Dr Ross Wilson

2026

Journal - Research Article

Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R., Dalbeth, N., Abbott, J. H., & Stamp, L. (2026). Cost-effectiveness of low dose colchicine prophylaxis when starting allopurinol using the “start-low go-slow” approach for gout: Evidence from a non-inferiority randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis Care & Research, 78(3), 337-343. doi: 10.1002/acr.25631

2025

Journal - Research Article

Pierobon, A., Gaspar Fernandes, L., Wilson, R., Christopherson, R. M., Stanley, J., Pryymachenko, Y., Lim, Y. W., Caya, R., Gayed, M., & Abbott, J. H. (2025). Validity of the Global Rating of Change in patients with chronic low back pain. Musculoskeletal Science & Practice, 80, 103443. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103443

Lim, Y. W., Al-Busaidi, I. S., Caya, R., Bricca, A., Mangin, D., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2025). Effectiveness of interventions for the management of multimorbidity in primary care and community settings: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Family Practice, 42(6), cmaf085. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf085

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lim, Y. W., Al-Busaidi, I. S., Caya, R., Bricca, A., Mangin, D., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2025). Effectiveness of interventions for management of multimorbidity in primary care or community settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 33(Suppl.), 372. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2025.02.378

Wilson, R., Sharma, I., & Abbott, J. H. (2025). Excess comorbidity burden in people with osteoarthritis in Aotearoa New Zealand: Data linkage to a population-based cross-sectional survey. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 33(Suppl.), 374. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2025.02.380

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Chapple, C., Samaranayaka, A., Widyastuti, N., Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R., & Abbott, H. (2025, October). Frequency of manual therapy for people with knee osteoarthritis: The Opti-OK trial. Verbal presentation at the Australian Physiotherapy Association Scientific Conference (APASC): Lead the Physiotherapy Evolution, Adelaide, Australia.

2024

Journal - Research Article

Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R., Abbott, J. H., Dowsey, M., & Choong, P. (2024). The long-term impacts of opioid use before and after joint arthroplasty: Matched cohort analysis of New Zealand linked register data. Family Practice, 41, 916-924. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad112

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R., Abbott, H., Dalbeth, N., & Stamp, L. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of low dose colchicine prophylaxis when starting allopurinol using the “start-low go-slow” approach for gout. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 76(Suppl. 9), (pp. 535-536). doi: 10.1002/art.42992

MacRae, J., Darlow, B., Dowell, T., Stephenson, C., Oscroft, N., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2024). Predictive models for identifying hip and knee osteoarthritis in primary care electronic recorders: A natural language processing text classifier approach. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 32, (pp. S73). doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.106

Wilson, R., Pryymachenko, Y., Schofield, D., Shrestha, R., Darlow, B., Dowell, T., MacRae, J., & Abbott, J. H. (2024). Health systems and societal costs following osteoarthritis diagnosis in primary care. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 32, (pp. S333). doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.490

Abbott, J. H., Dowell, T., MacRae, J., & Wilson, R. (2024). The primary care diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 32, (pp. S529). doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.786

2023

Journal - Research Article

Bühler, M., Gwynne-Jones, D., Chin, M., Woodside, J., Gough, J., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2023). Are the outcomes of relative motion extension orthoses non-inferior and cost-effective compared with dynamic extension orthoses for management of zones V-VI finger extensor tendon repairs: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Hand Therapy, 36, 363-377. doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2023.02.010

Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2023). Epidemiology of cruciate ligament injuries in New Zealand: Exploring differences by ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Injury Prevention, 29, 213-218. doi: 10.1136/ip-2022-044761

Wilson, R., Abbott, J. H., Mellor, R., Grimaldi, A., Bennell, K., & Vicenzino, B. (2023). Education plus exercise for persistent gluteal tendinopathy improves quality of life and is cost-effective compared with corticosteroid injection and wait and see: Economic evaluation of a randomised trial. Journal of Physiotherapy, 69, 35-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2022.11.007

