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Karen Grimmer

Researcher Next ID · RN-043231

Researcher · Health Professions

Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Accepting doctoral researchersFunding unknown
Works count
426
Citation count
14,318
H-index
60
i10-index
242

Research interests

Health Professions
Medicine
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Clinical practice guidelines implementation
Health Policy Implementation Science
Health Sciences Research and Education
Occupational Therapy Practice and Research

Publications

  • Guide to clinical practice guidelines: the current state of play

    International Journal for Quality in Health Care · 2016 · 10.1093/intqhc/mzv115

  • To adopt, to adapt, or to contextualise? The big question in clinical practice guideline development

    BMC Research Notes · 2016 · 10.1186/s13104-016-2244-7

  • FORM: An Australian method for formulating and grading recommendations in evidence-based clinical guidelines

    BMC Medical Research Methodology · 2011 · 10.1186/1471-2288-11-23

  • The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality on Reducing Pain and Anxiety in Burn Injury Patients

    Clinical Journal of Pain · 2009 · 10.1097/ajp.0b013e3181aaa909

  • School-Based Interventions on Childhood Obesity

    American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2009 · 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.07.012

  • Photographic measurement of upper-body sitting posture of high school students: A reliability and validity study

    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2008 · 10.1186/1471-2474-9-113

  • How to run an effective journal club: a systematic review

    Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01050.x

  • The effectiveness of clinical guideline implementation strategies – a synthesis of systematic review findings

    Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice · 2008 · 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01014.x

  • Prevalence of Neck Pain and Headaches: Impact of Computer Use and Other Associative Factors

    Cephalalgia · 2008 · 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01714.x

  • Perspectives on research evidence and clinical practice: a survey of Australian physiotherapists

    Physiotherapy Research International · 2007 · 10.1002/pri.363

  • Epidemiology of Adolescent Spinal Pain

    Spine · 2007 · 10.1097/brs.0b013e318158d70b

  • The Prevalence of low back pain in Africa: a systematic review

    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2007 · 10.1186/1471-2474-8-105

  • No model of clinical education for physiotherapy students is superior to another: a systematic review

    Australian Journal of Physiotherapy · 2007 · 10.1016/s0004-9514(07)70058-2

  • Epidemiology of knee injuries among adolescents: a systematic review

    British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2007 · 10.1136/bjsm.2007.035360

  • Pelvic floor muscle training and adjunctive therapies for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review

    BMC Women s Health · 2006 · 10.1186/1472-6874-6-11

  • The efficacy of playing a virtual reality game in modulating pain for children with acute burn injuries: A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN87413556]

    BMC Pediatrics · 2005 · 10.1186/1471-2431-5-1

  • Reliability of upright posture measurements in primary school children

    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2005 · 10.1186/1471-2474-6-35

  • A systematic review of the content of critical appraisal tools

    BMC Medical Research Methodology · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-4-22

  • Pre-manipulative testing of the cervical spine review, revision and new clinical guidelines

    Manual Therapy · 2004 · 10.1016/j.math.2003.12.002

  • School furniture and the user population: an anthropometric perspective

    Ergonomics · 2003 · 10.1080/0014013032000157841

  • Is undergraduate physiotherapy study a risk factor for low back pain? A prevalence study of LBP in physiotherapy students

    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2003 · 10.1186/1471-2474-4-22

  • Adolescent standing postural response to backpack loads: a randomised controlled experimental study

    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders · 2002 · 10.1186/1471-2474-3-10

  • Effects of backpacks on students: Measurement of cervical and shoulder posture

    Australian Journal of Physiotherapy · 2001 · 10.1016/s0004-9514(14)60302-0

  • Gender-age environmental associates of adolescent low back pain

    Applied Ergonomics · 2000 · 10.1016/s0003-6870(00)00002-8

  • The Associations Between Adolescent Head-on-Neck Posture, Backpack Weight, and Anthropometric Features

    Spine · 1999 · 10.1097/00007632-199911010-00015

Current projects

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