Scientific papers
Frederiksen P, Indahl A, Andersen LL, Burton K, Hertzum-Larsen
R, Bendix T. Can group-based reassuring information alter low back
pain behavior? A cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE
2017: 12(3): e0172003. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172003
Bishop A, Wynne-Jones G, Lawton SA, van der Windt D, Main C,
Sowden G, Burton AK, Lewis M, Jowett S, Sanders T, Hay EM, Foster
NE. Rationale, design and methods of the Study of Work and Pain
(SWAP): a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the addition
of a vocational advice service to best current primary care for
patients with musculoskeletal pain (ISRCTN 52269669). BMC
Musculoskeletal Disorders 2014, 15:232
doi:10.1186/1471-2474-15-232
McGregor AH, Probyn K, Doré CJ, Burton AK, Cro S, Crispin A,
Balagué F, Morris S, Pincus T, Fairbank J. Rehabilitation following
surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a Cochrane review. Spine
2014;39:1044-1054. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000355
Fitzsimmons D, Phillips CJ, Bennett H, Jones M, Williams N,
Lewis R, Sutton A, Matar HE, Din N, Burton K, Nafees S, Hendry M,
Rickard I, Wilkinson C. Cost effectiveness of different management
strategies for sciatica. Pain 2014;155;1318-1327
Jones GT, Mertens K, Macfarlane GJ , Palmer KT, Coggon D,
Walker-Bone K, Burton K, Heine PJ, McCabe C, McNamee P, McConnachie
A. Maintained physical activity and physiotherapy in
the management of distal upper limb pain - a protocol for a
randomised controlled trial (the Arm Pain Trial). BMC
Musculoskeletal Disorders 2014, 15:71. DOI
10.1186/1471-2474-15-71
Burton, K, Kendall N. ABC of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition - Musculoskeletal Disorders.
BMJ 2014;348:g1076
McGregor AH, Probyn K, Doré CJ, Burton AK, Cro S, Crispin
A, Balagué F, Morris S, Pincus T, Fairbank J. Rehabilitation
following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (Protocol). Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews 2103, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD009644.
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009644.pub2
Lewis R, Williams NH, Sutton AJ, Burton K, Din N, Matar HE, Hendry
M, Phillips CJ, Nafees S, Fitzsimmons D, Rickard I, Wilkinson C.
Comparative Clinical Effectiveness of Management Strategies for
Sciatica: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analyses, The Spine
Journal 2013, doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.08.049
Porter G, Hampshire K, Dunn C, Hall R,
Levesley M, Burton K, Robson
S, Abane A, Blell M, Panther J. Health impacts of pedestrian
head-loading: a review of the evidence with particular reference to
women and children in sub-Saharan Africa. Social Science &
Medicine 2013;88:90-97
Williams N, Lewis R, Ud Din N, Matar HE,
Fitzsimmons D, Phillips C, Sutton A, Burton K, Hendry M, Nafees S,
Wilkinson C. A systematic review and meta-analysis of biological
treatments targeting tumour necrosis factor α for
sciatica. European Spine Journal 2013, 22: 1921-1935. DOI
10.1007/s00586-013-2739-z
Brooks J, McCluskey S, King N, Burton K. Illness perceptions in
the context of differing work articipation outcomes:
exploring the influence of significant others in persistent back
pain. BMC
Musculoskeletal Disorders 2013, 14:48. DOI:
10.1186/1471-2474-14-48
Williams NH, Amoakwa E, Belcher J, Burton K, Hendry M, Lewis R, Hood
K, Bennett P, Neal RD, Wilkinson C. Measuring illness and exercise
beliefs in osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: psychometric
properties of the 'Hip and Knee Beliefs Questionnaire' and the
'Exercise Attitude Questionnaire'. International Musculoskeletal
Medicine 2012;34:13-20
McGregor AH, Probyn K, Doré CJ, Burton AK, Cro S, Crispin A,
Balagué F, Morris S, Pincus T, Fairbank J. Rehabilitation following
surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (Protocol). Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD009644. DOI:
10.1002/14651858.CD009644
Lewis R, Williams N, Matar HE, Din N, Fitzsimmons D, Phillips C,
Jones M, Sutton A, Burton K,
Nafees S, Hendry M, Rickard I, Chakraverty R, Wilkinson C. The
clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of management
strategies for sciatica: systematic review and economic model.