Wilson, R., Pryymachenko, Y., Abbott, J. H., Dean, S., Stanley, J., Garrett, S., Mathieson, F., Dowell, A., & Darlow, B. (2023). A guideline-implementation intervention to improve the management of low back pain in primary care: A difference-in-difference-in-differences analysis. Applied Health Economics & Health Policy, 21, 253-262. doi: 10.1007/s40258-022-00776-3

Sharma, S., Wilson, R., Pryymachenko, Y., Pathak, A., Chua, J., Gwynne-Jones, D., … Abbott, J. H. (2023). Reliability, validity, responsiveness, and minimum important change of the Stair Climb Test in adults with hip and knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care & Research, 75(5), 1147-1157. doi: 10.1002/acr.24821

Journal - Research Other

Reynolds, A. N., Hood, F., Wilson, R., Ross, A., Neumann, S., Turner, R., Iosua, E., Katare, R., Shahin, A., Kok, Z.-y., … Coffey, S., & Mann, J. (2023). Healthy grocery delivery in the usual care for adults recovering from an acute coronary event: protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13, e074278. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074278

Abdel Shaheed, C., Mathieson, S., Wilson, R., Furmage, A.-M., & Maher, C. G. (2023). Who should judge treatment effects as unimportant? Journal of Physiotherapy, 69(3), 133-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2023.04.001

Darlow, B., Brown, M., Stanley, J., Abbott, J. H., Briggs, A. M., Clark, J., Frew, G., Grainger, R., Hood, F., Hudson, B., Keenan, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., Pask, A., Pierobon, A., Simmonds, S., … Wilson, R., & Dean, S. (2023). Reducing the burden of knee osteoarthritis through community pharmacy: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Knee Care for Arthritis through Pharmacy Service. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1053-1067. doi: 10.1002/msc.1785

2022

Journal - Research Article

Ribeiro, D. C., Jafarian Tangrood, Z., Wilson, R., Sole, G., & Abbott, J. H. (2022). Tailored exercise and manual therapy versus standardised exercise for patients with shoulder subacromial pain: A feasibility randomised controlled trial (the Otago MASTER trial). BMJ Open, 12, e053572. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053572

Wilson, R., Chua, J., Pryymachenko, Y., Pathak, A., Sharma, S., & Abbott, J. H. (2022). Prioritizing healthcare interventions: A comparison of multicriteria decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis. Value in Health, 25(2), 268-275. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.08.008

Journal - Research Other

Abbott, J. H., Wilson, R., Pryymachenko, Y., Sharma, S., Pathak, A., & Chua, J. Y. Y. (2022). Economic evaluation: A reader's guide to studies of cost-effectiveness. Archives of Physiotherapy, 12(1), 28. doi: 10.1186/s40945-022-00154-1

Pathak, A., Wilson, R., Sharma, S., Pryymachenko, Y., Ribeiro, D. C., Chua, J., & Abbott, J. H. (2022). Measurement properties of the patient-specific functional scale, and its current uses: An updated systematic review of 57 studies using COSMIN guidelines. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 52(5), 262-275. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2022.10727

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ribeiro, D. C., Tangrood, Z., Wilson, R., Sole, G., & Abbott, J. (2022). Tailored versus standardised rehabilitation for patients with shoulder pain: A feasibility randomised controlled trial. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 50(3, Suppl.), (pp. S34-S35). doi: 10.15619/NZJP/50.3.07

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Abbott, H., & Wilson, R. (2022, August). Are primary and community care programmes for osteoarthritis cost-effective? A modelling study using data from the Mobility Action Programme. Verbal presentation at the Australia and New Zealand Summit on the Value of Allied Health Care, [Online].

