy management of patients with major chest trauma: Results from a global survey. Trauma. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460408619850918
Lourens, A; McCaul, M; Parker, R; Hodkinson, P (2019) “Acute pain in the African prehospital setting: A scoping review” Pain Research and Management, vol. 2019, Article ID 2304507, 13 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2304507
Barnes, R; Jelsma, J; Parker, R (2019) Improvements in health-related quality of life and function in middle-aged women with chronic diseases of lifestyle after participating in a non-pharmacological intervention programme: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial. African Journal of Disability, [S.l.], v. 8, p. 14 pages, Feb. 2019. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v8i0.428
Limakatso, K; Bedwell, G.J., Madden, V.J., Parker, R. (2019) The prevalence of phantom limb pain and associated risk factors in people with amputations: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews 8 (1): 17 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0938-8
Penn,T; Trost, Z; Parker, R; Wagner, W; Owens, M; Gonzalez, C; White, D; Merlin, J; Goodin, B (2019) Social support buffers the negative influence of perceived injustice on pain interference in people living with HIV (PLWH) and chronic pain. Pain Reports 14 March 2019 https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000710
Owens, M.A., Parker, R., Rainey, R.L., Gonzalez, C.E., White, D.M., Ata, A.E., Okunbor, J.I., Heath, S.L., Merlin, J.S., & Goodin, B.R., (2018). Enhanced facilitation and diminished inhibition characterizes the pronociceptive endogenous pain modulatory balance of persons living with HIV and chronic pain. Journal of NeuroVirology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-018-0686-5
Parker, R; Wagner, T; Higgins, Z; Mlombile, Z; Mohr, M. (2018) The effects of warm water immersion on blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability in people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Quasi-Experimental study South African Journal of Physiotherapy, v. 74, n. 1, p. 7 ISSN 2410-8219. Available at: https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/442>. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v74i1.442
Plenge, U., Nortje, M., Marais, L., Jordaan K., Parker, R., van der Westhuizen, N., van der Merwe, J., Torborg, A.,Ryan, P., Farina, Z., Smith, R., Cairns, C., Shanahan, H., Sombili, S., Mazibuko, A., Porill, O., Hobbs, H., Siebritz, R., Timothy, N., Davies, G., Pretorius, T., Solomon, C.,Marais, J., Daniels, W., van der Westhuizen, C., Blake, C., Troskie, A., Rowe, P., van der Walt, J., Isaacs, R., Munting, T., Gray, L.A., Steinhaus, H., Theron, A., Biccard, B.M. (2018) “Optimising perioperative care for hip and knee arthroplasty surgery in South Africa: a Delphi consensus study” BMC Musculoskeletal, 19, 1:140
Galloway, K; Parker, R; (2018) Could an increase in vigilance for spinal tuberculosis at primary health care level, enable earlier diagnosis at district level in a tuberculosis endemic country? African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine[S.l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 9 pages, June 2018. ISSN 2071-2936. Available at: <https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/1666/2645>.
Barnes, R; Jelsma, J; Parker, R (2018) “Musculoskeletal conditions within adult middle-aged women, attending a community clinic in a rural area in South Africa: A cross sectional survey.” Disability and Rehabilitation https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/_DbYCNxKq0iM398oIj9U-J
Parker, R; Bergman, E; Mntambo, A; Stubbs, S; Wills, M. (2017) ‘Levels of physical activity in people with chronic pain’, South African Journal of Physiotherapy 73(1), a323. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp. v73i1.323
Parker, R., Jelsma, J. Stein, D.J. (2017) Pain in amaXhosa women living with HIV/AIDS: a cross-sectional study of ambulant outpatients BMC Women’s Health DOI: 10.1186/s12905-017-0388-9
Limakatso, K; Corten, L; Parker, R (2016) The effects of Graded Motor Imagery and its components on phantom limb pain and disability in upper and lower limb amputees: A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews 5: 145 DOI 10.1186/s13643-016-0322-5
Van Nugteren, J, Parker, R., Madden, V. (2016) Understanding persistent postoperative pain in South Africa SAJAA Vol 4. Guest editorial