Health Technol Assess 2011;15(39):1-434
www.hta.ac.uk/execsumm/summ1539.htm
McCluskey S, Brooks J, King N, Burton K. The influence of
'significant others' on persistent back pain and work
participation: a qualitative exploration of illness perceptions.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2011, 12:236
doi:10.1186/1471-2474-12-236
[Contributor] - Nicholas MK, Linton SJ, Watson PJ, Main CJ;
"Decade of the Flags" Working Group. Early identification and
management of psychological risk factors ("yellow flags") in
patients with low back pain: a reappraisal. Phys Ther. 2011
May;91(5):737-53
Williams NH, Amoakwa E, Belcher J, Edwards RT, Hassani H, Hendry
M, Burton K, Lewis R, Hood K,
Jones J, Bennett P, Linck P, Neal RD, Wilkinson C. Activity
Increase Despite Arthritis (AÏDA): phase II randomised controlled
trial of an active management booklet for hip and knee
osteoarthritis in primary care. Br J Gen Pract 2011;61:452-458 doi:
10.3399/bjgp11X588411
van Duijn M, Eijkemans MJ, Koes BW,2 Marc A Koopmanschap
MA, Burton AK, Burdorf A. The
effects of timing on the cost-effectiveness of interventions for
workers on sick leave due to low back pain. Occup Environ Med 2010;
67:774-750
Williams, NH, Amoakwa E, Burton
K, Hendry M, Lewis R, Jones J, Bennett P, Neal R,
Andrew G, Wilkinson C.The Hip and Knee Book: developing an active
management booklet for hip and knee osteoarthritis. Br J Gen Pract
2010; 60: 113-120
Williams, NH, Amoakwa E, Burton
K, Hendry M, Belcher J, Lewis R, Hood K, Jones J, Bennett P,
Edwards RT, Neal R, Andrew G, Wilkinson C. Activity Increase
Despite Arthritis (AIDA): design of a Phase II randomised
controlled trial evaluating an active management booklet for hip
and knee osteoarthritis [ISRCTN24554946]. BMC Family Practice 2009;
10:62 www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/10/62
[Contributor] - Shaw WS, van der Windt DA, Main CJ, Loisel P,
Linton J, the 'Decade of the Flags' Working Group. Early patient
screening and intervention to address individual-level occupational
factors ("Blue Flags") in back disability. J Occup Rehabil
2009;19:64-80
Burton AK, Kendall NAS,
Pearce BG, Birrell LN, Bainbridge LC. Management of work-relevant
upper limb disorders: a review. Occupational Medicine
2009;59:44-52
Battié MC, Levalahti E, Videman T, Burton K, Kaprio J. Heritability of
lumbar flexibility and the role of disc degeneration and body
weight. J Appl Physiol 2008;104: 379-385
Pincus T, Santos R, Breen A, Burton AK, Underwood M;
Multinational Musculoskeletal Inception Cohort Study Collaboration.
