James Young
DC, PhD
Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network
Center for Muscle and Joint Health, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark
Email: James.Young2@uhn.ca
Research interests and skills
Management of knee and hip osteoarthritis and lumbar spinal stenosis
Outcome measurement science
Health system strengthening for musculoskeletal disorders
Ongoing research
Selection of therapeutic interventions in patients presenting for chiropractic care in Australia and Canada: secondary analysis of COAST and OCOAST data (CARL project with Hazel Jenkins, Aron Downie, James Young, Jessica Wong, David McNaughton, Cecile K Øverås, Eric Roseen, and Jan Hartvigsen)
Epidemiology of musculoskeletal conditions among older adults (CARL project with Eric Roseen, James Young, Jessica Wong, Cecile K Øverås, Hazel Jenkins, David McNaughton, Steen Harsted, and Aron Downie)
Comparing treatment effects of education and exercise versus surgery: a matched observational study of Canadians with knee or hip osteoarthritis
Improving care for people with osteoarthritis, low back pain, and lumbar spinal stenosis in primary care
Research publications
Harsted S, Chang NHS, Nim CG, Young JJ, McNaughton DT, O’Neill S. Exploring the association between patient-drawn pain diagrams and psychological and physical health variables: a large-scale study of patients with low back pain. European Journal of Pain. Accepted, in press.
Jensen RK, Young JJ, Hartvigsen J. Letter to the editor concerning “A propensity-matched study of patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis opting for surgery versus not” by Friis Pedersen et al. Brain and Spine. 2024;4:102871.
McNaughton DT, Roseen EJ, Patel S, Downie A, Øverås CK, Harsted S, Jenkins H, Young JJ, Hartvigsen J, Wong JJ, Stone KL, Ensrud KE, Lee S, Cawthorn PM, Fink HA. Long-term trajectories of low back pain in older men: a prospective cohort study with 10-year analysis of the MrOS Study. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. 2024. Accepted, in press.
King LK, Young JJ, Grønne DT, Bricca A, Roos EM, Skou ST, Hawker GA. GLA:D® to be walking better: change in self-reported difficulty walking after exercise therapy and education in persons with knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2024. Accepted, in press.
Young JJ, Zywiel MG, Skou ST, Chandran V, Davey JR, Gandhi R, Mahomed NN, Syed K, Veillette CJH, Rampersaud YR, Perruccio AV. Total hip arthroplasty versus education and exercise: a propensity-matched analysis of 266 patients who have hip osteoarthritis. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2024; Accepted, in press.
Roseen EJ, McNaughton DT, Harrison S, Downie A, Øverås CK, Nim CG, Jenkins H, Young JJ, Hartvigsen J, Stone KL, Ensrud K, Lee S, Cawthorn PM, Fink HA. Association of back pain with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among older men: a cohort study. Pain Medicine. 2024; Accepted, in press.
Yu H, Cancelliere C, Mior S, Pereira P, Nordin M, Brunton G, Wong JJ, Shearer HM, Connell G, Ead L, Verville L, Rezai M, Myrtos D, Wang D, Marchand A, Romanelli A, Germann D, To D, Young JJ, Southerst D, Candelaria H, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P. Effectiveness of postsurgical rehabilitation following lumbar disc herniation surgery: a systematic review. Brain and Spine. 2024. Accepted, in press.
Chang NHS, Nim CG, Harsted S, Young JJ, O’Neill S. The relationship between pain drawings and clinical and psychological factors: a cluster analysis of 21,123 spinal pain patients. PAIN. 2024. Accepted, in press.
Young JJ, Zywiel MG, Skou ST, Chandran V, Davey JR, Gandhi R, Mahomed NN, Syed K, Veillette CJH, Rampersaud YR, Perruccio AV. Total knee arthroplasty versus education and exercise for knee osteoarthritis: a propensity-matched analysis. Arthritis Care and Research. 2024. Online ahead of print.
McNaughton D, Roseen EJ, Downie A, Jenkins HJ, Øverås CK, Young JJ, Fink HA, Stone KL, Stefanick ML, Cawthorn P, Hartvigsen J. Stressful life events and low back pain in older men: a cross-sectional and prospective analysis using data from the MrOS Study. European Journal of Pain. 2024;28:263-272.
Perruccio AV, Young JJ, Wilfong JM, Power JD, Canizares M, Badley EM. Osteoarthritis year in review 2023: epidemiology and therapy. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2024;32(2):159-165.
Bejarano G, Csiernik B, Young JJ, O’Keeffe M, Hayden JA, Zadro J. Community-based exercise and physical activity for chronic low back pain. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023;11:CD015442.
Young JJ, Kongsted A, Jan Hartvigsen J, Ammendolia C, Jensen RK. Similar improvements in patient-reported outcomes for non-specific low back pain patients with and without lumbar spinal stenosis symptoms following a structured education and exercise therapy program. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2023;24:839.
Young JJ, Perruccio AV, Veillette CJH, McGlasson RA, Zywiel MG. The GLA:D® Canada program for knee and hip OA: a comprehensive profile of program participants from 2017 to 2022. PLOS ONE. 2023;18(8):e0289645.
