Lianne is a clinical academic advanced practice spinal physiotherapist. She has expertise across quantitative research methods (prediction modelling, secondary analysis of randomised controlled trials, mediation analysis), evidence synthesis methods (realist review, systematic review and meta-analysis) and more recently, qualitative research methods. She holds a NIHR School for Primary Care Post-doctoral Research Fellowship to explore the diagnostic utility of early symptoms in degenerative cervical myelopathy, and understand barriers and facilitators to receiving a diagnosis. She is also leading a Programme Development Grant to explore prehabilitation for people undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. She previously was a post-doctoral Early Career Research Fellow of Orthopaedic Research UK, investigating how exercise creates change in outcomes of importance in low back pain. Since January 2023, she is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. She has been a clinical academic for the past 13 years and has worked as an Advanced Spinal Practitioner in a large tertiary NHS trust in both emergency and routine clinic settings. She continues to maintain a small clinical caseload.
Research projects that Lianne has been involved in
Rehabilitation
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