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Contact Details

Email
nicola.swain@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) PhD
Research summary
Understanding chronic pain conditions

Research

  • The experience and treatment of chronic pain
  • Psychological pain management techniques
  • Online health interventions
  • Positive health psychology
  • Reducing workplace aggression
  • Communication skills training

Publications

Overton, M., Falling, C., Swain, N., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2025, October). Experiences of using smartphone ecological momentary assessment for reporting knee osteoarthritis pain and symptoms. Verbal presentation at the Australian Physiotherapy Association Scientific Conference (APASC): Lead the Physiotherapy Evolution, Adelaide, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sole, G., Olds, M., Bell, R., Douglas, C., Samaranayaka, A., Sullivan, T., … Swain, N. (2025). Stepped rehabilitation of people with persistent shoulder pain in New Zealand (StePS-NZ): A randomised clinical trial protocol. Trials, 26, 469. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09174-1 Journal - Research Other

Hale, L., Qureshi, A., Aldabe, D., & Swain, N. (2025). A strengths-based resilience intervention for informal carers of stroke survivors: A feasibility study. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 53(1), (pp. S27-S28). doi: 10.15619/ncjp.v53i1.478 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2024). Understanding the biopsychosocial knee osteoarthritis pain experience: An ecological momentary assessment. PAIN Reports, 9(4), e1172. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001172 Journal - Research Article

Leung, C., Hale, L., Swain, N., & Jayakaran, P. (2024). Perceptions of people with Parkinson's on non-motor symptoms and functional ability. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 52(2), 85-97. doi: 10.15619/nzjp.v52i2.360 Journal - Research Article

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