Dr Annette Bishop

Title: Research Physiotherapist
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 734838
Email:
Location: DJW 1.63
Role: As above
Contacting me: Via email
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I initially trained as a physiotherapist and prior to my Keele appointment I worked clinically, predominantly managing patients with musculoskeletal disorders in a variety of NHS and private settings. I joined Keele in 2003 as a Research Physiotherapist following completion of an MSc in Neuromusculoskeletal Healthcare here at Keele. I obtained a PhD in 2009 for a thesis investigating the role of attitudes and beliefs of health care practitioners in the management of low back pain.

My primary research interest is the management of common musculoskeletal problems in primary care, with a particular focus on back pain. I have experience in survey research and clinical trials. A particular interest is the role of the attitudes and perceptions that both patients and health care practitioners hold about pain and musculoskeletal conditions and specifically how these impact on the translation of research evidence into everyday clinical practice.

Selected Publications

  • Bishop A, Foster NE, Croft P. 2013. SAPC hot topic: is it a dangerous idea to make physiotherapists the gatekeepers of frontline primary care for all patients with musculoskeletal problems?. Prim Health Care Res Dev, vol. 14(4), 413-415. link> doi>
  • Campbell P, Bishop A, Dunn KM, Main CJ, Thomas E, Foster NE. 2013. Conceptual overlap of psychological constructs in low back pain. Pain, vol. 154(9), 1783-1791. link> doi>
  • Clarson LE, Nicholl BI, Bishop A, Edwards J, Daniel R, Mallen C. 2013. Should there be a Quality and Outcomes Framework domain for osteoarthritis? A cross-sectional survey in general practice. Qual Prim Care, vol. 21(2), 97-103. link>
  • Salisbury C, Montgomery AA, Hollinghurst S, Hopper C, Bishop A, Franchini A, Kaur S, Coast J, Hall J, Grove S, Foster NE. 2013. Effectiveness of PhysioDirect telephone assessment and advice services for patients with musculoskeletal problems: pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 346, Article ARTN f43. link> doi>
  • Sanders T, Bishop A, Foster NE, Ong BN. 2013. Bio Biophyschosocial care and the physiotherapy encounter: physiotherapists' accounts of back pain consultations. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 14(65). doi>

Full Publications List show

Journal Articles

  • Bishop A, Foster NE, Croft P. 2013. SAPC hot topic: is it a dangerous idea to make physiotherapists the gatekeepers of frontline primary care for all patients with musculoskeletal problems?. Prim Health Care Res Dev, vol. 14(4), 413-415. link> doi>
  • Campbell P, Bishop A, Dunn KM, Main CJ, Thomas E, Foster NE. 2013. Conceptual overlap of psychological constructs in low back pain. Pain, vol. 154(9), 1783-1791. link> doi>
  • Clarson LE, Nicholl BI, Bishop A, Edwards J, Daniel R, Mallen C. 2013. Should there be a Quality and Outcomes Framework domain for osteoarthritis? A cross-sectional survey in general practice. Qual Prim Care, vol. 21(2), 97-103. link>
  • Salisbury C, Montgomery AA, Hollinghurst S, Hopper C, Bishop A, Franchini A, Kaur S, Coast J, Hall J, Grove S, Foster NE. 2013. Effectiveness of PhysioDirect telephone assessment and advice services for patients with musculoskeletal problems: pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 346, Article ARTN f43. link> doi>
  • Sanders T, Bishop A, Foster NE, Ong BN. 2013. Bio Biophyschosocial care and the physiotherapy encounter: physiotherapists' accounts of back pain consultations. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 14(65). doi>
  • Sanders T, Foster NE, Bishop A, Ong BN. 2013. Biopsychosocial care and the physiotherapy encounter: physiotherapists' accounts of back pain consultations. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 14, 65. link> doi>
  • Salisbury C, Foster NE, Hopper C, Bishop A, Hollinghurst S, Coast J, Kaur S, Pearson J, Franchini A, Hall J, Grove S, Calnan M, Busby J, Montgomery AA. 2013. Structure of this report. HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, vol. 17(2), Article ARTN 2. link> doi>
  • Salisbury C, Montgomery AA, Hollinghurst S, Hopper C, Bishop A, Franchini A, Kaur S, Coast J, Hall J, Grove S, Foster NE. 2013. A prgmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of 'PhysioDirect' telephone assessment and advice services for patients with musculoskeletal problems. BMJ: British Medical Journal. doi>
  • Bishop A, Gamlin J, Hall J, Hopper C, Foster NE. 2013. PhysioDirect: supporting physiotherapists to deliver telephone assessment and advice services within the context of a randomised trial. Physiotherapy, vol. 99(2), 113-118. link> doi>
  • Muller S, Wynne-Jones G, Daniel R, Creavin ST, Bishop A, Mallen CD. 2012. There is no association between a measure of clinical care and the response rate of GPs to postal surveys: a methodological study. Eur J Gen Pract, vol. 18(3), 154-158. link> doi>
  • Hendrick P, Mani R, Bishop A, Milosavljevic S, Schneiders AG. 2012. Therapist Knowlegde, adherence and use of low back pain guidelines to inform clinical decisions - A national survey of manipulative and sports physiotherapists in New Zealand. doi>
  • Foster NE, Dunn KM, Bishop A, Main CJ. 2010. Response to letter by Roelofs et al. Pain, vol. 150(1), 208-209. doi>
  • Bishop A. 2010. Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (PABS). Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 56(4), 279. doi>
  • Foster NE, Thomas E, Bishop A, Dunn KM, Main CJ. 2010. Distinctiveness of psychological obstacles to recovery in low back pain patients in primary care. Pain, vol. 148(3), 398-406. link> doi>
  • Salisbury C, Foster NE, Bishop A, Calnan M, Coast J, Hall J, Hay E, Hollinghurst S, Hopper C, Grove S, Kaur S, Montgomery A. 2009. 'PhysioDirect' telephone assessment and advice services for physiotherapy: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, vol. 9, Article ARTN 136. link> doi> full text>
  • Foster NE, Bishop A, Thomas E, Main C, Horne R, Weinman J, Hay E. 2008. Illness perceptions of low back pain patients in primary care: what are they, do they change and are they associated with outcome?. Pain, vol. 136(1-2), 177-187. link> doi>
  • Bishop A, Foster NE, Thomas E, Hay EM. 2008. How does the self-reported clinical management of patients with low back pain relate to the attitudes and beliefs of health care practitioners? A survey of UK general practitioners and physiotherapists. Pain, vol. 135(1-2), 187-195. link> doi>
  • Bishop A, Thomas E, Foster NE. 2007. Health care practitioners' attitudes and beliefs about low back pain: a systematic search and critical review of available measurement tools. Pain, vol. 132(1-2), 91-101. link> doi>
  • May S, Littlewood C, Bishop A. 2006. Reliability of procedures used in the physical examination of non-specific low back pain: A systematic review. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 52(2), 91-102.
  • Bishop A and Foster NE. 2005. Do physical therapists in the United kingdom recognize psychosocial factors in patients with acute low back pain?. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), vol. 30(11), 1316-1322. link> doi>
  • Clarson LE, Nicholl BL, Bishop A, Edwards JJ, Daniel R, Mallen CD. Monitoring Osteoarthritis: A cross sectional survey in general practice (in press). Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.

Other

  • Salisbury C, Foster NE, Bishop A, Coast J, Franchini A, Hall J, Hollinghurst S, Hopper C, Grove S, Kaur S, Montgomery A. 2012. THE MRC PHYSIODIRECT TRIAL: A PRAGMATIC RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF PHYSIODIRECT TELEPHONE ASSESSMENT AND ADVICE SERVICES VERSUS USUAL CARE FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 36). link>
  • Foster NE, Bishop A, Thomas E, Main C, Horne R, Weinman J, Hay EM. 2007. Illness perceptions of low back pain patients in primary care: Are they associated with outcome?. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 46, p. I10). link>

MBChB SSC Quantitative Research Methods

MSc Neuromusculoskeletal Healthcare

I am a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and registered with the Health Professions Council. At present I am also Chair of the McKenzie Institute Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy Practitioners clinical interest group.