2021

Journal - Research Article

Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R., Sharma, S., Pathak, A., & Abbott, J. H. (2021). Are manual therapy or booster sessions worthwhile in addition to exercise therapy for knee osteoarthritis: Economic evaluation and 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Musculoskeletal Science & Practice, 56, 102439. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102439

Coombs, D. M., Machado, G. C., Richards, B., Wilson, R., Chan, J., Storey, H., & Maher, C. G. (2021). Healthcare costs due to low back pain in the emergency department and inpatient setting in Sydney, Australia. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 7, 100089. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100089

Wilson, R. A., Gwynne-Jones, D. P., Sullivan, T., & Abbott, J. H. (2021). Total hip and knee arthroplasty are highly cost-effective procedures: The importance of duration of follow-up. Journal of Arthroplasty, 36, 1864-1872. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2021.01.038

Commissioned Report for External Body

Wilson, J., Wilson, R., Abbott, J. H., Stevenson, B., Carter, M., & Kayem, Y. (2021). Evaluation of the Mobility Action Programme (MAP): An Early Intervention Programme for People with Musculoskeletal Conditions [Cycle 2: Final Report]. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Allen+Clarke. 105p. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/12311

2020

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, R., Chua, J., Briggs, A. M., & Abbott, J. H. (2020). The cost-effectiveness of recommended adjunctive interventions for knee osteoarthritis: Results from a computer simulation model. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 2, 100123. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100123

Chua, J., Hansen, P., Briggs, A. M., Wilson, R., Gwynne-Jones, D., & Abbott, J. H. (2020). Stakeholders’ preferences for osteoarthritis interventions in health services: A cross-sectional study using multi-criteria decision analysis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 2, 100110. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100110

Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R. A., Abbott, J. H., Dowsey, M. M., & Choong, P. F. M. (2020). Risk factors for chronic opioid use following hip and knee arthroplasty: Evidence from New Zealand population data. Journal of Arthroplasty, 35, 3099-3107. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.06.040

Gwynne-Jones, D. P., Wilson, R., & McEwan, C. (2020). National Referral Prioritization tool for first specialist assessment: Results of a pilot study in orthopaedic surgery. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90, 1738-1742. doi: 10.1111/ans.16002

Gwynne-Jones, D. P., Sullivan, T., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2020). The relationship between preoperative Oxford Hip and Knee Score and change in health-related quality of life after total hip and total knee arthroplasty: Can it help inform rationing decisions? Arthroplasty Today, 6, 585-589. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2020.04.009

Gwynne-Jones, D. P., Gwynne-Jones, J. H., & Wilson, R. A. (2020). The functional outcomes of patients with knee osteoarthritis managed nonoperatively at the Joint Clinic at 5-year follow-up: Does surgical avoidance mean success? Journal of Arthroplasty, 35, 2350-2356. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.087

Gwynne Jones, J. H., Wilson, R. A., Wong, J. M. Y., Abbott, J. H., & Gwynne-Jones, D. P. (2020). The outcomes of non-operative management of patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis triaged to a physiotherapy-led clinic at minimum 5-year follow-up and factors associated with progression to surgery. Journal of Arthroplasty, 35, 1497-1503. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.01.086

Journal - Research Other

Shadbolt, C., Schilling, C., Inacio, M. C., Abbott, J. H., Pryymachenko, Y., Wilson, R., … Dowsey, M. M. (2020). Opioid use and total joint replacement. Current Rheumatology Reports, 22, 58. doi: 10.1007/s11926-020-00929-0

Gwynne-Jones, D. P., Gwynne Jones, J. H., & Wilson, R. A. (2020). Response to letter to the editor on 'The functional outcomes of patients with knee osteoarthritis managed non-operatively at the Joint Clinic at 5 year follow up: Does surgical avoidance mean success?'. Journal of Arthroplasty, 35(10), 3060-3061. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.05.054

Abbott, H., & Wilson, R. (2020). The projected burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand: Healthcare expenditure and total joint provision: A response. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1509), 77-78. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

