Dr Viana Vuvan is a titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and Lecturer in Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland. Viana has a strong clinical background in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, with experience in managing a wide range of musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries. Viana has a special interest in the management of upper limb musculoskeletal disorders and enjoys sharing her experience with students in the undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy programs. Viana is an active member of the Sports Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention for Health (SIRPH) research unit and the Neck and Head Research Unit (NAHRU) at the University of Queensland.
Viana’s research is focused on improving the management of persistent musculoskeletal pain conditions, such as tendinopathies, and better understanding the mechanisms underlying their chronicity. Viana’s PhD research focused on lateral elbow tendinopathy and explored the factors contributing to pain, disability and chronicity within this group. Additionally, Viana has explored similar mechanisms in other tendinopathies, including Achilles, patellar tendinopathy, plantar fasciopathy, as well as in whiplash associated disorders. She has shared her research at numerous state-wide, national and international conferences, and has been awarded for her presentations at several conferences.
Journal Article: Implementing Good Life with osteoArthritis from Denmark (GLA:D®) in Australian public hospitals. Part 1: feasibility
Collins, Natalie J., Smith, Michelle D., O’Leary, Shaun P., Maclachlan, Liam R., Cottrell, Michelle A., Vicenzino, Bill, Vuvan, Viana, Comans, Tracy, Kemp, Joanne L., Barton, Christian J., Lee, Darryl, McCaskill, Stuart, Cush, Adrian, Hislop, Andrew C. and Raymer, Maree E. (2024). Implementing Good Life with osteoArthritis from Denmark (GLA:D®) in Australian public hospitals. Part 1: feasibility. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 102960, 102960. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2024.102960
Journal Article: Implementing Good Life with osteoArthritis from Denmark (GLA:D®) in Australian public hospitals. Part 2: service providers’ perceptions
Cottrell, Michelle A., Raymer, Maree E., Maclachlan, Liam R., Vuvan, Viana, Smith, Michelle D., O’Leary, Shaun P., Vicenzino, Bill, Comans, Tracy, Kemp, Joanne L., Barton, Christian J. and Collins, Natalie J. (2024). Implementing Good Life with osteoArthritis from Denmark (GLA:D®) in Australian public hospitals. Part 2: service providers’ perceptions. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 102961, 102961. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2024.102961
Journal Article: Protocol for a randomised feasibility trial comparing a combined program of education and exercise versus general advice for ankle osteoarthritis
Smith, Michelle D., Vuvan, Viana, Collins, Natalie J., Hunter, David J., Costa, Nathalia, Smith, Melinda M. Franettovich and Vicenzino, Bill (2023). Protocol for a randomised feasibility trial comparing a combined program of education and exercise versus general advice for ankle osteoarthritis. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 16 (1) 72. doi: 10.1186/s13047-023-00669-1
Development of a core domain set to clear patients to return to sport from prevalent lower extremity tendinopathies
Doctor Philosophy
Collins, Natalie J., Smith, Michelle D., O’Leary, Shaun P., Maclachlan, Liam R., Cottrell, Michelle A., Vicenzino, Bill, Vuvan, Viana, Comans, Tracy, Kemp, Joanne L., Barton, Christian J., Lee, Darryl, McCaskill, Stuart, Cush, Adrian, Hislop, Andrew C. and Raymer, Maree E. (2024). Implementing Good Life with osteoArthritis from Denmark (GLA:D®) in Australian public hospitals. Part 1: feasibility. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 102960, 102960. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2024.102960
