Emma Karran

Dr Emma Karran

Senior Research Fellow

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health


Emma is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. She completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Lorimer Moseley in 2018, her thesis investigating areas of uncertainty related to the clinical management of low back pain.  Emma’s current projects and interests relate to exploring the social determinants of pain outcomes, optimising the management of low back pain in primary care, implementation research and health communication. Emma’s mixed-methods research is both driven and informed by her extensive experience as a Physiotherapy Clinician and Educator.  

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2025 Karran, E. L., Cashin, A. G., Barker, T., Boyd, M. A., Chiarotto, A., Mohabir, V., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2025). It is time to take a broader equity lens to highlight health inequalities in people with pain. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 134(1), 235-237.
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2025 Grant, A. R., Westhorp, G., Murray, C. M., De La Perrelle, L., Dettwiller, P., Davey, A., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2025). Increasing access to pain care services to improve rural pain management: a realist review investigating factors affecting uptake, implementation, and sustainability. Pain, 166(6), 1250-1267.
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2025 Mardon, A. K., Leake, H. B., Wilson, M. V., Karran, E. L., Parker, R., Malani, R., . . . Chalmers, K. J. (2025). Pain science education concepts for pelvic pain: an e-Delphi of expert clinicians. Frontiers In Pain Research, 6(1498996), 1-11.
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2025 Grant, A. R., Westhorp, G., Mardon, A., White, M., Hibbert, P. D., Karran, E. L., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2025). How is chronic pain managed in rural Australia? A qualitative study exploring rural healthcare professional and consumer experiences. Australian Journal Of Rural Health, 33(1, article no. e70000), 1-12.
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2025 Karran, E. L., Cashin, A. G., Barker, T., Boyd, M. A., Chiarotto, A., Maxwell, L. J., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2025). Developing consensus on the most important equity-relevant items to include in pain research: a modified e-Delphi study. Pain, 166(10), e378-e387.
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2025 Karran, E. L., Cashin, A. G., Chiarotto, A., Sharma, S., Barker, T., Boyd, M. A., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2025). Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research: consensus recommendations for the collection and reporting of-relevant data. Eclinicalmedicine, 90(103586), 1-20.
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2025 Grant, A. R., Westhorp, G., Mardon, A., Karran, E. L., Hibbert, P. D., Roeger, C., & Moseley, G. L. (2025). Realist needs assessment investigating the factors affecting implementation of guideline-based care for chronic pain in rural Australia: program theory generation. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24, 1-12.
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2025 Grant, A. R., Mardon, A., Westhorp, G., Karran, E. L., Hibbert, P. D., Alva, T., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2025). Factors affecting the provision of guideline-recommended pain care in rural Australia: a consolidated program theory from a realist needs assessment. Journal of Pain, 34(105488), 1-13.
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2024 Leake, H. B., Heathcote, L. C., Ferencz, N., Birnie, K. A., Davis, A., Karran, E. L., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2024). Co-design and evaluation of pain science messages on social media with adolescents with a history of chronic pain. The Journal of Pain, 25(9, article no. 104580), 1-16.
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2024 Ryan, C. G., Karran, E. L., Wallwork, S. B., Pate, J. W., O'Keeffe, M., Fullen, B. M., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2024). We are all in this together-whole of community pain science education campaigns to promote better management of persistent pain. Journal of Pain, 25(4), 902-917.
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2024 Howlett, C. A., Stanford, T., Berryman, C., Karran, E. L., Bellan, V., Coussens, S., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2024). Investigating self-report and neuropsychological assessments of cognitive flexibility in people with and without persistent pain: An online, cross-sectional, observational study. British Journal of Pain, 18(2), 176-196.
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2024 Karran, E. L., Cashin, A. G., Barker, T., Boyd, M. A., Chiarotto, A., Mohabir, V., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2024). Development of recommendations for a minimum dataset for Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research. MethodsX, 12(102496), 1-9.
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2023 Karran, E. L., Grant, A. R., Lee, H., Kamper, S. J., Williams, C. M., Wiles, L. K., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2023). Do health education initiatives assist socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? A systematic review and meta-analyses. BMC Public Health, 23(1, article no. 453), 1-49.
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2023 Karran, E. L., Cashin, A. G., Barker, T., Boyd, M. A., Chiarotto, A., Dewidar, O., . . . Identifying Social Factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) Collaborative Core Research Group. (2023). The 'what' and 'how' of screening for social needs in healthcare settings: a scoping review. PeerJ, 11(e15263), e15263-1-e15263-19.
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2023 Karran, E. L., Cashin, A. G., Barker, T., Boyd, M. A., Chiarotto, A., Dewidar, O., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2023). Using PROGRESS-Plus to identify current approaches to the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data: a scoping review. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 163, 70-78.
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2023 Karran, E. L., Wiles, L. K., Wilson, D. J., & Moseley, G. L. (2023). Best practice care for persistent pain in adults with spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of clinical practice guideline recommendations. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(15), 2539-2548.