Kruger-Jakins, T., Saw, M., Edries, N., Parker, R. (2016) The development of an intervention to manage pain in people with late-stage osteoarthritis South African Journal of Physiotherapy 72(1), a311. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v72i1.311
Saw, M; Kruger-Jakins, T., Edries, N., Parker, R. (2016) Significant improvements in pain after a six-week physiotherapist-led exercise and education intervention, in patients with osteoarthritis awaiting arthroplasty, in South Africa: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Diseases May 27;17(1):236. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1088-6. (IF1.684)
Parker, R., Jelsma, J., Stein, D.J. (2016) The effect of a six-week peer-led exercise and education intervention on pain in women living with HIV/AIDS: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease September 204(9):665-672 doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000506 (IF1.836; Ranking Psychiatry 51/120) (UCT Faculty of Health Sciences, Best Publication of 2016 Award)
Parker, R., Jelsma, J., Stein, D.J. (2016) Pain in amaXhosa women living with HIV/AIDS: Translation and validation of the Brief Pain Inventory-Xhosa. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 51(1):126-132 (IF 2.649; Ranking Medicine and General 28/151)
Madden, V.J., Harvie, D.S., Stanton, T.R., Parker, R., Vlaeyen J.W.S., Moseley, G.L. (2015) Can pain or hyperalgesia be a Can pain or hyperalgesia be a classically conditioned response in humans? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain Medicine 0: 1–18 doi: 10.1093/pm/pnv044 (IF2.324; Ranking Medicine and General 37/1554)
Hasenbring, M. I., Lundberg, M., Parker, R., Soderlund, A., Bolton, B., Smeets, R. J. Ljutov, A. Simmonds, M. J. (2014) Pain, Mind, and Movement in Musculoskeletal Pain: Is Physical Activity Always Health-promoting or are There Detrimental Aspects? Clin J Pain. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000101 (IF2.712; Ranking Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine 17/49 )
Parker, R., Madden, V. (2014) Ultrasound versus sham ultrasound for experimentally induced Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: a double-blind controlled trial SA Journal of Sports Medicine 26(4):99-103. DOI:10.7196/sajsm.535
Parker R. Jelsma, J. Stein, D.J. (2014) Response to comment on ‘‘Pain in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review Journal of the International AIDS Society 17:19234 (IF 6.256; Ranking Virology 5/33)
Parker, R. Jelsma, J. Stein, D.J. (2014) Pain in HIV/AIDS: A systematic review. Journal of the International AIDS Society 17:18719 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/18719 | http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.17.1.18719 (IF 6.256; Ranking Virology 5/33)
Parker, R. Stein, D.J. Jelsma, J. (2014) The development of an intervention to manage pain in HIV/AIDS. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 70(1)
Lang, P. Parker, R. Burgess, T. (2013) Cervico-mandibular muscle activity in females with chronic cervical pain. South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 69(3):1-6
Clenzos, N. Naidoo, N. Parker, R. (2013) Physiotherapists’ knowledge of pain: A cross-sectional correlational study of members of the South African Sports and Orthopaedic Manipulative Special Interest Groups. SA Journal of Sports Medicine, 25(4):95-100
Parker, R. & Jelsma, J. 2010. The prevalence and functional impact of musculoskeletal conditions amongst clients of a primary health care facility in an under-resourced area of Cape Town. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 11, 2.
Yates, D., Jelsma, J., & Parker, R. (2010). The profile of people reporting with low back pain to a resource poor clinic in Cape Town.South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 66(2), 2-8. doi:https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v66i2.61
Parker, R. Burgess S., Dubaniewicz A., Gouws L., Krone, J., Madden V., Nortje C., Parsons C. Patient Satisfaction with a Pilot Chronic Pain Management Programme in Cape Town, South Africa. South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2009 65(1):1-6
Parker, R. Gush, S. Vale, M. Birchall, L. Joffe, J. Ross, N. Pain Knowledge and Attitudes in Final Year Health Science Students at the University of Cape Town. Journal of Pain SA 2009 4(2):5-9
Parker, R., Physiotherapy Students’ Assessment of Psychosocial Yellow Flags in Low Back Pain. South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2007. 63(1):3-8

