Aron Downie
DEPARTMENT OF CHIROPRACTIC
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
BSc (Macq), MChiro (Macq), MPhil (Macq), (PhD cand.) Aron Downie is a registered chiropractor with experience in teaching spinal manipulative therapy with emphasis on teaching current concepts in psychomotor learning. Aron is also involved in promoting research and research skills via mplementation of research into practice across the program. Before his appointment in 2011 as a Lecturer in Chiropractic, Aron was a chiropractor in private practice for fifteen years and worked within a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team. He continues in part-time private practice. He completed a Master of Philosophy at Macquarie University and is a PhD candidate at The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School.
Research Interest
Diagnostic test accuracy, recovery from back pain, and translational medicine.
Publications
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Kongsted A, Kent P, Axen I, Downie AS, Dunn KM. What have we learned from ten years of trajectory research in low back pain?. BMC musculoskeletal disorders. 2016 May 21;17(1):220.
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Downie AS, Vemulpad S, Bull PW. Quantifying the high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulative thrust: a systematic review. Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics. 2010 Sep 30;33(7):542-53.
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Downie A, Williams CM, Henschke N, Hancock MJ, Ostelo RW, de Vet HC, Macaskill P, Irwig L, van Tulder MW, Koes BW, Maher CG. Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain: systematic review. Bmj. 2013 Dec 11;347:f7095.