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2023 Karran, E. L., Fryer, C. E., Middleton, J. W., & Moseley, G. L. (2023). Pain and pain management experiences following spinal cord injury - a mixed methods study of Australian community-dwelling adults. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(3), 455-468.
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2022 Yap, Z. L., Summers, S. J., Grant, A. R., Moseley, G. L., & Karran, E. L. (2022). The role of the social determinants of health in outcomes of surgery for low back pain: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. The Spine Journal, 22(5), 793-809.
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2022 Karran, E. L., Fryer, C. E., Middleton, J. W., & Moseley, G. L. (2022). Exploring the Social Determinants of Health Outcomes for Adults with Low Back Pain or Spinal Cord Injury and Persistent Pain: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Pain, 23(9), 1461-1479.
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2022 O'Hagan, E. T., Skinner, I. W., Jones, M. D., Karran, E. L., Traeger, A. C., Cashin, A. G., . . . McAuley, J. H. (2022). Development and measurement properties of the AxEL (attitude toward education and advice for low-back-pain) questionnaire. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 20(4), 1-13.
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2022 Howlett, C. A., Wewege, M. A., Berryman, C., Oldach, A., Jennings, E., Moore, E., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2022). Back to the drawing board-The relationship between self-report and neuropsychological tests of cognitive flexibility in clinical cohorts: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychology, 36(5), 347-372.
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2022 Leake, H. B., Mardon, A., Stanton, T. R., Harvie, D. S., Butler, D. S., Karran, E. L., . . . Berryman, C. (2022). Key Learning Statements for persistent pain education: an iterative analysis of consumer, clinician and researcher perspectives and development of public messaging. The Journal of Pain, 23(11), 1989-2001.
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2021 Howlett, C. A., Wewege, M. A., Berryman, C., Oldach, A., Jennings, E., Moore, E., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2021). Same room - different windows? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between self-report and neuropsychological tests of cognitive flexibility in healthy adults. Clinical Psychology Review, 88(article no. 102061), 102061-1-102061-21.
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2020 Stanton, T. R., Karran, E. L., Butler, D. S., Hull, M. J., Schwetlik, S. N., Braithwaite, F. A., . . . Bennell, K. (2020). A pain science education and walking program to increase physical activity in people with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A feasibility study. PAIN Reports, 5(5), e830-1-e830-13.
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2020 Riis, A., Karran, E. L., Thomsen, J. L., Jørgensen, A., Holst, S., & Rolving, N. (2020). The association between believing staying active is beneficial and achieving a clinically relevant functional improvement after 52 weeks: a prospective cohort study of patients with chronic low back pain in secondary care. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21(1, article no. 47), 1-9.
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2020 Gardner, C., Moseley, G. L., Karran, E. L., Wiles, L. K., & Hibbert, P. (2020). Implementing high value back pain care in private physiotherapy in Australia: a qualitative evaluation of physiotherapists who participated in an 'implementation to innovation' system. Canadian Journal of Pain, 4(1), 86-102.
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2019 Medalian, Y., Moseley, G. L., & Karran, E. L. (2019). An online investigation into the impact of adding epidemiological information to imaging reports for low back pain. Scandinavian journal of pain, 19(3), 629-633.
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2019 Riis, A., Karran, E. L., Hill, J. C., Jensen, M. B., & Thomsen, J. L. (2019). A conceptual framework for increasing clinical staff member involvement in general practice: a proposed strategy to improve the management of low back pain. BMC family practice, 20(1), 1-7.
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2018 Karran, E., Hillier, S., Yau, Y., McAuley, J., & Moseley, G. (2018). A quasi-randomised, controlled, feasibility trial of GLITtER (Green Light Imaging Interpretation to Enhance Recovery)-a psychoeducational intervention for adults with low back pain attending secondary care. PeerJ, 6(e4301), 4301-1-4301-20.
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2018 Karran, E., Yau, Y., Hillier, S., & Moseley, G. (2018). The reassuring potential of spinal imaging results: development and testing of a brief, psycho-education intervention for patients attending secondary care. European Spine Journal, 27(1), 101-108.
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2018 Wheeler, L. P., Karran, E. L., & Harvie, D. S. (2018). Low back pain: Can we mitigate the inadvertent psycho-behavioural harms of spinal imaging?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47(9), 614-617.
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2017 Karran, E. L., Medalian, Y., Hillier, S. L., & Moseley, G. L. (2017). The impact of choosing words carefully: an online investigation into imaging reporting strategies and best practice care for low back pain. PeerJ, 2017(12), e4151-1-e4151-12.
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2017 Karran, E., McAuley, J., Traeger, A., Hillier, S., Grabherr, L., Russek, L., & Moseley, G. (2017). Can screening instruments accurately determine poor outcome risk in adults with recent onset low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine, 15(1), 13-1-13-15.
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2017 Karran, E., Traeger, A., McAuley, J., Hillier, S., Yau, Y., & Moseley, G. (2017). The Value of Prognostic Screening for Patients With Low Back Pain in Secondary Care. Journal of Pain, 18(6), 673-686.
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2017 Karran, E., McAuley, J., Traeger, A., Hillier, S., Grabherr, L., Russek, L., & Moseley, G. (2017). Erratum to: Can screening instruments accurately determine poor outcome risk in adults with recent onset low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis. [BMC Med. 15, (2017), (1), (13)] DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0774-4. BMC Medicine, 15(1), 2 pages.
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  • Investigating Social Factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in Pain Research, The Mayday Fund, 03/02/2025 - 02/02/2027


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