A review and proposal for a core set of factors for prospective
cohorts in low back pain: a consensus statement. Arthritis Rheum
2008;59:14-24
Dionne CE, Dunn KM, Croft PR, Nachemson AL, Buchbinder R, Walker
BF, Wyatt M, Cassidy JD, Rossignol M, Leboeuf-Yde C, Hartvigsen J,
Leino-Arjas P, Latza U, Reis S, Gil Del Real MT, Kovacs FM, Oberg
B, Cedraschi C, Bouter LM, Koes BW, Picavet HS, van Tulder MW,
Burton K, Foster NE,
Macfarlane GJ, Thomas E, Underwood M, Waddell G, Shekelle P, Volinn
E, Von Korff M. A consensus approach towards the standardisation of
back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies. Spine
2008;33;95-103
[Contributor] - Griffith LE, Hogg-Johnson S, Cole DC, Krause N,
Hayden J, Burdorf A, Leclerc A, Coggon D, Bongers P, Walter SD,
Shannon HS; Meta-Analysis of Pain in the Lower Back and Work
Exposures (MAPLE) Collaborative Group. Low-back pain definitions in
occupational studies were categorized for a meta-analysis using
Delphi consensus methods. J Clin Epidemiol. 2007
Jun;60(6):625-33
Turner DE, Helliwell PS, Burton
AK, Woodburn J. The relationship between passive range of
motion and range of motion during gait and plantar pressure
measurements. Diabetic Medicine 2007;24: 1240-1246
Waddell G, Burton AK. Work
and common health problems. J Insur Med 2007;39:109-120
Coudeyre E, Demaille-Wlodyka S, Poizat S, Burton K, Hamonet MA, Revel M,
Poiraudeau S. Could a simple educational intervention modify
beliefs about whiplash? A preliminary study among professionals
working in a rehabilitation ward, Annales de Réadaptation et de
Médecine Physique 2007, doi: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2007.05.005.
McGregor AH, Burton AK,
Sell P, Waddell G. The development of an evidence-based patient
booklet for patients undergoing lumbar discectomy and
un-instrumented decompression. Eur Spine J 2006: DOI:
10.1007/s00586-006-0141-9
Burton AK, Balagué F,
Cardon G, Eriksen HR, Henrotin Y, Lahad A, Leclerc A, Müller G, van
der Beek AJ - on behalf of the COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines
for Prevention in Low Back Pain. European guidelines for prevention
in low back pain November 2004. Eur Spine J 2006;15(Suppl.
2):S136-S168
Burton K. Viewpoint. Int J
Otsopathic med 2006;9:56-57
McCluskey,S.; Burton,A.K.;
Main,C.J. The implementation of occupational health guidelines
principles for reducing sickness absence due to musculoskeletal
disorders. Occup Med 2006: doi:10.1093/occmed/kql003
Hill AM, McGregor AH, Wragg P, Brinckmann P, Burton AK. The assessment of
cervical spine kinematics: a comparison of iMR and conventional
techniques. J Back Musculoskel Rehabil 2005;18:29-35
Bartys S, Burton K, Main
C. A prospective study of psychosocial risk factors and absence due
to musculoskeletal disorders - implications for occupational
screening. Occup Med 2005;55: 375-379
Burton AK, Balagué F,
Cardon G, Eriksen HR, Henrotin Y, Lahad A, Leclerc A, Müller G, van
der Beek AJ; COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Prevention in
Low Back Pain. How to prevent low back pain. Best Practice &
Research Clinical Rheumatology 2005;19:541-555
Waddell G, Burton AK.
Concepts of rehabilitation for the management of low back pain.
Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
2005;19:655-670
Viceconti M, Olsen S, Nolte L-P, Burton K. Extracting clinically
relevant data from finite element simulations - Editorial. Clin
Biomech 2005;20:451-454
Urrutia G, Burton K, Morral A, Bonfill X, Zanoli G.
