Erin MacIntyre

Dr Erin MacIntyre

Research Associate

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

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I am a post-doctoral researcher, pain researcher, and physiotherapist. My research explores links between visual perception and pain, and aims to explore the development and clinical translation of new brain-based interventions. Specifically, I have developed new mediated and virtual reality interventions that make exercise easier, more engaging, and less painful for those with painful knee osteoarthritis. I have >15 peer reviewed publications in top journals (PAIN, Clinical Psychology Reviews, BMJ), and have presented my work nationally and internationally at >15 conferences. I have been awarded grants to pursue my own independent research from Arthritis Australia and Osteoarthritis Research Society International. The quality of my PhD work has been recognised through several awards, including Best Paper of the Year from the International Association for the Study of Pain Pain, Mind, and Movement SIG, and the Ian Davey Thesis Prize recognising the most outstanding thesis at the University of South Australia in 2025. 

Year Citation
2026 Macintyre, E., Saredakis, D., Stanford, T., Smith, A. E., Parfitt, G., Smith, R. T., & Stanton, T. R. (2026). VRCycle: the clinical translation of a virtual reality cycling program to enhance exercise engagement in people with knee osteoarthritis. PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE, 82(103009), 14 pages.
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2026 Henry, M. L., O'Connell, N. E., Riley, R. D., Moons, K. G. M., Shea, B. J., Hooft, L., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2026). Agreement testing of AMSTAR-PF, a tool for quality appraisal of systematic reviews of prognostic factor studies. BMJ Open, 16(1), e109388-1-e109388-12.
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2025 Sanchez, J. P., MacIntyre, E., Scully, A. E., de Oliveira, B. I. R., Wand, B. M., & Di Pietro, F. (2025). Body perception outcome measures in chronic non-specific low back pain: a systematic review of measurement properties using the COSMIN approach. Journal Of Pain, 31(105391), 1-17.
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2025 Macintyre, E., Whitaker, M. M., Braithwaite, F. A., Stefanucci, J. K., & Stanton, T. R. (2025). Assessing visuospatial perception in clinical and healthy populations: test-retest reliability and smallest real difference of hill steepness estimation and the distance-on-hill task in virtual reality. Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung, 89(3, article no. 101), 1-17.
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2025 Pulling, B. W., Stanton, T. R., Braithwaite, F. A., Butler, D. S., Vogelzang, A. R., Moseley, G. L., . . . Catley, M. J. (2025). Scale development of the Osteoarthritis Conceptualisation Questionnaire: Phase 3 convergent validity and test-retest reliability. Journal of Pain, 33, 11 pages.
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2025 Bell, L., Walters, J. L., Macintyre, E., & Harvie, D. S. (2025). Case Report: Investigating the feasibility of virtual reality meditation for managing migraine in females: a multiple baseline replicated case study. FRONTIERS IN VIRTUAL REALITY, 6, 9 pages.
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2024 MacIntyre, E., Braithwaite, F. A., & Stanton, T. R. (2024). Painful distortions: people with painful knee osteoarthritis have biased visuospatial perception of the environment. Pain, 155(10), 2313-2322.
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2024 MacIntyre, E., Pinto, E., Mouatt, B., Henry, M. L., Lamb, C., Braithwaite, F. A., . . . Stanton, T. R. (2024). The influence of threat on visuospatial perception, affordances, and protective behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 112(102449), 1-19.
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2024 MacIntyre, E., Braithwaite, F. A., Stanton, T. R., & Burke, A. L. J. (2024). Waiting in pain II: an updated analysis of the multidisciplinary staffing levels and clinical activity in Australian specialist persistent pain services. The Journal of Pain, 25(6, article no. 10446), 1-24.
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2023 Braithwaite, F. A., Arnold, J., Davis, A., Gwilt, I., MacIntyre, E., Morris, S., . . . Stanton, T. R. (2023). Osteoarthritis consumers as co-researchers: identifying consumer insights to improve osteoarthritis management by co-designing translational research solutions. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 31(7), 944-953.
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2023 MacIntyre, E., Sigerseth, M., Larsen, T. F., Fersum, K. V., Meulders, M., Meulders, A., . . . Stanton, T. R. (2023). Get your head in the game: a replicated single-case-experimental-design evaluating the effect of a novel virtual reality intervention in people with chronic low back pain. The Journal of Pain, 24(8), 1449-1464.
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2022 MacIntyre, E., Braithwaite, F. A., Mouatt, B., Wilson, D., & Stanton, T. R. (2022). Does who I am and what I feel determine what I see (or say)? A meta-analytic systematic review exploring the influence of real and perceived bodily state on spatial perception of the external environment. PeerJ, 10(e13383), 1-53.
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2022 Dickson, C., Zhou, A., MacIntyre, E., & Hyppönen, E. (2022). Do chronic low back pain and chronic widespread pain differ in their association with depression symptoms in the 1958 British Cohort?. Pain Med, 24(6), 23 pages.
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2021 Stanton, T. R., Braithwaite, F. A., Butler, D., Moseley, G. L., Hill, C., Milte, R., . . . Bennell, K. (2021). The EPIPHA-KNEE trial: Explaining Pain to target unhelpful pain beliefs to Increase PHysical Activity in KNEE osteoarthritis – a protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial with clinical- and cost-effectiveness analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1), 738-1-738-22.
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2019 MacIntyre, E., Sigerseth, M., Pulling, B. W., Newport, R., & Stanton, T. R. (2019). The effect of knee resizing illusions on pain and swelling in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a case report. Pain Reports, 4(6, article no. e795), 1-5.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC2

Year Citation
2025 Henry, M. L., O’Connell, N. E., Riley, R. D., Moons, K. G. M., Shea, B. J., Hooft, L., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2025). Agreeability testing of AMSTAR-PF, a tool for quality appraisal of systematic reviews of prognostic factor studies.
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