Non Peer-reviewed Publications:

Parker, R Physiotherapy rehabilitation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. (2013) SA Rheumatology Journal, August/September
Van Nugeteren, J. Louw, K. Parker, R. (2013) Approach to Management of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain. SA Rheumatology Journal, June/July
Parker, R. Pain in HIV/AIDS. HIVAIDS and Mental Health 2008 (3)

Active reviewer for:

African Journal of Disability
South African Journal of Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy Research International
European Journal of Physiotherapy
International Sport Med Journal
JAIDS
BMC Musculoskeletal
Pain Reports

Conference Presentations:

2019

7^th EMSSA International Conference 2019 (4-7 November, Cape Town)

Invited speaker for Workshop: “Pain in Emergency Care”

SASMA/BRICSCESS 2019 (10-13 October, Cape Town)

Invited speaker for a featured symposium on Pain: “No Brain, No Pain: why we need multidisciplinary teams to treat pain”

2018

Paediatric Pain Management Symposium (16 – 17 October, Cape Town)

Keynote Speaker: “Pain neuroscience education”

18^th World Congress on Pain (13 – 16 September, Boston USA)

Poster: “Non-pharmacological management of pain in HIV/AIDS: a bridge too far if you are a poor, depressed South African?”

Pain, Mind and Movement Pre-Congress Satellite Symposium “Applying Science to the Clinic” (12 September, Boston USA)

Rapid-fire presentation: “Non-pharmacological management of pain in HIV/AIDS: a bridge too far if you are a poor, depressed South African?”

21^st National Family Practitioners Congress (24-26 August, Cape Town)

Invited to present the workshop: “A multidisciplinary approach to care for a patient with chronic pain”

PainSA (18 – 20 May, Jhb)

Invited Speaker “Interdisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain”

Workshop: “Pain Physiology”

2018 SASA National Congress (4 – 8 April, CT)

Invited Speaker: “Pain Neuroscience – Advancing knowledge for clinical practice”

2017

World Congress of Physiotherapy (2 – 5 July, Cape Town)

Focused Symposium: “Chest Wall Trauma”; van Aswegen, H; Reeve, J; Fagevik-Olsen, M; Parker, R; Beach, L

Post-Congress Course: “Central sensitization in physical therapy practice around the world: scientific innovation for improving care for chronic pain patients” Nijs, J; Ickmans, K; Sterling, M

PainSA (12 – 14 May, Cape Town)

Invited Speaker “Trigger What?!”

2016

PainSA (13-15 May, Durban)

Invited Speaker: “Interdisciplinary Pain Management”

2015

PainSA (22-24 May, Jhb)

Invited Speaker: “Non-pharmacological management of neuropathic pain in HIV/AIDS: where are we and where are we going?”

Joint Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association (4-6 February, Indianapolis, USA)

Workshop: “Silbernagel, K. Lundberg, M Nijs, J. Parker, R. “Move the fear away – physical therapy a central treatment strategy for fear of movement.”

2014

15th World Congress on Pain (6-11 October, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Poster presentation “Pain assessment and management in an acute orthopaedic setting in South Africa”

RuDASA/RuRESA conference (21 – 24 Sept, Worcester)

Invited to present workshop: “Managing chronic pain in rural settings”

17th National Family Practitioners Congress incorporating the 8th Annual Pain and Guidelines Symposium (20 – 22 June, Pretoria)

Invited Speaker: “The role of the physiotherapist in headache disorders”

Invited Speaker: “The role of the physiotherapist in sports injuries”

Pain SA Congress (16- 18 May, Durban)

Invited Speaker: “Treating the brain in chronic pain”

Workshop: “Graded Motor Imagery”

2013

European Federation of IASP Chapters (9 – 12 October, Florence, Italy)

Poster presentation “The Brief Pain Inventory Xhosa: translation and validation for use in amaXhosa women living with HIV/AIDS”

2012

Pain SA (21 – 22 June 2012, Cape Town)

Invited Speaker – “The non-pharmacological management of chronic low back pain”

Invited Speaker – “The non-pharmacological management of pain in sports injuries”

14^th World Congress on Pain (27 – 31 August, Milan Italy)

Poster presentation “The effects of a 6-week peer-led exercise and education intervention on pain in amaXhosa women living with HIV/AIDS”

Winner of Best Poster at satellite meeting of the Pain, Mind and Movement SIG

2011

The 4^th Pain African Pain Congress (11 – 13 March 2011, Cape Town)

Invited Speaker – “What can the Physiotherapist do for Chronic Pain?”

