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Darren Beales

Darren Beales BSc, PhD, FACP

Psychotherapy
Beckenham, Western Australia, Australia

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Darren is a Senior Research Fellow and a practising Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (As conferred by the Australian College of Physiotherapists 2008). His research interests are Improve understanding of the biopsychosocial nature of pain disorders from a lifespan perspective, and facilitate integration of this knowledge into clinical practice and public policy.He has received Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australian College of Physiotherapists, Australian Institute of Company Directors.

His publications are as follows Beales, D. J., J. B. Hope, T. S. Hoff, H. Sandvik, O. Wergeland, and R. Fary.. “Current practice in management of pelvic girdle pain amongst physiotherapists in Norway and Australia.” Manual Therapy 20. In press.
Rabey, M., D. J. Beales, H. Slater, and P. O'Sullivan. 2015. “Multidimensional pain profiles in four cases of chronic non-specific axial low back pain: An examination of the limitations of contemporary classification systems.” Manual Therapy 20 (1): 138-147.
Beales, D. J., and P. O'Sullivan. 2014. “Beliefs of Australian physical therapists related to lumbopelvic pain following a biopsychosocial workshop.” Journal of Physical Therapy Education 28 (3): 128-133.
O'Sullivan, P., D. J. Beales, A. Smith, and L. M. Straker. 2012. “Low back pain in 17 year olds has substantial impact and represents an important public health disorder: A cross-sectional study.” BMC Public Health 12: 100-1-100-8.
Beales, D. J., A. Smith, P. O'Sullivan, and L. M. Straker. 2012. “Low Back Pain and Comorbidity Clusters at 17 Years of Age: A Cross-sectional Examination of Health-Related Quality of Life and Specific Low Back Pain Impacts.” Journal of Adolescent Health 50: 509-516.
Smith, A., P. O'Sullivan, D. J. Beales, N. de Klerk, and L. M. Straker. 2011. “Trajectories of childhood body mass index are associated with adolescent sagittal standing posture.” International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 6: e97-e106.
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