2019

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, R., Pryymachenko, Y., Audas, R., Abbott, J. H., on behalf of the Consortium Against the overuse of Opiates in Surgery. (2019). Long-term opioid medication use before and after joint replacement surgery in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1507), 33-47. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2019). The projected burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand: Healthcare expenditure and total joint replacement provision. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1503), 53-65. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Darlow, B., Stanley, J., Dean, S., Abbott, J. H., Garrett, S., Wilson, R., Mathieson, F., & Dowell, A. (2019). The Fear Reduction Exercised Early (FREE) approach to management of low back pain in general practice: A pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 16(9), e1002897. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002897

Abbott, J. H., Wilson, R., Pinto, D., Chapple, C. M., Wright, A. A., for the MOA Trial Team, including Robertson, M. C., Baxter, G. D., Theis, J.-C., Hansen, P., McKenzie, J. E., McNamara, D., Kidd, M., & Higgs, C. (2019). Incremental clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of providing supervised physiotherapy in addition to usual medical care in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: 2-year results of the MOA randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 27, 424-434. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.12.004

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Darlow, B., Stanley, J., Dean, S., Abbott, H., Garrett, S., Wilson, R., Mathieson, F., & Dowell, T. (2019). The Fear Reduction Exercised Early (FREE) approach to management of low back pain in general practice: A pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial. Proceedings of the Academic General Practice & Primary Care Research Symposium. (pp. 6-7). Waikato, New Zealand: University of Waikato. [Abstract]

Chua, J., Hansen, P., Briggs, A. M., Wilson, R., Gwynne-Jones, D. P., & Abbott, J. H. (2019). Which interventions for managing osteoarthritis do stakeholders want? Proceedings of the 11th Health Services and Policy Research Conference (HSRAANZ): Addressing Health Service Inequities to Improve Health System Performance. Retrieved from www.healthservicesconference.com.au

Wilson, R., Chua, J., Briggs, A. M., & Abbott, J. H. (2019). The cost-effectiveness of recommended adjunctive osteoarthritis management options in New Zealand: Results from a computer simulation model. Proceedings of the 11th Health Services and Policy Research Conference (HSRAANZ): Addressing Health Service Inequities to Improve Health System Performance. Retrieved from www.healthservicesconference.com.au

Schousboe, C., Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2019). The convergent validity of seven health state utility instruments. Proceedings of the 11th Health Services and Policy Research Conference (HSRAANZ): Addressing Health Service Inequities to Improve Health System Performance. Retrieved from www.healthservicesconference.com.au

Chua, J., Hansen, P., Briggs, A., Wilson, R., Gwynne-Jones, D., & Abbott, H. (2019). Which interventions for managing osteoarthritis do stakeholders want? Proceedings of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Conference: Transform. (pp. 64). Retrieved from https://australian.physio/

Wilson, R., Chua, J., Briggs, A., & Abbott, H. (2019). The cost-effectiveness of recommended adjunctive osteoarthritis management options in New Zealand: Results from a compute simulation model. Proceedings of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Conference: Transform. (pp. 21). Retrieved from https://australian.physio/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Pryymachenko, Y., & Wilson, R. (2019, September-October). Long-term opioid medication use before and after joint replacement surgery in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Chua, J., Hansen, P., Briggs, A. M., Wilson, R., Gwynne-Jones, D. P., & Abbott, J. H. (2019, September-October). Which interventions for managing osteoarthritis do people want? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Gwynne Jones, J. H., Wilson, R., Wong, J., Abbott, J. H., & Gwynne-Jones, D. P. (2019, September-October). The outcomes of patients seen at the Joint Clinic, a multidisciplinary chronic disease management program, at 5 years. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Wilson, R., Abbott, H., & Gwynne-Jones, D. (2019, September-October). The projected burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand: Total joint replacement and healthcare expenditure. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2018

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2018). Age, period and cohort effects on body mass index in New Zealand, 1997-2038. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42(4), 396-402. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12804