Jenkins HJ, Downie A, Wong JJ, Young JJ, Roseen EJ, Nim CG, McNaughton D, Øverås CK, Hartivgsen J, Mior S, French SD. Patient and provider characteristics associated with therapeutic intervention selection in a chiropractic clinical encounter: a cross-sectional analysis of the COAST and O-COAST cohort study data. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. 2023;31(1):39.
Aspinall SL, Nim CG, Harsted S, Miller A, Øverås CK, Roseen E, Young JJ, Søgaard K, Kawchuk G, Hartvigsen J. Presenters at chiropractic research conferences 2010 - 2019: Is there a gender equity problem? Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. 2023;31(1):28.
Yu H, Wang D, Verville L, Southerst D, Bussières A, Gross DP, Pereira P, Mior S, Tricco AC, Cedraschi C, Brunton G, Nordin M, Shearer HM, Wong JJ, Connell G, Myrtos D, da Silva-Oolup S, Young JJ, Funabashi M, Romanelli A, Lee JGB, Stuber K, Guist B, Muñoz Laguna J, Hofstetter L, Murnaghan K, Hincapié CA, Cancelliere C. Systematic review to inform a World Health Organization (WHO) clinical practice guideline: Benefits and harms of needling therapies for chronic primary low back pain in adult. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2023;33:661-672.
Southerst D, Hincapié CA, Yu H, Verville L, Bussières A, Gross DP, Pereira P, Mior S, Tricco AC, Cedraschi C, Brunton G, Nordin M, Wong JJ, Connell G, Shearer HM, DeSouza A, Muñoz Laguna J, Lee JGB, To D, Lalji R, Stuber K, Funabashi M, Hofstetter L, Myrtos D, Romanelli A, Guist B, Young JJ, da Silva-Oolup, Stupar M, Wang D, Murnaghan K, Cancelliere C. Systematic review to inform a World Health Organization (WHO) clinical practice guideline: Benefits and harms of structured and standardized education or advice for chronic primary low back pain in adults. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2023;33:625-635.
Nim CG, Aspinall S, Cook CE, Corrêa L, Donaldson M, Downie AS, Harsted S, Hartvigsen J, Jenkins H, McNaughton D, Nyirö L, Perle S, Roseen E, Young JJ, Young A, Zhao GH, Juhl CB. The effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy procedures for spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. 2023;31(1):14.
Young JJ, Pedersen JR, Bricca A. Exercise therapy for knee and hip osteoarthritis: is there an ideal prescription? Current Treatment Options in Rheumatology. 2023;9:82-98.
Young JJ, Kongsted A, Jensen RK, Roos EM, Ammendolia C, Skou ST, Grønne DT, Hartvigsen J. Characteristics associated with comorbid lumbar spinal stenosis symptoms in people with knee or hip osteoarthritis: an analysis of 9,136 Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®) participants. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2023;24(1):250.
Briggs AM, Betteridge N, Dreinhöfer KE, Haq SA, Huckel Schneider C, Kalla AA, Kopansky-Giles D, March L, Sharma S, Soriano ER, Woolf AD, Young JJ, Slater H. Towards healthy populations: a need to strengthen systems for musculoskeletal health. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2023;58:152147.
Huckel Schneider C, Parambath S, Young JJ, Mishrra S, Slater H, Sharma S, Kopansky-Giles D, March L, Briggs AM. From local action to global policy: a systematic comparative policy content analysis of national policies to address musculoskeletal health to inform global policy development. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2023;12:7031.
Young JJ, Kongsted A, Hartvigsen J, Roos EM, Ammendolia C, Skou ST, Grønne DT, Jensen RK. Associations between comorbid lumbar spinal stenosis symptoms and treatment outcomes in 6,813 patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis following a patient education and exercise therapy program. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. 2022;4(4):100324.
Whittaker JL, Culvenor AG, Juhl CB, Berg B, Bricca A, Filbay SR, Holm PM, Macri EM, Urhausen A, Ardern CL, Bruder AM, Bullock GS, Ezzat AM, Girdwood MA, Haberfield MJ, Hughes M, Ingelsrud LH, Khan KM, Le CY, Losciale JM, Lundberg M, Miciak M, Øiestad BE, Patterson BE, Räisänen AM, Skou ST, Thorlund JB, Toomey CM, Truong LK, West TJ, Young JJ, Lohmnader LS, Emery CA, Risberg MA, van Middelkoop M, Roos EM, Crossley KM. OPTIKNEE 2022: consensus recommendations to optimise knee health after traumatic knee injury to prevent osteoarthritis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022;56:1393-1405.
Briggs AM, Jordan JE, Sharma S, Young JJ, Chua J, Foster HE, Haq SA, Huckel Schneider C, Jain A, Kalla AA, Kopansky-Giles D, March L, Reis FJJ, Reyes KAV, Soriano ER, Slater H. Context and priorities for health systems strengthening for musculoskeletal health in select low- and middle-income countries: a targeted secondary analysis of qualitative data and primary systematic content analysis of health policies. Health Policy and Planning. 2022:czac061.