Neuroreflexotherapy for nonspecific low back pain: a systematic
review. Spine 2005;30:E148-E153
UK BEAM Trial Team (incl. Burton
AK). United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK
BEAM) randomised trial: effectiveness of physical treatments for
back pain in primary care. BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.38282.669225.AE (
19 November 2004). BMJ 2004;329:1377-1381
UK BEAM Trial Team (incl. Burton
AK). United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK
BEAM) randomised trial: cost effectiveness of physical treatments
for back pain in primary care. BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.38282.607859.AE
( 19 November 2004). BMJ 2004;329:1381-1385
Urrutia G, Burton AK,
Morral A, Bonfill X, Zanoli G. Neuroreflexotherapy for non-specific
low-back pain (Cochrane Review). The Cochrane Library, Issue 2,
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2004
Burton AK, McClune, TD,
Clarke RD, Main CJ. Long-term follow-up of patients with low back
pain attending for manipulative care - outcomes and predictors.
Manual Therapy 2004;9:30-35
Burton AK, Waddell G,
Bartys S, Main CJ. Screening to identify people at risk of
long-term incapacity: a conceptual and scientific review.
Disability Medicine 2003;3:72-83
Brinckmann P, Bigggemann M, Burton K, Leivseth G, Tillotson M.
Frobin W. Letter-to-the Editor. Spine 2004;29:108
Coudeyre E, Givron P, Gremeaux V, Lavit P, Hérisson C, Combe B,
Burton K, Poiraudeau S.
Traduction française et adaption culturelle du 'back book'. Annales
de Readaption et de Médecine Physique 2003;46:553-557
McClune T, Burton AK,
Waddell G. Evaluation of an evidence-based patient educational
booklet for management of whiplash-associated disorders. Emergency
Medicine Journal 2003;20:514-517.
UK BEAM Trial Team (incl. Burton
AK). UK Back pain Exercise And Manipulation (UK BEAM) trial
- national randomised trial of physical treatments for back pain in
primary care: objectives, design and interventions
[ISRCTN32683578]. BMC Health Services Research 2003, 3:16
Staal JB, Hlobil H, van Tulder MW, Waddell G, Burton AK, Koes BW, van Mechelen W.
Occupational health guidelines for the management of low back pain:
an international comparison. Occup Environ Med 2003;60:618-626.
Harvey E, , Burton AK,
Klaber Moffett J, Breen A, in collaboration with the UK BEAM trial
team. Spinal manipulation for low back pain: a treatment package
agreed by the UK chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy
professional associations. Manual Therapy 2003; 8: 46-51
Cabri J, Oliveira R, Riedlinger K, Burton K. Rückenbeschwerden im
spitzensport am beispiel bascketball [Back complaints in elite
sports using basketball as an example].
Sportverletzung-Sportschaden 2003;17:11-13
McClune T, Burton AK, Waddell G. Whiplash associated disorders:
a review of the literature to guide patient information and advice.
Emergency Medicine Journal 2002;19:499-506.
Pincus T, Burton AK, Vogel
S, Field AP. A systematic review of psychological factors as
predictors of chronicity/disability in prospective cohorts of low
back pain. Spine 2002; 27: E109-E120
Van Tulder M, Kovacs F, Müller G, Airaksinen O, Balagué F, Broos
L, Burton K, Gil de real MT,
Hänninen O, Henrotin Y, Hildebrant J, Indahl A, Leclerc A, Manniche
C, Tilscher H, Ursin H, Vleeming A, Zanoli G. European guidelines
for the management of low back pain. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
2002; 73 Suppl:20-25
Koes BW, van Tulder MW, Ostelo R, Burton AK, Waddell G. Clinical
guidelines for the management of low back pain in primary care: an
international comparison. Spine 2001; 26: 2504-2514
Waddell G, Burton AK.
Occupational health guidelines for the management of low back pain
at work: evidence review. Occup Med 2001; 51: 124-135
Burton AK, Tillotson KM,
Cleary J. Single-blind randomised controlled trial of
chemonucleolysis and manipulation in the treatment of symptomatic
lumbar disc herniation. Eur Spine J 2000; 9: 202-207
Burton AK, Waddell G,
Tillotson KM, Summerton N. Information and advice to patients with
back pain can have a positive effect: a randomised controlled trial
of a novel educational booklet in primary care. Spine 1999; 24:
2484-2491
Brinckmann P, Frobin W, Biggemann M, Tillotson M, Burton K. Quantification of
overload injuries to thoracolumbar vertebrae and discs in persons
exposed to heavy physical exertions or vibration at the workplace.