Cottrell, Michelle A., Raymer, Maree E., Maclachlan, Liam R., Vuvan, Viana, Smith, Michelle D., O’Leary, Shaun P., Vicenzino, Bill, Comans, Tracy, Kemp, Joanne L., Barton, Christian J. and Collins, Natalie J. (2024). Implementing Good Life with osteoArthritis from Denmark (GLA:D®) in Australian public hospitals. Part 2: service providers’ perceptions. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 102961, 102961. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2024.102961
Smith, Michelle D., Vuvan, Viana, Collins, Natalie J., Hunter, David J., Costa, Nathalia, Smith, Melinda M. Franettovich and Vicenzino, Bill (2023). Protocol for a randomised feasibility trial comparing a combined program of education and exercise versus general advice for ankle osteoarthritis. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 16 (1) 72. doi: 10.1186/s13047-023-00669-1
Plinsinga, Melanie Louise, Vuvan, Viana, Maclachlan, Liam, Klyne, David, Graven-Nielsen, Thomas, Vicenzino, Bill, Hodges, Paul and Bjarke Vaegter, Henrik (2023). Pain-related cognitions and emotional distress are not associated with conditioned pain modulation: an explorative analysis of 1142 participants with acute, subacute, and chronic pain. Pain, 164 (7), 1593-1599. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002864
Evans, Kerrie, Papinniemi, Amy, Vuvan, Viana, Nicholson, Vaughan, Dafny, Hila, Levy, Tamina and Chipchase, Lucy (2022). The first year of private practice - new graduate physiotherapists are highly engaged and satisfied but edging toward burnout. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 40 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2113005
Mc Auliffe, Seán, Bisset, Leanne, Chester, Rachel, Coombes, Brooke K., Fearon, Angie, Kirwan, Paul, McCreesh, Karen, Mitham, Kieran, Morrissey, Dylan, O'Neill, Seth, Ross, Megan H., Sancho, Igor, Stephens, Gareth, Vallance, Patrick, van den Akker-Scheek, Inge, Vicenzino, Bill, Vuvan, Viana, Mallows, Adrian, Stubbs, Carl, Malliaras, Peter and Plinsinga, Melanie (2022). ICON 2020—International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: A scoping review of psychological and psychosocial constructs and outcome measures reported in tendinopathy clinical trials. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 52 (6), 375-388. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2022.11005
Bateman, Marcus, Evans, Jonathan P., Vuvan, Viana, Jones, Val, Watts, Adam C., Phadnis, Joideep, Bisset, Leanne M. and Vicenzino, Bill (2022). Development of a core outcome set for lateral elbow tendinopathy (COS-LET) using best available evidence and an international consensus process. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56 (12), bjsports-2021. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105044
Protocol for the development of a core outcome set for lateral elbow tendinopathy (COS-LET)
Bateman, Marcus, Evans, Jonathan P., Vuvan, Viana, Jones, Val, Watts, Adam C., Phadnis, Joideep, Bisset, Leanne and Vicenzino, Bill (2021). Protocol for the development of a core outcome set for lateral elbow tendinopathy (COS-LET). Trials, 22 (1) 339, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05291-9
Unsupervised isometric exercise versus wait-and-see for lateral elbow tendinopathy
Vuvan, Viana, Vicenzino, Bill, Mellor, Rebecca, Heales, Luke James and Coombes, Brooke Kaye (2020). Unsupervised isometric exercise versus wait-and-see for lateral elbow tendinopathy. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 52 (2), 287-295. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002128
Vuvan, V., Mellor, R., Coombes, B., Heales, L., Hodges, P., Farrell, M. and Vicenzino, B. (2019). Cross-sectional study of somatosensory and psychological features, and pain comorbidity in severe lateral elbow tendinopathy. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22 (Supplement 2), S49-S50. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.08.235
Riel, Henrik, Plinsinga, Melanie L., Mellor, Rebecca, Boudreau, Shellie A., Vuvan, Viana and Vicenzino, Bill (2019). Local hyperalgesia, normal endogenous modulation with pain report beyond its origin: a pilot study prompting further exploration into plantar fasciopathy. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 20 (2), 375-385. doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2019-0109
Do insertional and mid-portion achilles tendinopathy display different material properties?
