Articles

The links at the end of the journal articles will bring you to summaries of papers on this website as well as additional information and material to explain some of the research and implications.

Articles

Moseley,GL, Brugger,P, (2009) Interdependence of movement and anatomy persists when amputees learn a physiologically impossible movement of their phantom limb PNAS October 26, 2009, online edition [Abstract, Explanation and slides]

Thacker,M, Moseley,GL and Flor,H (2009) Neuropathic Pain, Management is more than pills BMJ 2009;339:b3502 [Full Text]

Moseley,GL (2009) British Pain Society manoeuvres, Why the desperation? BMJ 2009;339:b3345 [Full Text]

Moseley,GL, Thacker,M & Flor,H (2009) Enhancing the role of the neurologist in CRPS. Annals of Neurology 65: 629-638

Moseley,GL, Gallace,A & Spence,C (2009) Space-based, but not arm-based, shift in tactile processing in complex regional pain syndrome and its relationship to cooling of the affected limb. Brain. Published Online Sept 14, 2009 [Abstract]

Luomajoki,H & Moseley,GL (2009) Tactile acuity and lumbopelvic motor control in patients with back pain and healthy controls. British Journal of Sports Medicine [Abstract and slides]

Moseley,GL & Barnett,C (2009)  Motor imagery for peripheral injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 90(8):1443

Moseley,GL & Wiech,K (2009)  The effect of tactile discrimination training is enhanced when patients watch the reflected image of their unaffected limb during training. Pain 144,3, 314-9. [Abstract and slides]

MacDonald,D, Moseley,GL & Hodges,PW (2009) Why do some patients keep hurting their back? Evidence of ongoing back muscle dysfunction during remission from recurrent back pain. Pain 142,3 183-8.

Moseley,GL, Birklein,F, van Hilten,J & Marinus,H (2009) Reply to Hall et al. Arthritis Care & Research. 61,1; 140-141

Claus,A, Hides,J, Moseley,GL, Hodges,P (2009) Is ‘ideal’ sitting posture real?  Measurement of spinal curves in four sitting postures. Manual Therapy 14,4 404-408 [Abstract and Comment]

Van Damme,S, Gallace,A, Spence,C, Crombez,G & Moseley,GL (2008) Does the sight of physical threat induce a tactile processing bias? Modality-specific attentional facilitation induced by viewing threatening pictures. Brain Research. 1253, 100-106 [Abstract and Comment]

Claus,A, Hides,J, Moseley,GL & Hodges,PW (2008) Different ways to balance the spine: subtle changes in sagittal spinal curves affect regional muscle activity. Spine34,6 E208-14.

Moseley,GL, Parsons,T & Spence,CJ (2008) Visual distortion modulates pain and swelling evoked by movement. Current Biology. 18,22 R1047-1048. [Abstract and Slides]

Moseley,GL (2008) I can’t find it!  Distorted body image and tactile dysfunction in patients with back pain. Pain. 140,1 239-43 [Abstract and Comment]

Moseley,GL, Olthof,N, Wijers,M, Venema,A, Don,S, Gallace,A & Spence,CJ (2008) Psychologically induced cooling of a specific body-part caused by the illusory ownership of an artificial counterpart. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA (track 2) 105,35 13169-73 [Video, discussion, news report, slides, Abstract...]

Moseley,GL (2008)  Reconceptualising placebo. British Medical Journal  336:1086 [Abstract and Comment]

Moseley,GL (2008) Pain, brain imaging and physiotherapy – opportunity is knocking. Manual Therapy 13,6 475-77 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL, Gallace,A & Spence,C (2008) Topical Review: Is Mirror Therapy all it is cracked up to be? Current evidence and future directions Pain 138, 7-10 [Summary]

Moseley,GL, Zalucki,N, Weich,K (2008) Tactile discrimination, but not tactile stimulation alone, reduces chronic limb pain. Pain 137,3 600-608 [Abstract and slides]