Free paper – “Pain in IsiXhosa women living with HIV/AIDS: preliminary findings”

Posters – “Profile of patients attending the Chronic Pain Management Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town”; “Use of Graded Motor Imagery in a paediatric population – a case series”

OMT Current Concepts Symposium (29 April 2011)

Invited Speaker – “Graded Motor Imagery for treatment of Paediatric Pain”

Wits Pain Management Unit Pain Symposium (4 June 2011)

Invited Speaker – The role of physiotherapy in chronic pain management

2010

13^th World Congress on Pain (29 August – 3 September)

Poster presentation “The effects of ultrasound on pain and range of motion in delayed onset muscle soreness”

Invited lecturer Stellenbosch University Department of Physiotherapy

MSc(Physiotherapy) – lectures on mechanisms and management of Chronic Pain (11 May)

IVyr Physiotherapy students – Chronic Pain Workshop (21 May)

The 4^th PainSA Congress (7 – 9 May)

Invited Speaker – What can the Physiotherapist do for Pain?

Free paper – “A pilot study: Pain in IsiXhosa women living with HIV/AIDS” (Winner of the Best Free paper award)

OMT Current Concepts Symposium (30 April)

Invited Speaker – Pain management in the athlete

Annual Refresher Course of the SA Society for Surgery of the Hand (26 – 28 Feb)

Invited speaker – Therapeutic Management of Neuropathic Pain.

2009

SASP Congress “The full circle: educate and exercise” (1-3 May)

Invited Speaker – “Pain Management in HIV/AIDS”

2008

3^rd Clinical Sports Medicine Conference (8-10 October)

Invited Speaker – “Chronic pain management in the athlete”

12^th World Congress on Pain (17-22 August)

Poster presentation “The Challenges of Chronic Pain management in a multi-cultural

developing country”

Division of Family Medicine: GP refresher course (24 Jan)

Invited speaker – The role of Physiotherapy in the prevention and treatment of sports injuries

2007

PainSA Annual Conference (15 – 17 June)

Free papers: “Pain Knowledge and Attitudes in final year health science students at UCT” and “The Chronic Pain Management Course at Groote Schuur Hospital”

Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists Symposium on Research Evidence for Low Back and Pelvic Pain (23 – 24 March)

Invited speaker – “Chronic Pain Mechanisms”

WCPT Africa Congress (14 – 18 August)

Invited speaker – Chronic Pain Management Workshop

Tanzania

2002

British Society of Rheumatology Conference

Poster presentation: “Audit of 6-week Rheumatoid Arthritis Education Group”

Funding:

International Association for the Study of Pain – Developing Countries Education Grant (2010)

Value: US$10 000

The Pain Ambassadors Project which trained 30 health care professionals as Pain Ambassadors to act as advocates for pain management.

Thuthuka 2011-2013 (TTK20100803000014645 – PhD track)

Value: R358 860

Pain in HIV: characteristics, contributing factors and the effects of a six-week peer-led exercise and education intervention

Thuthuka 2014-2016 (TTK13061319132 – Postdoctoral track)

Value: R294 604

Managing HIV related pain

Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration Grant (2014)

Value: R18 000

Attend the World Congress on Pain and present poster at Congress and pre-congress Symposium

MRC SIR Grant 2016 – 2018

Value: R211 940

Non-pharmacological interventions for reducing pain in people with HIV: a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration Grant (2018)

Value: R20 000

Attend the World Congress on Pain and present poster and rapid fire presentations on Pain in HIV.