Wilson, R., Blakely, T., & Abbott, J. H. (2018). Radiographic knee osteoarthritis impacts multiple dimensions of health-related quality of life: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Rheumatology, 57(5), 891-899. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key008

Wilson, R., & Abbott, J. H. (2018). Development and validation of a new population-based simulation model of osteoarthritis in New Zealand. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 26(4), 531-539. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.01.004

2017

Journal - Research Article

Abbott, J. H., Usiskin, I. M., Wilson, R., Hansen, P., & Losina, E. (2017). The quality-of-life burden of knee osteoarthritis in New Zealand adults: A model-based evaluation. PLoS ONE, 12(10), e0185676. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185676

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Abbott, J. H., Wilson, R., Pinto, D., and the MOA Trial Team. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of exercise therapy and/or manual therapy for hip or knee osteoarthritis: 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Proceedings of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress. RR-PLSoA-1823. Retrieved from https://www.wcpt.org/

Other Research Output

Wilson, R. (2017, March). The development and validation of a new population-based simulation model of osteoarthritis in New Zealand. Public Health Seminar Series, Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, University of Otago, in association with The Public Health Association Otago/Southland, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2016

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, R. (2016). Does governance cause growth? Evidence from China. World Development, 79, 138-151. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.11.015

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Abbott, J. H., Usiskin, I., Wilson, R., & Losina, E. (2016). Health-loss burden of osteoarthritis in New Zealand: Computer-simulation estimate and between-model cross-validation. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 24(Suppl. 1), (pp. S426). doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.768

Wilson, R., Abbott, J. H., Blakely, T., Kvizhinadze, G., & Losina, E. (2016). The health-loss burden of osteoarthritis in New Zealand: Results from a new computer-simulation model. Proceedings of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) 38th Annual North American Meeting. PS 3-4. Retrieved from http://smdm.org

Wilson, R., Abbott, J. H., Gwynne-Jones, D., Kvizhinadze, G., & Blakely, T. (2016). Modelling total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis in New Zealand: Validation of a population-based state-transition microsimulation model. Value in Health, 19(7), (pp. A548). doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.09.1165

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Wilson, R. (2016). Essays in empirical institutional analysis (PhD). Lund University, Sweden. Retrieved from http://lup.lub.lu.se/record/8603706

2015

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wilson, R. (2015, September). Does governance cause growth? Evidence from China. Verbal presentation at the World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research (WINIR) 2nd International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, R., Hansen, P., Langley, J., & Derrett, S. (2014). A comparison of injured patient and general population valuations of EQ-5D health states for New Zealand. Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, 12, 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-21

Wilson, R., Derrett, S., Hansen, P., & Langley, J. D. (2014). Costs of injury in New Zealand: Accident Compensation Corporation spending, personal spending and quality-adjusted life years lost. Injury Prevention, 19(2), 124-129. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040252

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wilson, R. (2014, October). Does governance cause growth? Evidence from China. Verbal presentation at the Lund University 12th Development Research Day: China and the Developing World, Lund, Sweden.

Wilson, R. (2014, December). Does governance cause growth? Evidence from China. Verbal presentation at the Italian Society of Law and Economics 10th Annual Conference, Rome, Italy.

2012

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, R., Derrett, S., Hansen, P., & Langley, J. (2012). Retrospective evaluation versus population norms for the measurement of baseline health status. Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, 10, 68. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-68

Williamson, M. I., Wilson, R., McKechnie, R., & Ross, J. (2012). Does the positive influence of an undergraduate rural placement persist into postgraduate years? Rural & Remote Health, 12(2), 2011. Retrieved from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=2011

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wilson, R., Derrett, S., Hansen, P., & Langley, J. (2012). Estimating prior health status using EQ-5D: Self-recall or population norms. Proceedings of the EuroQol Annual Meeting. (pp. 178-179). Retrieved from https://euroqol.org