Sasha Aspinall

BSc (Hons), BChiro, PhD

Lecturer, School of Allied Health, Murdoch University

Email: sasha.aspinall@murdoch.edu.au

ResearchGate: Sasha Aspinall

 

Research interests and skills

I am interested in evidence-based chiropractic care and spinal manipulation, including:

  • Neurophysiological mechanisms that contribute to clinical outcomes associated with spinal manipulation

  • Contribution of contextual effects (placebo etc) to clinical outcomes

  • Sham procedures for use in trials on spinal manipulation

  • How we can improve the quality/impact of manual therapy research

 

Ongoing research

  • Diversity in the chiropractic profession globally

  • A systematic review of sham lumbar manipulation: blinding strategies and their effectiveness

 

Research publications

Nim C, Downie AS, Kongsted A, Aspinall SL, Harsted S, Nyirö L, et al. Prospective back pain trajectories or retrospective recall - which tells us most about the patient? J Pain. 2024:104555. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104555.

Aspinall SL, Nim C, Hartvigsen J, Cook CE, Skillgate E, Vogel S, et al. Waste not, want not: call to action for spinal manipulative therapy researchers. Chiropr Man Ther. 2024;32(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12998-024-00539-y.

Ranasinghe S, Aspinall S, Beynon A, Ash A, Lymbery A. Traditional medicinal plants in the treatment of gastrointestinal parasites in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and experimental evidence. Phytotherapy Research. 2023. doi: 10.1002/ptr.7895.

Nim CG, Aspinall SL, Cook CE, Corrêa LA, Donaldson M, Downie AS, et al. The effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy procedures for spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Chiropr Man Ther. 2023;31(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12998-023-00487-z.

Aspinall SL, Nim CG, Harsted S, Miller A, Øverås CK, Roseen EJ, et al. Presenters at chiropractic research conferences 2010–2019: is there a gender equity problem? Chiropr Man Ther. 2023;31(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12998-023-00498-w.

Nim CG, Aspinall SL, Weibel R, Steenfelt MG, O’Neill S. Pressure pain thresholds in a real-world chiropractic setting: topography, changes after treatment, and clinical relevance? Chiropr Man Ther. 2022;30:25. doi: 10.1186/s12998-022-00436-2.

de Luca K, McDonald M, Montgomery L, Sharp S, Young A, Vella S, Holmes MM, Aspinall S, Brousseau D, Burrell C, Byfield D, Dane D, Dewhurst P, Downie A, Engel R, Gleberzon B, Hollandsworth D, Molgaard Nielsen A, O'Connor L, Starmer D, Tunning M, Wanlass P, French SD. COVID-19: How has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world? Chiropr Man Ther. 2021;29:7. doi: 10.1186/s12998-021-00364-7.

Aspinall SL, Jacques A, Leboeuf-Yde C, Etherington SJ, Walker BF. Pressure pain threshold and temporal summation in adults with episodic and persistent low back pain trajectories: A secondary analysis at baseline and after lumbar manipulation or sham. Chiropr Man Ther. 2020;28(36). doi: 10.1186/s12998-020-00326-5.

Aspinall SL, Leboeuf-Yde C, Etherington SJ, Walker BF. Changes in pressure pain threshold and temporal summation in rapid responders and non-rapid responders after lumbar spinal manipulation and sham: A secondary analysis in adults with low back pain. Musculoskelet Sci Prac. 2020;47:102137. doi:10.1016/j.msksp.2020.102137.

Aspinall SL, Jacques A, Leboeuf-Yde C, Etherington SJ, Walker BF. No difference in pressure pain threshold and temporal summation after lumbar spinal manipulation compared to sham: A randomised controlled trial in adults with low back pain. Musculoskelet Sci Prac. 2019;43:18-25. doi:10.1016/j.msksp.2019.05.011.

Aspinall SL, Leboeuf-Yde C, Etherington SJ, Walker BF. Feasibility of using the Neuropen for temporal summation testing. Pain Manag. 2019;9(4):361-8. doi:10.2217/pmt-2018-0063.

Aspinall SL, Leboeuf-Yde C, Etherington SJ, Walker BF. Manipulation-induced hypoalgesia in musculoskeletal pain populations: A systematic critical review and meta-analysis. Chiropr Man Ther. 2019;27(7). doi:10.1186/s12998-018-0226-7.

Dorron SL, Losco BE, Drummond PD, Walker BF. Effect of Lumbar Spinal Manipulation on Local and Remote Pressure Pain Threshold and Pinprick Sensitivity in Asymptomatic Individuals: A Randomised Trial. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 2016. 24:47. doi: 10.1186/s12998-016-0128-5.