RESEARCH Published Articles

Tavares, P., Ward, J., Passmore, S., Atkinson-Graham, M., Smolinski, R., Scott, M., Moss, J., Kopansky-Giles, D., Ladwig, J. C., Myers, J., Glazebrook, C. M., Monias, D. A., Hamilton, H., Mckay, D. Z., Haldeman, S., Hogg-Johnson, S., & Bussières, A. (2025). Routine medical care for adults with musculoskeletal disorders in the Indigenous community of Pimicikamak, northern Manitoba before and after implementing the Global Spine Care Initiative model: A retrospective chart review with a 10-month post- implementation window. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association.

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Bussières, A., Passmore, S., Kopansky-Giles, D., Tavares, P., Ward, J., Ladwig, J., Glazebrook, C., Mior, S., Atkinson-Graham, M., Moss, J., Robak, N., Broeckelmann, E., Monias, D. A., Mckay, D. Z., Hamilton, H., Scott, M., Smolinski, R., Hurwitz, E. L., Woolf, A. D., … Haldeman, S. (2025). Assessing the readiness and feasibility to implement a model of care for spine disorders and related disability in Cross Lake, an Indigenous community in northern Manitoba, Canada: A research protocol. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 33(1), 12.

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Bussières, A., Atkinson-Graham, M., Ward, J., Scott, M., Moss, J., Tavares, P., Kopansky-Giles, D., Ladwig, J., Glazebrook, C., Monias, D. A., Hamilton, H., Mckay, D. Z., Smolinski, R., Haldeman, S., Hogg-Johnson, S., & Passmore, S. (2025). The prevalence and burden of musculoskeletal disorders amongst Indigenous people in Pimicikamak, northern Manitoba, Canada: A community health survey. Preventive Medicine Reports, 49, 102960.

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Robak, N., Broeckelmann, E., Mior, S., Atkinson-Graham, M., Ward, J., Scott, M., Passmore, S., Kopansky-Giles, D., Tavares, P., Moss, J., Ladwig, J., Glazebrook, C., Monias, D., Hamilton, H., McKay, D., Smolinski, R., Haldeman, S., & Bussières, A. (2024). Views and perspectives toward implementing the Global Spine Care Initiative (GSCI) model of care, and related spine care program by the people in Cross Lake, Northern Manitoba, Canada: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domain Framework (TDF). Implementation Science Communications, 5(1), 100.

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Mullerpatan, R., Nahar, S., Singh, Y., Côté, P., & Nordin, M. (2020). Burden of spine pain among rural and tribal populations in Raigad District of Maharashtra State of India. European Spine Journal, 386(9995), 1–7.

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da Silva-Oolup, S., Nordin, M., Stern, P. et al. A case-series of patients with musculoskeletal conditions in an underserved community in Moca, Dominican Republic. Chiropr Man Therap 28, 3 (2020).

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Haldeman S, Nordin M, Tavares P, Mullerpatan R, Kopansky-Giles D, Setlhare V, et al. Distance Management of Spinal Disorders in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Evidence-based Patient and Clinician Guides from the Global Spine Care Initiative.  JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 2020 Nov 4.

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Chihambakwe, M., O’Connor, L., Orton, P. M., & Hondras, M. A. (2019). If I was more informed about what exactly they do: perceptions of Botswana district hospital healthcare providers about World Spine Care, 1–12.

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Mullerpatan, R, P Girdhar, Y Singh, and K R. Salgotra. (2019). Evidence-Based Management of Spine Pain Disorders Among Underserved People in Navi Mumbai, India: a Two-Year Observation Report.Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.

