Dr Carrie Falling
Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 3485
- carrie.falling@otago.ac.nz
- Position
- Lecturer
- Qualifications
- PhD
- Research summary
- Chronic overlapping pain conditions and clinical pain assessment in inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal surgery
- Teaching
- Carrie has been involved in physiotherapy teaching since 2016, including undergraduate and postgraduate education, as well as clinical supervision, laboratory, tutorial, and lecture teaching environments.
- Memberships
- New Zealand Registered Physiotherapist
- New Zealand Pain Society
- International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
- Pain at Otago Research Theme Steering Committee member and Early Career Representative
- University of Otago Division of Health Sciences Early and Mid-Career Research (EMCR) Group
- New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women
- Collaboration of Ageing Research Excellence (CARE)
- Clinical
- Carrie’s background is in primary care physiotherapy, most commonly working with musculoskeletal conditions
Research
Carrie’s research interests are in the care of people living with chronic painful conditions and to translate this knowledge into transdisciplinary pathways of care.
Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions (COPCs) Programme
This stream of research is focused on exploring COPCs, such as temporomandibular disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia. This research is particularly interested in the development of equitable health services that reflect best-practice recommendations for care:
Research programme: Chronic overlapping pain conditions web page
Clinical Assessment of Pain (CAP) Programme
This research stream is focused on exploring novel methods of assessing and analysing painful experiences using routinely collected data in conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer, and surgical populations. This includes the use of bedside assessments (i.e. quantitative sensory testing) to examine potential mechanisms of pain as well as the use of developmental trajectories and machine learning applications to predict patient outcomes:
Clinical assessment of pain webpage
Publications
Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Experiences and perceptions of using smartphone ecological momentary assessment for reporting knee osteoarthritis pain and symptoms. Clinical Journal of Pain. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000001138
Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Activity-related pain predicts pain and functional outcomes in people with knee osteoarthritis: A longitudinal study. Frontiers in Pain Research, 3, 1082252. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.1082252
Overton, M., Ward, S., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Are ecological momentary assessments of pain valid and reliable? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Journal of Pain, 39(1), 29-40. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001084
Falling, C. L., Siegel, C. A., & Salwen-Deremer, J. K. (2022). Inflammatory bowel disease and pain interference: A conceptual model for the role of insomnia, fatigue, and pain catastrophizing. Crohn's & Colitis 360. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/crocol/otac028
Falling, C. L., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Siegel, C. A., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2022). Somatosensory assessments in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A cross-sectional study examining pain processing pathways and the role of multiple patient factors. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 34(5), 503-511. doi: 10.1097/meg.0000000000002354
Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Activity-related pain predicts pain and functional outcomes in people with knee osteoarthritis: A longitudinal study. Frontiers in Pain Research, 3, 1082252. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.1082252
Journal - Research Article
Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Experiences and perceptions of using smartphone ecological momentary assessment for reporting knee osteoarthritis pain and symptoms. Clinical Journal of Pain. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000001138
Journal - Research Article
Overton, M., Ward, S., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Are ecological momentary assessments of pain valid and reliable? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Journal of Pain, 39(1), 29-40. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001084
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C. L., Siegel, C. A., & Salwen-Deremer, J. K. (2022). Inflammatory bowel disease and pain interference: A conceptual model for the role of insomnia, fatigue, and pain catastrophizing. Crohn's & Colitis 360. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/crocol/otac028
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C. L., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Siegel, C. A., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2022). Somatosensory assessments in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A cross-sectional study examining pain processing pathways and the role of multiple patient factors. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 34(5), 503-511. doi: 10.1097/meg.0000000000002354
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2021). Criterion validity and discriminatory ability of the central sensitization inventory short form in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 21(3), 577-585. doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2021-0021
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Siegel, C. A., Gearry, R. B., Nijs, J., & Mani, R. (2021). Symptoms of central sensitization in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: A case-control study examining the role of musculoskeletal pain and psychological factors. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 21(2). doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2020-0109
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C. L., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2020). Central sensitization inventory mediates the relationship between inflammatory bowel disease activity and worse musculoskeletal pain experiences. Pain Practice, 20(1), 24-33. doi: 10.1111/papr.12821
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., & Mani, R. (2019). Central hypersensitivity: A model for persistent musculoskeletal pain in inflammatory bowel diseases. Medical Hypotheses, 129, 109243. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109243
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2019). Musculoskeletal pain in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease reflects three distinct profiles. Clinical Journal of Pain, 35, 559-568. doi: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000698
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C., & Mani, R. (2016). Ageing and obesity indices influences the tactile acuity of the low back regions: A cross-sectional study. Manual Therapy, 23, 25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2016.02.004
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C., & Mani, R. (2016). Regional asymmetry, obesity and gender determines tactile acuity of the knee regions: A cross-sectional study. Manual Therapy, 26, 150-157. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2016.08.002
Journal - Research Article
Ribeiro, D. C., Shemmell, J., Falling, C., & Sole, G. (2016). Shoulder muscle activity during the modified dynamic relocation test and side-lying shoulder external rotation: A cross-sectional study on asymptomatic individuals. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 24(5), 277-284. doi: 10.1080/10669817.2016.1157945
Journal - Research Article
Falling, C., Stebbings, S., Baxter, G. D., Gearry, R. B., & Mani, R. (2018). Profile of musculoskeletal pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A study protocol for assessing the multidimensional experience of self-reported pain. Physical Therapy Reviews, 23(3), 227-235. doi: 10.1080/10833196.2018.1500149
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