| Journal Publications (Peer-reviewed - select past 8 years) |
| Pinto RZ, Kongsted A, Silva S, Hayden JA, Downie A, Saragiotto BT. Recent highlights in low back pain research, Part I: Diagnosis and Prognosis. J Physiother. 2026 Jan;72(1):23-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2025.12.002. Epub 2025 Dec 20. PMID: 41423384. (2026) |
| Haslam-Larmer L, Norman KE, Patey AM, Thomas IM, Green ME, Grimshaw JM, Hayden JA, Hartvigsen J, Ivers NM, Jenkins H, French SD. "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 Prim Care. 2025 Oct 31;26(1):332. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-02998-5. PMID: 41174481; PMCID: PMC12576980. (2025) |
| De Groote W, Côté P, Wong JJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Chen T, Battistella L, Wong GKC, Hartvigsen J, Hayden JA, Mullerpatan R, Rathore FA, Alsobayel H, Nordin M, Kajungu D, Lim JY, Lozano R, Duttine A, Cowan M, Riley L, Chatterji S, Cieza A. Development of a World Health Organization indicator and corresponding questions to measure effective coverage of rehabilitation. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Jul 1;85:103317. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103317. PMID: 40686681; PMCID: PMC12271921. (2025) |
| Wilkinson J, Heal C, Antoniou GA, Flemyng E, Ahnström L, Alteri A, Avenell A, Barker TH, Borg DN, Brown NJ, Buhmann R, Calvache JA, Carlsson R, Carter LA, Cashin AG, Cotterill S, Färnqvist K, Ferraro MC, Grohmann S, Gurrin LC, Hayden JA, Hunter KE, Hyltse N, Jung L, Krishan A, Laporte S, Lasserson TJ, Laursen DR, Lensen S, Li W, Li T, Liu J, Locher C, Lu Z, Lundh A, Marsden A, Meyerowitz-Katz G, Mol BW, Munn Z, Naudet F, Nunan D, O'Connell NE, Olsson N, Parker L, Patetsini E, Redman B, Rhodes S, Richardson R, Ringsten M, Rogozińska E, Seidler AL, Sheldrick K, Stocking K, Sydenham E, Thomas H, Tsokani S, Vinatier C, Vorland CJ, Wang R, Al Wattar BH, Weber F, Weibel S, van Wely M, Xu C, Bero L, Kirkham JJ. Assessing the feasibility and impact of clinical trial trustworthiness checks via an application to Cochrane Reviews: Stage 2 of the INSPECT-SR project. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 May 9:111824. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111824. PMID: 40349737 (2025) |
| Jones MD, Hansford HJ, Bastianon A, Gibbs MT, Gilanyi YL, Foster NE, Dean SG, Ogilvie R, Hayden JA, Wood L. Exercise adherence is associated with improvements in pain intensity and functional limitations in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain: a secondary analysis of a Cochrane review. J Physiother. 2025 Apr;71(2):91-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2025.03.004. PMID: 40175237. (2025) |
| Almeida de Oliveira L, Gross AR, Carlesso L, Hanna S, Bakaa N, Silva D, Hayden JA, Macedo LG. Graded activity for chronic low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Feb 12;2(2):CD015507. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015507. PMID: 39936503; PMCID: PMC11816013. (2025) |
| Almeida de Oliveira L, Gross AR, Hayden JA, Carlesso L, Hanna S, Bakaa N, Silva D, Macedo LG. Graded activity for acute and subacute low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Jan 27;1(1):CD015509. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015509. PMID: 39868574; PMCID: PMC11770840. (2025) |
| Haslam-Larmer L, Norman KE, Patey AM, Thomas IM, Green ME, Grimshaw JM, Hayden JA, Hartvigsen J, Ivers NM, Jenkins H, French SD. "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 Prim Care. 2025 Feb 5;26(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-02726-z. PMID: 39910441; PMCID: PMC11800448. (2025) |
| Merdad RA, Asbridge M, Campbell S, Dutton DJ, Hayden JA. Patterns of opioid prescribing to opioid-naive patients after surgical and emergency care: A population-based cross-sectional study using linked administrative databases in Nova Scotia (2017-2019). Drug Alcohol Rev. 2025 Mar 7. 44(4):1124-1137.doi: 10.1111/dar.14029. PMID: 40052707. (2025) |
| Hayden JA, Ogilvie R, Kashif S, Wilkinson J. Identification of latent classes of randomized controlled trials based on integrity and reporting characteristics. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Mar;179:111644. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111644. Epub 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39694301. (2024) |
| Silva S, Pinto RZ, Mendes G, Santos RL, Grade I, de Mello MT, Hayden JA, Silva A. Association between objective sleep and clinical outcomes in older adults with low back pain receiving physical therapy care: A secondary analysis of a responsiveness study. J Aging Phys Act. 2024 Nov 20:1-11. doi: 10.1123/japa.2024-0038. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39566491. (2024) |