International Association for the Study of Pain – Developing Countries Education Grant (2018)

Value: US$10 000

Strategic Training in the Assessment and Management of Pain to improve patient Outcomes – the STAMP Out Pain project

Prizes and Awards:

2012

World Congress on Pain – Pain, Mind and Movement Satellite Symposium

Best Poster

2010

PainSA Congress

Best free paper

2016

Faculty of Health Sciences Best Publication Award (Early career award, Public Health & Rehabilitation Sciences)

“Managing Pain in Women Living With HIV/AIDS” in The Journal of nervous and mental disease (204(9):665-72)

2018

IASP Champion

Nominated to the IASP Hall of Champions (http://www.iasp-pain.org/Membership/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=6221)

2018

IASP Developing Countries Advocacy Award

Nominated as an advocate by the IASP Developing Countries Group to receive training and support as a Pain Advocate

2019

ASAIPA National Medical awards

Nominated by the South African Society of Physiotherapy for an ASAIPA award in recognition of contributing to independent private practice

Scholarly Activities:

2018

Editorial Board member Pain Research Forum (2018-2020)

Chair of Scientific Committee of PainSA Congress

Member of Scientific Committee for 19^th World Congress on Pain (2018-2022)

Section Editor – Pain Management and Palliative Care Section of African Journal of Primary Healthcare & Family Medicine

Editorial Board – South African Journal of Physiotherapy

2017

Chair of Scientific Committee PainSA Congress

2015

Chair of Scientific Committee PainSA Congress 2015

Guest lecturer University of Gothenburg

Guest lecturer Karolinska Institutet

2014

South African Society of Physiotherapy National Symposium (21-23 March)

Scientific Committee Chair

2013

The First South African Research in Rehabilitation Conference (1 – 3 September)

Programme Convener

2012

European Pain School (3 – 10 June)

Scholar at the European Pain School 2012

2001

Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust

Research Physiotherapist participating in Keele University’s PANTHER ARC trial

Supervision Experience:

Undergraduate Research projects (BSc Physiotherapy):

2019 – “Prevalence of chronic pain in prostate cancer survivors”

2018 – “Patient satisfaction with postoperative pain management”

2017 – “Changing nurses’ knowledge and attitudes about pain: A quasi-experimental study to evaluate the effects of the Essential Pain Management Program at Groote Schuur Hospital”

2016 – “The effects of warm water immersion on blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability in people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”

2015 – “Physical activity levels in patients referred to the Chronic Pain Management Clinic at GSH”

2014 – “Long term outcomes of participating in a Chronic Pain Management Program at GSH”

2013 – “Pain assessment in acute care settings”

2012 – “The effects of vibration massage on pain and ROM in paediatric burns”

2010 – “The profile of patients at the GSH Chronic Pain Management Clinic”

2009 – “LBP in school age rowers in South Africa”

2008 – “The effectiveness of US on DOMS”

“An Audit of the Chronic Pain Management Course at GSH”

“LBP in school age rowers in the Western Cape”

2006 – “Pain Knowledge and Assessment ability in final year health science students at UCT”

“The identification of “yellow flags” in low back pain by 3^rd and 4^th year physiotherapy students at UCT”

Masters Supervision:

Co-supervisor with A.Prof J Jelsma of Debbie Yates “An Investigation into the Impact on Low Back Pain of an Educational Pamphlet designed According to Lifestyle and Need”. Graduated June 2008

Primary Supervisor of dissertations for MPhil (Sports Physiotherapy)