Macri EM, Young JJ, Ingelsrud LH, Khan KM, Terluin B, Juhl CB, Whittaker JL, Culvenor AG, Crossley KM, Roos EM. Interpreting patient-reported outcomes following interventions for anterior cruciate ligament injury: an OPTIKNEE systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022;56(24):1432-1444.
Sandal LF, Young JJ, Søgaard K, Hartvigsen J. Convergent and discriminative validity of the PROMIS Physical Function 4 questionnaire for assessing pain-related disability in low back pain patients seeking chiropractic care. Spine. 2022;47(18):1314-1320.
Edgar M, Lambert C, Kopansky-Giles D, Abbas A, Young JJ, Girdhari R, McIssac W, Miller L, Monteiro L, Schofield L. Development of a low resource exercise rehabilitation application for musculoskeletal disorders to help underserved patients: a quality improvement project. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2022;66(2):130-145.
Bejarano G, Csiernik B, Young JJ, Stuber K, Zadro JR. Healthcare students’ attitudes towards patient centred care: a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMC Medical Education. 2022;22(1):324.
Young JJ, Jensen RK, Hartvigsen J, Roos EM, Ammendolia C, Juhl CB. Prevalence of multimorbid degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2022;23:177.
Berg LS, Young JJ, Hurwitz E, Kopansky-Giles D, Eberspaecher S, Outerbridge G, Hartvigsen J. Musculoskeletal conditions in persons living with HIV/AIDS: a scoping review. Current Medical Science. 2022;42(1):17-25.
Ammendolia C, Hofkirchner C, Plener J, Bussières A, Schneider M, Young JJ, Furlan AD, Stuber K, Ahmed A, Cancelliere C, Adeboyejo A, Ornelas J. Non-operative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: an updated systematic review. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e057724.
Csiernik B, Smith A, Plener J, Tibbles A, Young JJ. Intervention usage for the management of low back pain in a chiropractic teaching clinic. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. 2022;30:3.
Pasquier M, Young JJ, Lardon A, Descarreaux M. Factors associated with clinical responses to spinal manipulation in patients with non-specific thoracic back pain: a prospective cohort study. Frontiers in Pain Research. 2022;2:742119.
Young JJ, Hartvigsen J, Roos EM, Ammendolia C, Kongsted A, Skou ST, Grønne DT, Jensen RK. Symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis in people with knee or hip osteoarthritis or low back pain: a cross-sectional study of 10,234 participants in primary care. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2021:29(11):1515-1520.
Briggs AM, Jordan JE, Kopansky-Giles D, Sharma S, March L, Huckel Schneider C, Mishra S, Young JJ, Slater H. “Without a global strategy, the management of musculoskeletal disorders will continue to be suboptimal” the need for adaptable global guidance in health system strengthening for musculoskeletal health. A qualitative study of international key informants. Global Health Research and Policy. 2021;6:24.
Briggs AM, Huckel Schneider C, Slater H, Jordan JE, Parambath S, Young JJ, Sharma S, Kopansky-Giles D, Mishra S, Akesson KE, Ali N, Belton J, Betteridge N, Blyth FM, Brown R, Debere D, Dreinhöfer KE, Finucane L, Foster HE, Gimigliano F, Haldeman S, Haq SA, Horgan B, Jain A, Joshipura M, Kalla AK, Lothe J, Matsuda S, Mobasheri A, Mwaniki L, Nordin MC, Pattison M, Reis FJJ, Soriano ER, Tick H, Waddell J, Wiek D, Woolf AD, March L. Health systems strengthening to arrest the global disability burden: empirical development of prioritised components for a global strategy for improving musculoskeletal health. BMJ Global Health. 2021;6:e006045.
Liaghat B, Pedersen JR, Young JJ, Thorlund JB, Juul-Kristensen B, Juhl CB. Joint hypermobility in athletes is associated with shoulder injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2021;22(1):1-9.
Young JJ, Važić O, Cregg A. Management of knee and hip osteoarthritis: an opportunity for the Canadian chiropractic profession. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2021;65(1):6-13.
Young JJ, Skou ST, Koes BW, Grønne DT, Roos EM. Proportion of patients with hip osteoarthritis in primary care identified by differing clinical criteria: a cross-sectional study of 4699 patients. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. 2020;2(4):100111.
Grant C, Tuff T, Corso M, Young JJ, Stern P, Côté E, Côté P. Incidence and risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders of the elbow in baseball pitchers: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2020;64(3):165-179.
Young JJ, Hartvigsen J, Jensen RK, Roos EM, Ammendolia C, Juhl CB. Prevalence of multimorbid degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 2020;9:232.
Skou ST, Koes BW, Grønne DT, Young JJ, Roos EM. Comparison of three sets of clinical criteria for knee osteoarthritis: a cross sectional study of 13,459 patients treated in primary care. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2020;28(2):167-72.
Young JJ, Kopansky-Giles D, Ammendolia C. Multimodal non-surgical management for individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a retrospective case series. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2019;63(2):92-99.
Young JJ. Conservative management strategies to mitigate the increasing burden of osteoarthritis on the healthcare system. UWO Medical Journal. 2017;86(2):60-61.