Coombes, B. K., Tucker, K., Vicenzino, B., Vuvan, V., Mellor, R., Heales, L., Nordez, A. and Hug, F. (2018). Do insertional and mid-portion achilles tendinopathy display different material properties?. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 28 (10), 2247-2248. doi: 10.1111/sms.13265
Coombes, Brooke Kaye, Tucker, Kylie, Vicenzino, Bill, Vuvan, Viana, Mellor, Rebecca, Heales, Luke, Nordez, Antoine and Hug, François (2018). Response to considerations on "Achilles and patellar tendinopathy display opposite changes in elastic properties.". Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 28 (4), 1471-1472. doi: 10.1111/sms.13025
Coombes, B. K., Tucker, K., Vicenzino, B., Vuvan, V., Mellor, R., Heales, L., Nordez, A. and Hug, F. (2018). Achilles and patellar tendinopathy display opposite changes in elastic properties: a shear wave elastography study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 28 (3), 1201-1208. doi: 10.1111/sms.12986
Plinsinga, Melanie L., van Wilgen, Cornelis P., Brink, Michel S., Vuvan, Viana, Stephenson, Aoife, Heales, Luke J., Mellor, Rebecca, Coombes, Brooke K. and Vicenzino, Bill T. (2017). Patellar and Achilles tendinopathies are predominantly peripheral pain states: a blinded case control study of somatosensory and psychological profiles. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52 (5), 284-291. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097163
Sterling, Michele, Pedler, Ashley, Chan, Cliffton, Puglisi, Madonna, Vuvan, Viana and Vicenzino, Bill (2010). Cervical lateral glide increases nociceptive flexion reflex threshold but not pressure or thermal pain thresholds in chronic whiplash associated disorders: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Manual Therapy, 15 (2), 149-153. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.09.004
Collins, N.J., Raymer, M., Smith, M.D., O'Leary, S.P., Maclachlan, L.R., Cottrell, M.A., Vicenzino, B., Vuvan, V., Comans, T.A., Kemp, J.L., Barton, C.J., Lee, D., McCaskill, S. and Hislop, A. (2021). Implementation of good life with osteoarthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®) is feasible in Australian tertiary public hospital facilities. 2021 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Online, 29 April-1 May 2021. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2021.05.047
Collins, N. J., Cottrell, M. A., Raymer, M., Smith, M. D., O'Leary, S. P., Maclachlan, L. R., Vicenzino, B., Vuvan, V., Comans, T. A., Kemp, J. L., Barton, C. J., Lee, D., McCaskill, S. and Hislop, A. (2021). Service providers perceptions of factors influencing the implementation of GLA:D® into australian public tertiary facilities: a qualitative study. 2021 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Online, 29 April-1 May 2021. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2021.05.048
Vuvan, Viana, Vicenzino, Bill, Mellor, Rebecca, Heales, Luke and Coombes, Brooke (2018). Isometric exercise or wait-and-see on pain, disability and global improvement in patients with lateral epicondylalgia: a randomised clinical trial. Scandinavian Congress of Medicine and Science in Sports, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2018. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099334.14
Pain and psychological characteristics in patellar tendinopathy
Plinsinga, M., Vuvan, V., Stephenson, A., Mellor, R., Heales, L., van Wilgen, P., Brink, M., Coombes, B. and Vicenzino, B. (2017). Pain and psychological characteristics in patellar tendinopathy. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.12.048
Quantitative sensory testing in Achilles tendinopathy
Plinsinga, M., Vuvan, V., Mellor, R., Heales, L., van Wilgen, P., Brink, M., Coombes, B. and Vicenzino, B. (2017). Quantitative sensory testing in Achilles tendinopathy. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.12.051
Vuvan, Viana (2020). Lateral elbow tendinopathy: towards a better understanding of its multifactorial nature and the role of isometric exercise. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/6b2f629
Development of a core domain set to clear patients to return to sport from prevalent lower extremity tendinopathies
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