| Silva S, Singh S, Kashif S, Ogilvie R, Pinto RZ, Hayden JA. Many randomized trials in a large systematic review were not registered and had evidence of selective outcome reporting: a metaepidemiological study. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Dec;176:111568. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111568. PMID: 39424205. (2024) |
| Silva S, Hayden JA, Mendes G, Verhagen AP, Pinto RZ, Silva A. Sleep as a prognostic factor in low back pain: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies and secondary analyses of randomized controlled trials. Sleep. 2024 May 10;47(5):zsae023. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae023. PMID: 38300526. (2024) |
| Macedo L, Di Pelino S, Santos VS, Richardson J, MacDermid J, Hancock M, Battie MC, Saragiotto BT, Hayden JA, Rushton A, Packham T, Freman M, Bray S, Griffin M, Hladysh G, Miller P, Attwell S. Implementation of back to living well, a community-based program for the tertiary prevention of low back pain: a study protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2024 Jul 27;25(1):593. doi: 10.1186/s12891-024-07712-7. PMID: 39068385; PMCID: PMC11283700. (2024) |
| Wood L, Booth V, Dean S, Foster NE, Hayden JA, Booth A. Understanding how therapeutic exercise prescription changes outcomes important to patients with persistent non-specific low back pain: a realist review protocol. Syst Rev. 2024 Feb 8;13(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s13643-024-02466-8. PMID: 38331838; PMCID: PMC10854159. (2024) |
| Wood L, Dean S, Booth V, Hayden JA, Foster NE. An online training resource for clinicians to optimise exercise prescription for persistent low back pain: Design, development and usability testing. Musculoskeletal Care. 2024 Jun;22(2):e1907. doi: 10.1002/msc.1907. PMID: 38877351. (2024) |
| de Zoete A, IJzelenberg W, Ostelo RW, Hayden JA, Rubinstein SM. Aerobic exercise therapy for chronic low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Jun 3;6(6):CD015503. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015503. PMID: 39804115; PMCID: PMC11145739. (2024) |
| Gibbs MT, Hayden JA, Cashin AG, Shah B, Gilanyi YL, Natoli A, Holmes G, Ogilvie R, Hagstrom AD, McAuley JH, Marshall PW, Jones MD. Are Exercise Interventions in Clinical Trials for Chronic Low Back Pain Dosed Appropriately to Meet the World Health Organization's Physical Activity Guidelines? Phys Ther. 2024 Jan 1;104(1):pzad114. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzad114. PMID: 37606247. (2024) |
| IJzelenberg W, Oosterhuis T, Hayden JA, Koes BW, van Tulder MW, Rubinstein SM, de Zoete A. Exercise Therapy for Treatment of Acute Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Aug;105(8):1571-1584. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.02.732. Epub 2024 Mar 20. PMID: 38513994. (2024) |
| Wood L, Foster NE, Dean SG, Booth V, Hayden JA, Booth A. Contexts, behavioural mechanisms and outcomes to optimise therapeutic exercise prescription for persistent low back pain: a realist review. Br J Sports Med. 2024 Feb 9;58(4):222-230. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107598. PMID: 38176852. (2024) |
| IJzelenberg W, Oosterhuis T, Hayden JA, Koes BW, van Tulder MW, Rubinstein SM, de Zoete A. Exercise therapy for treatment of acute non-specific low back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023(8): CD009365. (2023) |
| Wilkinson J, Heal C, Antoniou GA, Flemyng E, Alfirevic Z, Avenell A, Barbour G, Brown NJL, Carlisle J, Clarke M, Dicker P, Dumville JC, Grey A, Grohmann S, Gurrin L, Hayden JA, Heathers J, Hunter KE, Lasserson T, Lam E, Lensen S, Li T, Li W, Loder E, Lundh A, Meyerowitz-Katz G, Mol BW, O'Connell NE, Parker L, Redman BK, Seidler L, Sheldrick KA, Sydenham E, Torgerson D, van Wely M, Wang R, Bero L, Kirkham JJ. Protocol for the development of a tool (INSPECT-SR) to identify problematic randomised controlled trials in systematic reviews of health interventions. BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 11;14(3):e084164. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084164. (2023) |
| Verville L, Ogilvie R, Hincapié CA, Southerst D, Yu H, Bussières A, Gross DP, Pereira P, Mior S, Tricco AC, Cedraschi C, Brunton G, Nordin M, Connell G, Wong JJ, Shearer HM, Lee JGB, Wang D, Hayden JA, Cancelliere C. Systematic review to inform a World Health Organization (WHO) clinical practice guideline: benefits and harms of structured exercise programs for chronic primary low back pain in adults. J Occup Rehabil. 33(4):636-650. (2023) |
| Cancelliere C, Yu H, Southerst D, Connell G, Verville L, Bussières A, Gross DP, Pereira P, Mior S, Tricco AC, Cedraschi C, Brunton G, Nordin M, Shearer HM, Wong JJ, Hayden JA, Ogilvie R, Wang D, Côté P, Hincapié CA. Improving rehabilitation research to optimize care and outcomes for people with chronic primary low back pain: methodological and reporting recommendations from a WHO systematic review series. J Occup Rehabil. 33(4):673-686. (2023) |
