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Aron Downie is a chiropractor, health researcher and full time lecturer at Macquarie University Department of Chiropractic. He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney Medical School. His research focus interests are recovery from spinal pain and the accuracy of screening tools for detection of pathology for people with back pain.
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Projects
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Characterization of force-time characteristics of prone cervico-thoracic spinal manipulative therapy using a manikin
Downie, A., Brown, B., Swain, M. & Funabashi, M.
1/04/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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MtCaRF: Young patients and chiropractors’ observation and analysis study (Young-COAST): A feasibility study
Beynon, A., Swain, M., Downie, A., French, S., Pohlman, K., de Luca, K., Neave, M., Young, A. & Sharp, S.
1/02/22 → 1/05/23
Project: Research
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MtCaRF: Do X-rays for spinal pain in patients receiving spinal manipulative therapy change patient outcomes? A pilot randomised controlled trial.
Jenkins, H., French, S., Hancock, M., Downie, A., Moore, C. & Whillier, S.
16/11/20 → 16/11/21
Project: Research
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MtCaRF: Erring on the side of safety: Using an Active Surveillance Reporting System to prospectively identify adverse events at the Macquarie University chiropractic teaching clinics.
Burrell, C., De Luca, K., Downie, A., Giuriato, R., Pohlman, K. A. & Funabashi, M.
1/11/20 → 30/11/21
Project: Research
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MISC - MRES Chiropractors' Association: Validating chiropractic assessment of spinal stiffness: bench-top performance of the VerteTrack system
Downie, A., Swain, M., Young, A., Kawchuk, G. & Wong, A.
1/01/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Other
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The effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy in treating spinal pain does not depend on the application procedures: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Nim, C., Aspinall, S. L., Cook, C. E., Corrêa, L. A., Donaldson, M., Downie, A. S., Harsted, S., Hansen, S., Jenkins, H. J., McNaughton, D., Nyirö, L., Perle, S. M., Roseen, E. J., Young, J. J., Young, A., Zhao, G. H., Hartvigsen, J. & Juhl, C. B., Feb 2025, In: The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy. 55, 2, p. 109-122 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Association of back pain with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among older men: a cohort study
Roseen, E. J., McNaughton, D. T., Harrison, S., Downie, A. S., Øverås, C. K., Nim, C. G., Jenkins, H. J., Young, J. J., Hartvigsen, J., Stone, K. L., Ensrud, K. E., Lee, S., Cawthon, P. M., Fink, H. A. & Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) research group, 1 Aug 2024, In: Pain Medicine. 25, 8, p. 505–513 9 p., pnae040.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factors that influence the scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a thematic analysis
Wiggins, D., Downie, A., Engel, R., Grace, S. & Brown, B. T., 27 May 2024, In: Chiropractic & manual therapies. 32, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term trajectories of low back pain in older men: a prospective cohort study with 10-year analysis of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study
McNaughton, D. T., Roseen, E. J., Patel, S., Downie, A., Øverås, C. K., Nim, C., Harsted, S., Jenkins, H., Young, J. J., Hartvigsen, J., Wong, J. J., Stone, K. L., Ensrud, K. E., Lee, S., Cawthon, P. M., Fink, H. A. & Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) LBP research group, Sept 2024, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 79, 9, p. 1-10 10 p., glae175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prospective back pain trajectories or retrospective recall - which tells us most about the patient?
Nim, C., Downie, A. S., Kongsted, A., Aspinall, S. L., Harsted, S., Nyirö, L. & Vach, W., Nov 2024, In: Journal of Pain. 25, 11, p. 1-11 11 p., 104555.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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CAA National Grand Prize for Research Excellence
De Luca, Katie (Recipient), Parkinson, Lynne (Recipient), Downie, Aron (Recipient), Byles, Julie E. (Recipient) & Blyth, Fiona M. (Recipient), 21 Oct 2015
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Chiropractors Association of Australia (CAA) -NSW: Best researcher award
Downie, Aron (Recipient), 10 Oct 2015
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Chiropractors Association of Australia (CAA) NSW: Chiropractor of the Year
Downie, Aron (Recipient), 12 Nov 2015
Prize: Other distinction
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Chiropractic management of low back pain
Aron Downie (Speaker)
17 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Prognosis of low back pain – where to from here?
Aron Downie (Speaker)
15 Jun 2020 → 20 Jun 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Development of an electronic clinical decision support system for the management of low back pain in community pharmacy
Aron Downie (Speaker), Mark Hancock (Speaker), Christina Abdel Shaheed (Speaker), Andrew McLachlan (Speaker), Baki Kocaballi (Speaker), Christopher M. Williams (Speaker), Zoe A Michaleff (Speaker) & Chris G Maher (Speaker)
31 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Clinical decision making - translating red flags into clinical practice
Aron Downie (Speaker)
28 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The bench-top performance of the VerteTrack system for the assessment of spinal stiffness
Annie Young (Speaker), Michael Swain (Speaker), Gregory Kawchuck (Speaker), Arnold Wong (Speaker) & Aron Downie (Speaker)
20 Mar 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation