Free paper sessions will be held on Tuesday 15 April 2025, from 1.45pm - 3.00pm.
Please click below for session outlines and speakers. Speakers are given 9 minutes to present their paper, followed by 3 minutes for Q&A.
Authors must register by the early bird deadline, Tuesday 18 February 2025 to ensure their free paper is kept in the program. Authors who do not register by this date may have their paper removed from the program. Any questions should be sent to the Conference Secretariat.
Free Paper Session 1: Integrative Approaches to Pain Management
- Mr Zemene Kifle, Menzies Institute For Medical Research, University Of Tasmania, TAS: Serum levels of endogenous sex hormones are associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain
- Miss Kate Tomsett, Pelvic Pain Foundation Of Australia, SA: Prevalence and Impact of Period and Pelvic Pain in Australian Adolescents: The PPEP Talk® Schools Program
- Dr Scott Tagliaferri, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University Of Melbourne, VIC: Exploring the longitudinal association between pain characteristics and clinical outcomes in young people with mental ill-health
- Dr Brooke Coombes, University Of Queensland, NSW: External validation of occupational-specific and generic clinical prediction rules for predicting work-related musculoskeletal disability
- Ms Monique Wilson, University Of South Australia, SA: Using co-design to improve physiotherapist-delivered pain science education in private practice settings
Free Paper Session 2: Neurobiological Insights into Pain Mechanisms
- Mr Frederick Collin, University Of Sydney, NSW: The effect of 675nm and 904nm photobiomodulation on analgesia and macrophage polarisation in male rats following nerve injury
- Dr Marissa Sgro, Monash University, NSW: Maternal Oxytocin Administration Mitigates Nociceptive, Social, and Epigenetic Impairments in Adolescent Offspring Exposed to Perinatal Trauma
- Ms Angela Doshen, The University of Sydney, SA: Regional brain structure changes in the transition from acute to chronic neuropathic pain
- Dr James Kang, University Of Sydney, NSW: Investigating the Expression of Fear Avoidance in a Preclinical Model of Orofacial Neuropathic Pain
- Dr David Klyne, The University Of Queensland, NSW: Persistent Sleep Disturbance Enhances and Maintains Pain Behaviours and Alters Systemic Biomarkers of Neuroimmune Activity Following Intervertebral Disc Injury
Free Paper Session 3: Innovations in Pain Management: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Applications
- Professor Maree Smith, The University Of Queensland, NSW: Single oral doses of the NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitor, MCC950, Evokes Dose-Dependent Pain Relief in a Rat Model of Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy/
- Mrs Most Sumiya Khatun Kali, University Of Quensland, VIC: Temporal Development of Pain-Like Behaviours in a Mouse Model of Ross River Virus Induced Disease
- Dr Lewis Crawford, The University Of Sydney, VIC: Brainstem and cortical systems governing human Offset Analgesia responses revealed through 7-Tesla functional imaging
- Mr Jack Devonshire, University Of New South Wales, NSW: Clinical adaptation of protocolised interventions: a case study using the implementation of Graded Motor Imagery in clinical practice.
- Ms Erin Macintyre, University Of South Australia, SAHMRI, VIC: Clinical translation of a mediated reality system in knee osteoarthritis
Free Paper Session 4: Empowering Patients: Innovative Approaches to Chronic Low Back Pain Management
- Ms Emily Walker, UNSW and NeuRA, TAS: Investigating the mechanisms of patient-led goal setting and pain science education in adults with chronic low back pain: a causal mediation analysis
- Dr Joshua Sandy, NSW Health, NSW: Pain reduction and functional improvement with pulsed shortwave therapy (ActiPatch®) in chronic low back pain: A randomised double-blind controlled trial
- Mr Sam Williams, University of New South Wales, QLD: Measuring Pain: Reliability and Measurement Error of the Numerical Rating Scale and Visual Analogue Scale in Low Back Pain
- Mr Joseph Orlando, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, QLD: The journey to hospitalisation for non-specific low back pain: why patients seek hospital-based care?
- Miss Mia Ryan, Neuroscience Research Australia, New Zealand: Patients’ and General Practitioners' Perspectives on Mobile Health Apps for the Management of Low Back Pain
Free Paper Session 5: Addressing Safety, Risks, and Therapeutic Advances in Pain Management
- Prof Suzanne Nielsen, Monash University and Monash Addiction Research Centre, NSW: The Opioid Safety Toolkit - from co-design to national dissemination
- Dr Fatemeh Vazirian, University Of Tasmania, NSW: Chronic pain and regular analgesic use linked to a higher risk of Parkinson's disease and dementia
- Mr Michael Ferraro, University of New South Wales, SA: Ketamine for chronic pain: A cochrane review
- Ms Kristin Tynan, Metro South Persistent Pain Rehabilitation Centre Brisbane, QLD: Impact of Referral Wait Times on Opioid, Gabapentinoid and Benzodiazepine Use in Chronic Pain Patients: Insights from a Tertiary Pain Clinic Audit
- Dr Andrew Claus, Tess Cramond Pain And Research Centre, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, NSW: Inhaled Dexmedetomidine for Analgesia and Sedation in Burns (IDEAS-B): A pilot-feasibility randomised controlled crossover trial
Free Paper Session 6: Advancing Pain Management and Rehabilitation
- Dr Stephanie Mathieson, University Of Sydney, NSW: Effectiveness of interventions designed to increase safe medicine disposal: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Ms Karen Bau, The Children's Hospital At Westmead, SA: The lived experiences of pain and anxiety in children with cerebral palsy undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgery
- Mrs Grace Griffiths, University Of Otago, New Zealand: The diagnosis and treatment experiences of people with upper limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in New Zealand: A nationwide survey
- Mrs Mahsa Seydi, Neuroscience Research Australia, UNSW, QLD: The impact of pain on the amount and quality of daily life gait in older people
- Ms Prudence Butler, Sunshine Coast Persistent Pain Management Service, QLD: Characterising injury perception trajectories after acute, isolated extremity injuries: A prospective longitudinal cohort study