| Cancelliere C, Verville L, Southerst D, Yu H, Hayden JA, Ogilvie R, Bussières A, Gross DP, Pereira P, Mior S, Tricco AC, Cedraschi C, Brunton G, Nordin M, Wong JJ, Shearer HM, Connell G, Hincapié CA. Systematic review procedures for the World Health Organization (WHO) evidence syntheses on benefits and harms of structured and standardized education/advice, structured exercise programs, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and needling therapies for the management of chronic low back pain in adults. J Occup Rehabil. 33(4):618-624. (2023) |
| Innocenti T, Hayden JA, Salvioli S, Giagio S, Piano L, Cosentino C, Brindisino F, Feller D, Ogilvie R, Gianola S, Castellini G, Bargeri S, Twisk JWR, Ostelo RW, Chiarotto A. Bias in the measurement of the outcome is associated with effect sizes in randomized clinical trials on exercise therapy for chronic low back pain: a meta-epidemiological study. J Clin Epidemiol. 162:145-155. (2023) |
| Bierer J, Horne D, Stanzel R, Henderson M, Boulos L, Hayden JA. Continuous ultrafiltration enhances recovery after adult cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CJC Open. 5(7):494-507. (2023) |
| Wood L, Bejarano G, Csiernik B, Miyamoto GC, Mansell G, Hayden JA, Lewis M, Cashin AG. Pain catastrophising and kinesiophobia mediate pain and physical function improvements with Pilates exercise in chronic low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised controlled trial. J Physiother. Jun 3:S1836-9553(23)00043-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2023.05.008. (2023) |
| Kontak JC; Grant AE; Jeffers E; Boulos L; Ricketts J; Davies M; Hamilton M; Hayden JA. The Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit Bridge Process: An integrated knowledge translation approach to address priority health issues in Nova Scotia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, online before print. (2023) |
| Stevens MT, Dunning CE, Oxner WM, Stewart SA, Hayden JA & Glennie RA. A retrospective analysis of surgical, patient, and clinical characteristics associated with length of stay following elective lumbar spine surgery. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 31, 1-8. (2023) |
| Hayden JA, Ogilvie R, Singh S, Kashif S, Hartvigsen J, Maher CG, Furlan AD, Lasserson T, Tugwell P, van Tulder M, Qaseem A, Ferreira ML, Buchbinder R, Wieland SL, Jesus-Moraleida FR, Saragiotto BT, Yamato TP, de Zoete A, Bülow K, Almeida de Oliveira L, Bejarano G, Cancelliere C. COMMENTARY: Collaborative systematic review may produce and share high-quality, comparative evidence more efficiently. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 152, 288-94. (2022) |
| Pourahmadi M, Delavari S, Hayden JA, Keshtkar A, Ahmadi M, Aletaha A, Nazemipour M, Mansournia MA, Rubinstein SM. Does motor control training improve pain and function in adults with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 861 subjects in 16 trials. Br J Sports Med. Jun 14:bjsports-2021-104926. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104926. (2022) |
| Ho E, Chen L, Simic M, Ashton-James C, Comachio J, Wang D, Hayden JA, Ferreira M, Ferreira P. Psychological interventions for improving physical function and pain intensity in people with chronic non-specific low back pain: systematic review with network meta-analysis. BMJ, 376, e067718. (2022) |
| Sullivan V, Wilson M, Gross D, Jensen OK, Shaw W, Steenstra I & Hayden JA. (2022). Expectations for return to work predict return to work in workers with low back pain: An Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 32(4), 575-90. (2022) |
| Federico L, Andrew M, Ogilvie R, Wilson M, Magee K & Hayden JA. Low back pain in a Nova Scotian Emergency Department: prevalence and patient characteristics within the older adult patient population. Canadian Journal on Aging, 41(2), 145-53. (2022) |
| Courville J, Ogilvie R, Hayden JA, Workers’ compensation board claims and emergency department diagnostic management of non-specific low back pain, Dalhousie Medical Journal, Volume 48, Issue 1, 21-27 (2021) |
| Bierer J, Horne D, Stanzel R, Henderson M, Boulos L, Hayden JA. Do continuous forms of intra-operative ultrafiltration enhance recovery after adult cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass? A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Syst Rev. Oct 8;10(1):265. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01826-y. (2021) |
