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Dr

Samantha Bunzli

Research Fellow
Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
male
female
middle aged
qualitative research
low back pain
orthopedics
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Dr

Samantha Bunzli

 
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Osteoarthritis
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Projects

Displaying the 8 most recent projects by Samantha Bunzli.

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REDUCING INAPPROPRIATE KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND HOSPITAL BURDEN

2019 - 2023
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THE PRETEND TRIAL: A MIXED METHODS STUDY EVALUATING PREFERENCES, FEASIBILITY, AND COSTS OF PERFORMING SHAM SURGERY TRIALS INVOLVING MAJOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Randomising patients to receive either an 'active' or a 'sham' (pretend) surgery and comparing the outcomes is the best way to test how effe..

2019 - 2021
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"It looks good but it feels bad". Understanding ‘failed’ Total Knee Replacement from the perspectives of patients and their surgeons

2017 - 2018
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CLOSING THE EVIDENCE-PRACTICE GAP IN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT: OPTIMISING EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SURGEON FEEDBACK INTERVENTION

Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most successful surgeries for treating knee arthritis. With an ageing population demand for TKR w..

2017 - 2021
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CLOSING THE EVIDENCE-PRACTICE GAP IN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT: OPTIMISING EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SURGEON FEEDBACK INTERVENTION

Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most successful surgeries for treating knee arthritis. With an ageing population demand for TKR w..

2017 - 2021
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CLOSING THE EVIDENCE-PRACTICE GAP IN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT: OPTIMISING EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SURGEON FEEDBACK INTERVENTION

Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most successful surgeries for treating knee arthritis. With an ageing population demand for TKR w..

2017 - 2021
Active
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CLOSING THE EVIDENCE-PRACTICE GAP IN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT: OPTIMISING EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SURGEON FEEDBACK INTERVENTION

Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most successful surgeries for treating knee arthritis. With an ageing population demand for TKR w..

2017 - 2021
Active
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CLOSING THE EVIDENCE-PRACTICE GAP IN TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT: OPTIMISING EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION-MAKING THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SURGEON FEEDBACK INTERVENTION

Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most successful surgeries for treating knee arthritis. With an ageing population demand for TKR w..

2017 - 2021
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Projects

Project Types

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Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Samantha Bunzli.

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Patient-Related Risk Factors for Unplanned 30-Day Hospital Readmission Following Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Daniel Gould, Michelle M Dowsey, Tim Spelman, Olivia Jo, Wassif Kabir, Jason Trieu, James Bailey, Samantha Bunzli, Peter Choong

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Clinical Medicine

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a highly effective procedure for advanced osteoarthritis of the knee. Thirty-day hospital readmis..

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Placebo Surgery Controlled Trials: Do They Achieve What They Set Out to do? A Systematic Review.

Samantha Bunzli, Emma Choong, Cade Shadbolt, Laura Wall, Elizabeth Nelson, Chris Schilling, Helen Wilding, Stefan Lohmander, Zsolt Balogh, Francesco Paolucci, Philip Clarke, Peter Choong, Michelle Dowsey

Journal article  |  2020  |  Annals of Surgery

OBJECTIVE: To explore whether placebo surgery controlled trials achieve what they set out to do by investigating discrepancy betwe..

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The social threats of COVID-19 for people with chronic pain

Kai Karos, Joanna L McParland, Samantha Bunzli, Hem Devan, Adam Hirsh, Flavia P Kapos, Edmund Keogh, David Moore, Lincoln M Tracy, Claire E Ashton-James

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pain

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Tackling the Burden of Osteoarthritis as a Health Care Opportunity in Indigenous Communities-A Call to Action

Penny O'Brien, Samantha Bunzli, Ivan Lin, Tilini Gunatillake, Dawn Bessarab, Juli Coffin, Gail Garvey, Michelle Dowsey, Peter Choong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Clinical Medicine

Osteoarthritis is a highly prevalent and disabling disease, causing a significant individual and socioeconomic burden worldwide. U..

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What Influences Patient Satisfaction after TKA? A Qualitative Investigation

Nardia-Rose Klem, Anne Smith, Peter O'Sullivan, Michelle M Dowsey, Robert Schutze, Peter Kent, Peter F Choong, Samantha Bunzli

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®

BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction is a common measure of the success of an orthopaedic intervention. However, there is poor underst..

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'My hip is damaged': a qualitative investigation of people seeking care for persistent hip pain

Beatriz IR de Oliveira, Anne Julia Smith, Peter PB O'Sullivan, Samantha Haebich, Daniel Fick, Riaz Khan, Samantha Bunzli

Journal article  |  2020  |  British Journal of Sports Medicine

OBJECTIVES: Clinicians who use the biopsychosocial approach to manage musculoskeletal pain disorders aim to understand how patient..

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Author Response to Cibulka

Thorvaldur S Palsson, William Gibson, Ben Darlow, Samantha Bunzli, Gregory Lehman, Martin Rabey, Niamh Moloney, Henrik B Vaegter, Matthew K Bagg, Mervyn Travers

Journal article  |  2020  |  Physical Therapy

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Back to basics: 10 facts every person should know about back pain

Peter B O'Sullivan, JP Caneiro, Kieran O'Sullivan, Ivan Lin, Samantha Bunzli, Kevin Wernli, Mary O'Keeffe

Journal article  |  2020  |  British Journal of Sports Medicine

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Misconceived expectations: Patient reflections on the total knee replacement journey

Samantha Bunzli, Penny O'Brien, Nardia Klem, Ian Incoll, Jasvinder Singh, Myles Davaris, Peter Choong, Michelle Dowsey

Journal article  |  2020  |  Musculoskeletal Care

INTRODUCTION: Fifty per cent of patients consent for total knee replacement (TKR) with unrealistic expectations about what it invo..

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THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF QUALITATIVE STUDIES

JA Wallis, NF Taylor, S Bunzli, N Shields

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Clinical Sciences
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Public Health and Health Services
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Health and Support Services
Human Movement and Sports Science
Other Health
Neurosciences
Other Medical and Health Sciences

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2018

University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences Early Career Travel Grant
2016

Best Paper Presentation

Australian Pain Society
2014

Elsevier Book Prize

Curtin University
2013

Best New Investigator Award - Musculoskeletal

Australian Physiotherapy Association
2010

Australian Postgraduate Award

Australian Government
2010

Curtin Postgraduate Scholarship

Curtin University

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Research Fellow

Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

Registered Physiotherapist

Osteoarthritis Research Society International

Member

Australian Physiotherapy Association

Member Of The International Association For The Study Of Pain

International Association for the Study of Pain

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Curtin University of Technology

Honours Degree (Health Sciences)

University of South Australia

Research Methodology

University of South Australia

Bachelor of Physiotherapy

University of Otago

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