Outerbridge G, Eberspaecher S, Haldeman S. Commentary: World Spine Care: providing sustainable, integrated, evidence-based spine care in underserved communities around the world. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2017 Volume 61 No. 3, 196-206

Outerbridge G. The John A. Sweaney Lecture: Washington DC, March 2017, Given by Dr Geoff Outerbridge. Our Highest Level of Contribution: Doing the Right Thing, the Right Way, for the Right Reason. Journal of Chiropractic Humanities. December 2017 Volume 24 No. 1, 49-53

Emary PC, Eberspaecher SA, Taylor JA. Imaging Case Review – High-grade spondylolytic spondylolisthesis. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2017 Volume 61 No. 2, 162-166

O’Dane Brady, DC, MS; Margareta Nordin, Dr Med Sci, PT; Maria Hondras, DC, MPH, PhD; Geoff Outerbridge, DC, MSc; Deborah Kopansky-Giles, BPHE, DC, MSc, FCCS; Pierre Côté, DC, PhD; Sophia da Silva, HBScKin, DC; Timothy Ford, M Tech(chiro); Stefan Eberspaecher, DC; Emre Acaroğlu, MD; Tiro Mmopelwa, MD; Eric L. Hurwitz, DC, PhD; Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD. Global Forum: Spine Research and Training in Underserved, Low and Middle-Income, Culturally Unique Communities: The World Spine Care Charity Research Program’s Challenges and Facilitators. J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2016 Dec 21; 98 (24): e110

Hondras M, Hartvigsen J, Myburgh C, Johannessen H. Everyday burden of musculoskeletal conditions among villagers in rural Botswana: A focused ethnography. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2016;48(5):449-55.

Haldeman S, Nordin M, Outerbridge G, Hurwitz EL, Hondras M, Brady O, Kopansky-Giles D, Ford T, Acaroğlu E. Creating A Sustainable Model of Spine Care in Underserved Communities: The World Spine Care (WSC) Charity. Spine J, 2015;15(11):2303-11.

Hondras M, Myburgh C, Hartvigsen J, Haldeman S, Johannessen H. How can we assess the burden of muscle, bone and joint conditions in rural Botswana: context and methods for the MuBoJo focused ethnography. Chiropr Man Therap. 2015;23:11.

Hondras M, Myburg C, Hartvigsen J, Johannessen H. Botlhoko, botlhoko! How people talk about their musculoskeletal complaints in rural Botswana: a focused ethnography. Global Health Action 2015;8:29010.

Kanga I, Taylor JA, Jacobs C, Outerbridge G. Tuberculosis of the neuromusculoskeletal system: a review of two cases presenting as chiropractic patients. J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2015;59(1):13-23.

Outerbridge G, Ford T, Brady O, Hondras M, Hurwitz E, Haldeman S, Kopansky-Giles D, Nordin, M. Development of an outcomes questionnaire for low literacy patients in underserved populations The World Spine Care (WSC) Charity. ISSLS Spine Week; 2016; Singapore.

Haldeman S, Nordin M, Outerbridge G, Hurwitz E, Hondras M, Brady O, Ford T, Acaroğlu E, Kopansky-Giles D. Delivering sustainable spine care in underserved communities: The World Spine Care (WSC) Charity (www.worldspinecare.org) / Entregando una columna de cuidado sostenible en las comunidades marginadas: The World Spine Care Charity (WSC). International Journal of Integrated Care. 2015;15(8).

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Hondras, M, Johannessen H, Hartvigsen J, Myburgh C, Haldeman S. Should healthcare in rural Botswana focus on integration and group activities to ease the burdens associated with muscle, bone and joint disorders? The World Spine Care MuBoJo project [poster]. In: Proceedings of the World Federation of Chiropractic 13th Biennial Congress, p. 145. Athens, Greece, 13-16 May 2015.

Hondras, M, Salsbury S, Nissen N, Johannessen H. Walking sticks for muscle, bone and joint health in rural Botswana: Villager perspectives from the World Spine Care MuBoJo project [poster]. In: Proceedings of the World Federation of Chiropractic 13th Biennial Congress, p. 145-6. Athens, Greece, 13-16 May 2015.

Mullerpatan RP, Agarwal BM, Shetty TV. Exploration of Muscle Activity Using Surface Electromyography While Performing Surya Namaskar. Int J Yoga. 2020 May;13(2):137–43.

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