Richard Feher “Epidemiology of injuries in the 2006 Berg River Canoe Marathon” Graduated June 2009
Wendy Viviers “The relationship between the paddle grip:handgrip size ration and the incidence of lateral epicondylitis and wrist tenosynovitis in canoeists during the 2006 Isuzu Berg River Canoe Marathon” Graduated June 2009
Robyn John “An investigation to determine if there is a relationship between lumbar mobility and hamstring flexibility in canoeists with lower back pain” Graduated June 2011
David Milner “Physiotherapy student knowledge of concussion” Graduated December 2012
Kathryn Thomas “Factors that predict South African rugby coaches’ knowledge of the prevention, identification and management of concussion” Graduated with a Distinction December 2011
Nadia Clenzos “Sports physiotherapists’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of pain” Graduated December 2012
Ugendrie Govender “South African physiotherapists’ knowledge of the prevention, diagnosis and management of concussion” Graduated December 2013
Alice Rawlinson “ A cross sectional study to determine whether there are central nervous system changes in rugby players who have sustained recurrent ankle injuries” Graduated June 2017
Rashaad Jakoet “A cross sectional study to determine whether there are central nervous system changes in professional soccer players who have sustained recurrent ankle injuries” Graduated June 2016
Inneke Scorgie “The epidemiology of injuries in competitive swimming adolescents attending a Johannesburg swim squadron” Graduated June 2016
Diana Kgokong “Beliefs and barriers to physical activity in physiotherapy students” Graduated April 2018
Hayd’n Hill “Does Foam Rolling have a Positive Effect on Performance and Recovery from Post Exercise Induced Muscle Damage: A Systematic Review of the Literature to Guide Practitioners on the use of Foam Rolling” Graduated April 2019
Damian Swartz “Changes in levels of physical activity in people with chronic pain after participating in a chronic pain management program at GSH” Graduated December 2019
Jessica Rabbitte “Psychosocial factors, pain and recovery in runners” Passed (with distinction) April 2019

Primary Supervisor of MSc(Physiotherapy)

Megan Dutton “The effect of scapulothoracic rehabilitation on shoulder pain in competitive swimmers” Graduated December 2012
Trish Lang “Cervico-mandibular muscle activity in females with Chronic Cervical Pain: a descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study” Graduated December 2012
Ruth Siebrits “Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Midshaft Femoral Fractures” Graduated June 2013
Melissa Saw “The effects of a six-week physiotherapist led exercise and education intervention on pain in people awaiting arthroplasty at Tygerberg hospital, Western Cape” Graduated with distinction June 2015
Tina Kruger-Jakins “The effects of a six-week physiotherapist led exercise and education intervention on pain in people awaiting arthroplasty at Helen Joseph hospital, Gauteng” Graduated with distinction June 2015
Cameron Reardon “A Biopsychosocial Approach to Pain Management in Rural, amaZulu Males Living with HIV/AIDS” Graduated with Distinction, April 2018
Kirsty Jackson “The effects of a six-week peer-led exercise and education intervention on pain in people living with HIV/AIDS living in the OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape” Graduated with Distinction June 2017
Sarah Bunge “The effects of a biopsychosocial approach in the treatment of pain in people living with HIV/AIDS in the Riversdale area in the Western Cape” Graduated with Distinction December 2018
Sara Warren “The effects of a pre-operative six-week physiotherapist-led exercise and education intervention on pain and function in people undergoing TKA for OA” Graduated December 2018
Katleho Limakatso “The effectiveness of Graded Motor Imagery on phantom limb pain and function in upper and lower limb amputees: A Quasi-experimental study Graduated December 2018
*Gillian Bedwell “Temporal summation and secondary hyperalgesia” (submitting 2020)

Primary Supervisor of MMed(Anaesthetics)

Dr Agnes Moabelo “The use of pregabalin in a chronic pain management clinic: A cross- sectional descriptive study” Passed 2019
*Dr Neliswe Shavambu “Prevalence of chronic pain in breast cancer survivors” (data collection)
*Dr Beki Nkosi “Analgesic use following Total Knee Arthroplasty in patients with central sensitization: A cross-sectional study” (data collection)
*Dr Munyaredzi Majangara “Patient satisfaction with treatment at the Chronic Pain Management Clinic” (data collection)

Co-supervisor of MMed(Anaesthetics)

Dr Mariesa Nock “Paediatric management of CRPS1: a case series” Graduated 2017
Dr Agyah Prempeh “A pilot audit of pain assessment practice in 2 surgical wards at Groote Schuur Hospital” (passed January 2020)
Dr Embe Groenewald “Burnout in Anaesthetists” (submitted for publication)
Dr Joe van Vreede “Prevalence of pre-existing depression in patients attending the chronic pain management clinic” (writing up)
Dr Blessing Mashanda-Tafaune “Pain Knowledge in final year MBChB students” (submitted for publication)

Co-supervisor of MSc(Physiology) at Wits

Dershnee Devan “Comparison of a peer-led exercise and education intervention with a caring therapeutic relationship in reducing pain and improving quality of life in individuals suffering from HIV-related pain” Graduated December 2016