| Hall A, Richmond H, Etchegary H, Thompson JY, Albury C, Pike A, Lawrence R, Hayden JA, Patey AM, Matthews J. What behaviour change techniques have been used to improve adherence to evidence-based low back pain imaging? Implementation Science,.16:68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01136-w (2021) |
| Marin TJ, Lewinson RE, Hayden JA, Mahood Q, Rossi MA, Rosenbloom B, Katz J. A systematic review of the prospective relationship between child maltreatment and chronic pain. Children (Basel). Sep 15;8(9):806. (2021) |
| Hayden JA, Ellis J, Ogilvie R, Malmivaara A, van Tulder MW. Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Sep 28;9(9):CD009790. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009790.pub2. PMID: 34580864 (2021) |
| Hayden JA, Ellis J, Ogilvie R, Stewart S, Bagg MK, Stanojevic S, Yamato TP, Saragiotto BT. Some types of exercise are more effective than others in people with chronic low back pain: a network meta-analysis. Journal of Physiotherapy, 67(4):252-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2021.09.004 (2021) |
| Hayden JA, Riley RD. Research note: individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. J Physiother. Jul;67(3):224-227. (2021) |
| Marin TJ, Hayden JA, Lewinson R, Mahood Q, Pepler D, Katz J. A systematic review of the prospective relationship between bullying victimization and pain. J Pain Res. Jun 23;14:1875-1885. DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S313470. PMID: 34188534. (2021) |
| Doucett J, Hayden JA, Magee K, Ogilvie R. Are emergency medicine provider characteristics associated with diagnostic imaging for low back pain? Cureus 13(3): e13628. DOI 10.7759/cureus.13628 (2021) |
| Wood L, Bishop A, Smeets RJEM, Bronfort G, Hayden JA, Foster N. Treatment targets of exercise for persistent non-specific low back pain: a consensus study. Physiotherapy. 2021 Mar 17;112:78-86. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2021.03.005. PMID: 34029781. (2021) |
| de Zoete A, Rubinstein SM, de Boer MR, Ostelo R, Underwood M, Hayden JA, Buffart LM, van Tulder MW, and the International IPD-SMT group. The effect of spinal manipulative therapy on pain relief and function in patients with chronic low back pain: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Physiotherapy. Mar 17;112:121-134. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2021.03.006. PMID: 34049207. (2021) |
| de Zoete A, de Boer MR, Rubinstein SM, van Tulder MW, Underwood M, Hayden JA, Buffart LM, Ostelo R; International IPD-SMT group. Moderators of the effect of spinal manipulative therapy on pain relief and function in patients with chronic low back pain: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976);46(8): E505-E517. (2021) |
| Hayden JA, Ellis J, Ogilvie R, Boulos L, Stanojevic S. 2021. Meta-epidemiological study of publication integrity, and quality of conduct and reporting of randomized trials included in a systematic review of low back pain. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. |
| Boulos L, Ogilvie R, Hayden JA. 2021. Search methods for prognostic factor systematic reviews: a methodologic investigation. Journal of the Medical Library Association 109 (1): 23-32. |
| Hayden JA, Ellis J, Asbridge M, Ogilvie R, Merdad R, Grant DAG, Stewart SA, Campbell S. Prolonged opioid use among opioid naïve individuals following prescription for non-specific low back pain in the emergency department. Pain: Published online September 2020. |
| Doucett J, Hayden J, Magee K, Ogilvie R. Are emergency medicine provider characteristics associated with diagnostic imaging for low back pain? Cureus 13(3): e13628. |
| Hayden JA. Predatory publishing dilutes and distorts evidence in systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 May;121:117-119. |
| Wood L, Ogilvie R, Hayden JA Specifying the treatment targets of exercise interventions: do we? British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020;54:1235-1236. |
| Hayden JA, Wilson MN, Stewart S, Cartwright JL, Smith AO, Riley RD, Van Tulder M, Bendix T, Cecchi F, Costa LO, Dufour N. Exercise treatment effect modifiers in persistent low back pain: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 3514 participants from 27 randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020 Nov 1;54(21):1277-8. |
| Hayden JA, Wilson MN, Riley RD, Iles R, Pincus T, Ogilvie R. Individual recovery expectations and prognosis of outcomes in non‐specific low back pain: prognostic factor review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019(11). |
| Hayden JA, Ogilvie R, Stewart SA, French S, Campbell S, Magee K, Slipp P, Wells G, Stiell I. Development of a clinical decision support tool for diagnostic imaging use in patients with low back pain: a study protocol. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research. 2019;3(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41512-019-0047-8 |