Pat II. Occurrence and magnitude of overload injuries in exposed
cohorts. Clinical Biomechanics 1998, 13, Suppl 2: S(2)1-S(2)36
Burton AK, Waddell G.
Clinical guidelines in the management of low back pain. In Nordin
M, Vischer TL, eds. New approaches to the low back pain patient,
Bailliére's Clinical Rheumatology, 1998; 12 (1): 17-35
Burton AK. Back injury and
workloss - biomechanical and psychosocial issues. Spine 1997; 22:
2575-2580
Frobin W, Brinckmann P, Biggemann M, Burton K, Tillotson M. Precision
measurement of disc height, vertebral height and sagittal plane
displacement from lateral radiographic views of the lumbar spine.
Clin Biomech 1997; 12, Supl 1: S1-S64
Burton AK, Symonds TL,
Zinzen E, Tillotson KM, Caboor D, van Roy P, Clarys P. Is ergonomic
intervention alone sufficient to limit musculoskeletal complaints
in nurses? Occup Med 1996; 47: 25-32
Burton AK, Battié MC,
Gibbons L, Videman T, Tillotson KM. Lumbar disc degeneration and
sagittal flexibility. J Spinal Disord 1996; 9: 418-424
Burton AK, Tillotson KM,
Symonds TL, Burke C, Mathewson T. Occupational risk factors for the
first-onset and subsequent course of low back trouble: a study of
serving police officers. Spine 1996; 21: 2612-2620
Burton AK, Clarke RD,
McClune TD, Tillotson KM. The natural history of back pain in
adolescents. Spine 1996; 21: 2323-2328
Burton AK, Waddell G,
Burtt R, Blair S. Patient educational material in the management of
low back pain in primary care. Bulletin Hospital for Joint Diseases
1996; 55: 138-141
Burton AK, Low back pain
in children and adolescents: to treat or not? Bulletin Hospital for
Joint Diseases 1996; 55: 127-129
Symonds TL, Burton AK,
Tillotson KM, Main CJ. Do attitudes and beliefs influence work loss
due to low back trouble? Occup Med 1996; 46: 25-32
Symonds TL, Burton AK,
Tillotson KM, Main CJ. Absence due to low back trouble can be
reduced by psychosocial intervention at the workplace. Spine 1995;
20: 2738-2745
Main CJ, Burton AK. The
patient with low back pain; who or what are we measuring? - an
experimental investigation of a clinical puzzle. Pain Reviews 1995;
2: 203-209
Burton AK, Tillotson KM,
Main CJ, Hollis S. Psychosocial predictors of outcome in acute and
sub-chronic low-back trouble. Spine 1995; 20: 722-728
Brinckmann P, Frobin W, Biggemann M, Hilweg D, Seidel S, Burton
K, Tillotson M, Sandover J, Atha J, Quinell R. Quantification of
overload injuries of the thoracolumbar spine in persons exposed to
heavy physical exertions or vibration at the workplace: Part I -
The shape of vertebrae and intervertebral discs - study of a young,
healthy population and a middle-aged control group. Clin Biomech
1994; 9, Supl 1: S5-S83
Burton AK, Tillotson KM,
Boocock MG. Estimation of spinal loads in overhead work. Ergonomics
1994; 37: 1311-1321
Boocock MG, Jackson JA, Burton
AK, Tillotson KM. Continuous measurement of lumbar posture
using flexible electrogoniometers. Ergonomics 1994; 37: 175-185
Burton K, Bennett G, Sykes
D. Persistence of lumbar tenderness after resolution of low back
trouble symptoms. Br Osteopath J 1993; 11: 11-14
Althoff I, Brinckmann P, Frobin W, Sandover J, Burton K. An improved method of
stature measurement for quantitative determination of spinal
loading: application to sitting postures and whole body vibration.