Co-supervisor MPH

Garth Reypert “The CFS Conundrum: A systematic review on Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of Healthcare Professionals to guide curriculum development” Graduated June 2016

PhD Supervision:

Co-supervisor:

Roline Barnes “An investigation into the prevalence and nature of musculoskeletal conditions amongst women attending Primary Health Care Clinics, and the effectiveness of an intervention program for these patients.” Graduated December 2016
*Ulla Plenge “Developing a perioperative care plan for total knee arthroplasty to optimise outcomes” Data collection
*Andrit Lourens “Pain management in the pre-hospital setting” (Data collection)

Primary Supervisor:

*Candice Hendricks “An investigation into the prevalence and nature of musculoskeletal conditions amongst women attending Primary Health Care Clinics in the Cape Town metropole, and the effectiveness of an intervention program for these patients.” Writing up for submission 2020
*Katleho Limakatso “Phantom Limb Pain: prevention and management” (Data collection)
*Dr Murray McDonald “Epidemiology of chronic pain in the Western Cape” (Protocol development)

*indicates current supervision

Professional Activities and Interests

International Association for the Study of Pain

Member of the Committee on Committees (2019-present)

Task Force for the 2020 Global Year for Excellence in the Prevention of Pain

Presidential Task Force on SIG Governance Review (2019)

Editorial Board of the Pain Research Forum (2018-present)

Pain, Mind and Movement SIG of the International Association for the Study of Pain

Secretary and chair-elect 2010 – 2014

Chair 2014 – 2018

Past-Chair 2018 – present

Pain Management Physiotherapy Group

Special Interest Group of the South African Society of Physiotherapy

National Executive Committee Member 2009 – 2014

Co-convener of CPD educational activities 2009 – 2015

Honorary life member – 2016

Train Pain Academy

Not for profit organisation offering training in pain management

Director (2016 – present)

Pain SA

South African Chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain

Member of National Council (2009 – present)

President (2017 – present)

Sports Physiotherapy Group

Special Interest Group of the South African Society of Physiotherapy

Lecturer and examiner

2008 – present

Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists Group

Special Interest Group of the South African Society of Physiotherapy

Lecturer and examiner

2008 – present

National Physiotherapy Educators Forum (of the SASP)

Chair

2013 – 2015

Scientific Committee of the 2014 SASP Symposium

Chair 2014

CPD/CEU Presentations

2019

Pain Interventions for Prescribers (6-7 April)

Workshop co-facilitator

Group Interventions (8-9 February, 14&21 June)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (25-26 January)

Workshop co-facilitator

2018

Pain Interventions for Prescribers (4-5 August)

Workshop co-facilitator

Group Interventions (2-3 February, 20-21 April and 12-13 October)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (19-20 October and 9-10 November)

Workshop co-facilitator

2017

Group Interventions (26-27 May and 30 September – 1 October)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (10-11 February; 28-29 July; 27-28 October and 17-18 November)

Workshop co-facilitator

2016

Principles of Pain (16-17 January; 30-31 January; 28-29 October and 2-3 December)

Workshop co-facilitator

2015

Pain Interventions (24-25 January and 18-19 April)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (21-22 February; 2-3 May and 15-16 August)

Workshop co-facilitator

Move the Fear Away (16-17 May)

Workshop co-facilitator

2014

Pain Interventions (25-26 January and 1-2 February)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (8-9 February; 10-11 May and 5-6 July)

Workshop co-facilitator

2013

SA Society of Psychiatry (WC) (26 October)

Invited Speaker: “No Brain, No Pain”

Pain Interventions (2 – 3 February and 14 – 15 September)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (13 – 14 April and 5 – 6 October)

Workshop co-facilitator

National lecture series for the Pain Management Physiotherapy SIG

Invited speaker: “Physiotherapy rehabilitation for ME/CFS”

Cape Town (9 May)

Port Elizabeth (21 May)

Johannesburg (21 October)

2012

Pain Interventions (21 – 22 April)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (11 – 12 February)

Workshop co-facilitator

2011

Pain Interventions (29-30 October)