Moseley,GL, Zalucki,N, Birklein,F, Marinus,J, van Hilten,J, Luomajoki,H (2008) Thinking about movement hurts.  Evidence that motor imagery increases pain and swelling in people with chronic upper limb pain. Arthritis Care & Research 59,5 623-31 [Abstract and Slides]

Simmonds,MJ, Moseley,GL & Vlaeyen,J (2007) Editorial: Pain, mind and movement: An expanded, updated and integrated conceptualisation. Clin J Pain Special Issue 24,4 279-8

Moseley,GL (2007) Reconceptualising pain according to its underlying biology. Physical Therapy Reviews, 12; 169-178 [Full text and Abstract]

Lotze,M & Moseley,GL (2007) Role of distorted body image in pain. Curr Rheumatol Reports 9 488-96 [Abstract]

Acerra,NE, Souvlis,T & Moseley,GL (2007) Stroke, complex regional pain syndrome and phantom limb pain: Can commonalities direct future management? J Rehabil Med 39 (2) 109-14 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL & Arntz,A (2007) The context of a noxious stimulus affects the pain it evokes. Pain 133, 1-3 64-71 [Abstract and Video]

Kramer,HH, Seddigh,S, Moseley,GL & Birklein,F (2007) Dysynchiria is not a common feature of neuropathic pain. Euro J Pain 12,1 128-31 [Abstract]

Claus,A, Hides,J, Moseley,GL & Hodges,P (2007) Sitting versus standing: Does the intradiscal pressure cause disc degeneration or low back pain? J Electromyograph Kinesiol 18,4 550-58 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2007) Using visual illusion to reduce at-level neuropathic pain in paraplegia. Pain 130: 294-8 [Abstract]

McCormack,K, Hudson,M, Zalucki,N, Moseley,GL (2007) Faulty proprioceptive information disrupts motor imagery Aus J Physioth 53: 41-5 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2006) Graded motor imagery for pathologic pain – a randomised controlled trial. Neurology 67: 2129-34 [Abstract and Slides]

McDonald,DA, Moseley,GL & Hodges,PW (2006) The lumbar multifidus: Does the evidence support clinical beliefs? Man Ther 11:254-63 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2006) Do training diaries affect and reflect adherence to home programs? Arthritis care & research 55: 662-4 [Abstract and Commentary]

Moseley,GL & Hodges,PW (2006) Reduced Variability of Postural Strategy Prevents Normalisation of Motor Changes Induced by Back Pain – A Risk Factor for Chronic Trouble? Behavioral Neuroscience 120: 474-6 [Abstract and Video]

Moseley,GL, McCormick,K, Hudson,M & Zalucki,N (2006) Disrupted cortical proprioceptive representation evokes symptoms of peculiarity, foreignness and swelling, but not pain. Rheumatology 45: 196-200 [Abstract and Comment]

Hudson,ML, McCormick,K, Zalucki,N & Moseley,GL (2006) Expectation of pain replicates the effect of pain in a hand laterality recognition task: Bias in information processing toward the painful side? Eur J Pain 10,3 219-224 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL, Sim,DF, Henry,MK & Souvlis,T (2005). Experimental hand pain delays recognition of the contralateral hand – evidence that acute and chronic pain have opposite effects on information processing? Cog Brain Res 25,1 188-94 [Abstract]

Acerra,NE & Moseley,GL (2005) Dysynchiria: watching the mirror image of the unaffected limb elicits pain on the affected side. Neurology. 65; 751-753 [Abstract, discussion and slides]

Moseley,GL (2005) Distorted body image in complex regional pain syndrome. Neurology, 65; 773 [Abstract and Discussion]

Moseley,GL (2005) Is successful rehabilitation of complex regional pain syndrome simply due to sustained attention to the affected limb? A randomised clinical trial. Pain 114 54-61 [Abstract and Slides]

Moseley,GL (2005) Widespread brain activity during an abdominal task is markedly reduced by pain physiology education – fMRI evaluation of a patient with chronic low back pain. Aus J Physioth 51 49-52 [Full Article PDF] [Abstract]

Moseley,GL & Hodges,PW (2005) Are changes in postural control associated with low back pain caused by pain interference? Clin J Pain 21; 323-329 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL & Gandevia,SC (2005) Sensory-motor incongruence and reports of “pain”. Rheumatology 44 1083-1085 [Commentaries, Editorial, Full Text Articles, Response by McCabe et al.]