Spine 1992; 17:.682-693.
Burton AK, Tillotson KM.
Does leisure sports activity influence lumbar mobility or the risk
of low back trouble. J Spinal Disorders 1991; 4: 329-336.
Tillotson KM, Burton AK.
Non-invasive measurement of lumbar sagittal mobility; an assessment
of the flexicurve technique. Spine 1991; 16: 29-33.
Burton AK, Tillotson KM.
Prediction of the clinical course of low-back trouble using
multivariable models. Spine 1991; 16: 7-14
Burton AK. Measuring
flexibility. Appl Erg 1991; 22: 303-307.
Burton AK. Complementary
and allopathic cooperation (Editorial). Br J Gen Pract 1990;
40:478-9.
Burton AK, Tillotson KM,
Edwards VA, Sykes DA. Lumbar sagittal mobility and low back
symptoms in patients treated with manipulation. J Spinal Disorders
1990;3:262-268
Burton AK, Edwards VA,
Sykes DA. 'Invisible' skin marking for testing palpatory
reliability. J Man Med 1990;5:27-29
Burton AK, Tillotson KM.
Is recurrent low back trouble associated with increased lumbar
sagittal mobility? J Biomed Eng 1989; 11: 245-248.
Burton AK, Tillotson KM,
Troup JDG. Prediction of low-back trouble frequency in a working
population. Spine 1989; 14 : 939-946.
Burton AK, Tillotson KM,
Troup JDG. Variation in lumbar sagittal mobility with low back
trouble. Spine 1989; 14 : 584-90.
Burton AK, Tillotson KM.
Reference values for 'normal' regional lumbar sagittal mobility.
Clin Biomech 1988; 3: 106-113
Burton AK. A comparative
trial of forearm strap and topical anti-inflammatory as adjuncts to
manipulative therapy in tennis elbow. Man Med 1988;3:141-143.
Burton AK, Sandover J.
Back pain in Grand Prix drivers : a 'found' experiment. Appl Erg
1987;18:3-8.
Weber H, Burton K.
Rational treatment for low back trouble?. Clin Biomech 1986;1:
160-167
Burton AK. Osteopathy in
back trouble (Editorial). BMJ 1986; 293: 1482-1483
Burton AK. Trunk muscle
activity induced by three sizes of wobble (balance) board. J Orthop
Sports Phys Ther 1986; 8:27-29
Burton AK. Spinal strain
from shopping bags with and without handles. Appl Erg 1986;
17:19-23.
Burton AK. Regional lumbar
sagittal mobility; measurement by flexicurves. Clin Biomech 1986;
1:20-26.
Burton AK. Scientific
research in osteopathy (Editorial). Br J Rheumatol 1985;24:3-4
Burton AK. Grip strength
in tennis elbow. Br J Rheumatol 1984;23:310-311.
Burton AK.
Electromyography and office chair design; a pilot study. Behaviour
Information Technol 1984; 3:353-357.
Burton AK. Grip strength
as an objective clinical assessment in lateral epicondylitis. Br
Osteopath J 1984;16:6-10.
Burton AK. Back pain in
Grand Prix drivers - a preliminary investigation. Br J Sports Med
1983;17:150-1.
Burton AK. Torsional
strapping in the treatment of sprain of the medial collateral
ligament of the knee. Br Osteopath J 1983;15:103-7.
Burton AK. Sciatic
syndromes : a preliminary report of a search for criteria for
identification and assessment. Br Osteopath J 1983;15:87-94..0
Burton AK.
Electromyography and tennis elbow straps. Br Osteopath J
1982;14:83-6.
Burton AK. Back pain in
osteopathic practice. Rheumatol Rehabil 1981;20:239-246.