Workshop co-facilitator

Women’s Health Physiotherapy SIG of the SASP

Invited speaker

Pain mechanisms and management (17 January 2011)

Pain in women with HIV (8 September 2011)

Medical Communication Skills (2-3 April and 11-12 June)

Workshop co-facilitator

Principles of Pain (12-13 February)

Workshop co-facilitator

2010

Pain: principles and management (24 – 25 July)

Multidisciplinary workshop in Zithulele, Eastern Cape

Pain Ambassadors Programme of the IASP Developing Countries Education Grant

Pain Management for Physiotherapists (15 May)

Workshop for physiotherapists in Kigali, Rwanda

Principles of Pain – Pre-congress workshop (6 – 7 May)

Workshop co-facilitator

2009

SASP WC Southern Suburbs Branch (13 August)

Writing for Publication

2008

SASP WC Southern Suburbs Branch (13 September)

PhD proposal presentation

Workshop on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (25 July)

Invited Speaker – “Physiotherapy management of CRPS”

2007

UCT Physiotherapy 1957 – 2007: Looking back, looking forward Academic Meeting (7 July)

Co-ordinator of event

Speaker – “Pain Models and their influence on our practice”

Physiotherapy in Chronic Pain Management (17 March)

Lentegeur Hospital Grand Round – Invited speaker

Examination Experience:

UCT examiner on the following undergraduate courses (2004 – 2016)

Movement Science I (AHS1028W) (written and practical)

Movement Science II (AHS2052H) (written and practical)

Movement Science III (AHS3076H) (written and practical)

Applied Physiotherapy II (AHS2053H) (written and practical)

Applied Physiotherapy III (AHS4071H) (2005 – present)

Clinical Physiotherapy II & III

UCT examiner on MPhil (Sports Physiotherapy) 2005 – 2013

Sports Physiotherapy (written and oral)

External examiner for University of Stellenbosch Department of Physiotherapy

2009/2010 – IVyr Clinical exams

2010 – MSc(OMT) – dissertation

2013 – MSc(OMT- dissertation

2013/2014 – MSc(OMT) coursework

External examiner for Wits Department of Physiotherapy

2007/2008 – III and IV yr Clinical exams

2013 – MSc(Physiotherapy) dissertation

2014-2016 – MSc(Physiotherapy) clinical examinations

External examiner for UWC Department of Physiotherapy

2007/2008 – III and IV yr Clinical practice examinations

2008/2009 – MSc(Physio) Literature Review Module

2015 – MSc(Physio) thesis

2018 – MSc(Physio) thesis

External examiner for University of the Free State

2014 – 2016 – IVyr Clinical exams

2018 – IIIyr Research methods

2018 – MSc(Physio) thesis

External examiner for Wits School of Physiology

2017 – PhD Thesis S Chetty

2018 – PhD Thesis E Frimpong

Work Experience:

01/2017 – Present – University of Cape Town

Associate Professor

Dept of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

06/2014 – 12/2016 – University of Cape Town

Associate Professor, Division of Physiotherapy

Dept of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

06/2008 – 12/2014 – University of Cape Town

Senior Lecturer, Division of Physiotherapy

Dept of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

2005 – 06/2008 – University of Cape Town

Lecturer, Division of Physiotherapy

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

02/2005 – 05/2005 – University of Cape Town – part-time lecturer

Back in Action Physiotherapy, Cape Town

Private Practice

09/2002 – 12/2004 – Locum Clinical posts while undertaking MSc(Pain)

02/00 – 08/02 – Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior I Rheumatology

07/99 – 11/99 – Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust

Outpatients Senior II

02/98 – 04/99 – Locum Posts in USA

St Mary’s Memorial Hospital; Rogers, Arkansas

Tolfree Memorial Hospital; West Branch, Michigan

02/95 – 02/98 – Parker Physiotherapy

Private Practice in Grassy Park, Cape Town

03/94 – 01/95 – Cape Town Sports Injury Clinic and Peak Performance Centre

Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Outpatients

07/92 – 09/93 – Locum Posts in UK (Euromed personnel)

1991 – University of Cape Town Sports Injury Clinic

Physiotherapist in outpatient sports injuries while completing BSc(Med)(Hons)ExSci(Phys)