Moseley,GL, Nicholas,MK & Hodges,PW (2004) Does anticipation of back pain cause back trouble? Brain 127:2339-2347 [Full Text] [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2004) Impaired trunk muscle function in sub-acute neck pain: etiologic in the subsequent development of low back pain? Man Ther (9(3):157-163 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2004) Why do people with CRPS1 take longer to recognise their affected hand? Neurology 62 2182-2186 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2004) Graded motor imagery is effective for long-standing complex regional pain syndrome – a randomised controlled trial. Pain 108(1-2): 192-198 [Abstract and Slides]

Moseley,GL (2004) Imagined movements cause pain and swelling Neurology 62 1644 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL, Nicholas,MK and Hodges,PW (2004) A randomized controlled trial of intensive neurophysiology education in chronic low back pain. Clin J  Pain 20(5):324-30 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL, Hodges,PW, Nicholas,MK (2003) Pain differs from non-painful attention-demanding or stressful tasks in its effect on postural control patterns of trunk muscles. Exp Brain Res 156(1):64-71 [Full Text Article] [Abstract]

Lamoth,C, Daffertshofer,A, Meijer,OG, Moseley,GL, Wuisman,PIJM and Beek,PJ (2003) Effects of pain and fear of pain on trunk coordination during walking: Method and data. Clin Biomech 19(6):551-63 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL, Brhyn,L, Ilowiecki,M, Solstad,K and Hodges,PW (2003) The threat of predictable and unpredictable pain: differential effects on central nervous system processing? Aus J Physioth 49: 263-267 [Full Text PDF] [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2003) A pain neuromatrix approach to chronic pain rehabilitation. Man Ther. 8 (3) 130-140 [Abstract]

Hodges,PW & Moseley,GL (2003) Pain and motor control of the lumbopelvic region: effect and possible mechanisms. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 13, 361-370 [Abstract]

Hodges,PW, Moseley,GL, Gabrielsson,A and Gandevia,SC (2003): Experimental muscle pain changes feedforward postural responses of the trunk muscles. Exp Brain Res 151: 262-271 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2003) Unravelling the barriers to reconceptualisation of the problem in chronic pain: The actual and perceived ability of patients and health professionals to understand the neurophysiology. J Pain 4(4) 184-189 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2003) Joining forces – combining cognition-targeted motor control training with group or individual pain physiology education: A successful treatment for chronic low back pain. J Man Manip Ther  11, 88-94 *Cardon Award for Excellence in a Published Research Study, 2003 [Abstract]

Moseley,GL, Hodges,PW and Gandevia,SC (2003) External perturbation of the trunk in standing humans results in differential activity of components of the medial back muscles. J Physiol (Lond) 547, 581-587 [Free full text article] [Abstract]

Moseley,GL (2002) Evidence for a direct relationship between normalisation of pain cognitions and improvement in physical performance in people with chronic low back pain after intensive education. Eur J Pain 8,1: 39-45 [Abstract]

Moseley,L (2002) Promotion of knowledge leads to better patient outcomes. Comment Aus J Physiotherapy 48 (4): 313-314

Moseley,GL (2002) Combined physiotherapy and education is efficacious for chronic low back pain. Aus J Physioth 48, 297-302 [Free full text article] [Abstract]

Moseley,GL, Hodges,PW, Gandevia,SC (2002) Deep and superficial fibres of lumbar multifidus are controlled independently during rapid arm movements. Spine 27:E29-E36 [Abstract]