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Ms Miriam Dillon

PhD Candidate & Research Officer
School of Social Science
miriam.dillon@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (12)
Conference Papers (6)

Journal Articles

Costa, Nathalia, Olson, Rebcca, Dillon, Miriam, Mescouto, Karime, Butler, Prudence, Forbes, Roma and Setchell, Jenny (2025). Navigating uncertainty in low back pain care through an ethic of openness: Learnings from a post-critical analysis. Health, 13634593241310383. doi: 10.1177/13634593241310383
Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca, Plage, Stefanie, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter, Stewart, Matthew, Kilner, Simon, Barthel, Natalie, Christoffersen, Anja and Setchell, Jenny (2025). Political economies of distress in chronic low back pain care. Emotion, Space and Society, 54 101069, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.emospa.2025.101069
Window, Peter, Raymer, Maree, McPhail, Steven M., Vicenzino, Bill, Hislop, Andrew, Vallini, Alex, Elwell, Bula, O'Gorman, Helen, Phillips, Ben, Wake, Anneke, Cush, Adrian, McCaskill, Stuart, Garsden, Linda, Dillon, Miriam, McLennan, Andrew and O'Leary, Shaun (2024). Prospective validity of a clinical prediction rule for response to non-surgical multidisciplinary management of knee osteoarthritis in tertiary care: a multisite prospective longitudinal study. BMJ Open, 14 (3) e078531, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078531
Heywood, Sophie, Bunzli, Samantha, Dillon, Miriam, Bicchi, Nadia, Black, Susan, Hemus, Philippa, Bogatek, Eva and Setchell, Jenny (2024). Trauma-informed physiotherapy and the principles of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment: a qualitative study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 41 (1), 153-168. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2024.2315521
Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca E., Plage, Stefanie, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter, Stewart, Matthew, Christoffersen, Anja, Kilner, Simon, Barthel, Natalie and Setchell, Jenny (2023). Distress in the care of people with chronic low back pain: insights from an ethnographic study. Frontiers in Sociology, 8 1281912, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1281912
Mescouto, Karime, Olson, Rebecca E., Costa, Nathalia, Evans, Kerrie, Dillon, Miriam, Walsh, Kelly, Jensen, Niamh, Hodges, Paul W., Lonergan, Kathryn, Weier, Megan and Setchell, Jenny (2023). Fostering equitable change in health services: Using critical reflexivity to challenge dominant discourses in low back pain care in Australia. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 29 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/13558196231193862
Costa, Nathalia, Butler, Prudenc, Dillon, Miriam, Mescouto, Karime, Olson, Rebecca, Forbes, Roma and Setchell, Jenny (2023). "I felt uncertain about my whole future"-a qualitative investigation of people's experiences of navigating uncertainty when seeking care for their low back pain. Pain, 164 (12), 2749-2758. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002975
Dillon, M., Olson, R., Mescouto, K., Costa, N. and Setchell, J. (2023). How physiotherapists attend to the human aspects of care when working with people with low back pain: a thematic analysis. Health Sociology Review, 32 (3), 277-293. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2022.2161927
Mescouto, Karime, Olson, Rebecca E, Costa, Nathalia, Evans, Kerrie, Dillon, Miriam, Jensen, Niamh, Walsh, Kelly, Weier, Megan, Lonergan, Kathryn, Hodges, Paul W. and Setchell, Jenny (2022). ‘Engaging on a slightly more human level’: A qualitative study exploring the care of individuals with back pain in a multidisciplinary pain clinic. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 28 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1177/13634593221127817
Costa, Nathalia, Mescouto, Karime, Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca, Butler, Prudence, Forbes, Roma and Setchell, Jenny (2022). The ubiquity of uncertainty in low back pain care. Social Science and Medicine, 313 115422, 115422. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115422
Costa, N., Olson, R., Mescouto, K., Hodges, P. W., Dillon, M., Evans, K., Walsh, K., Jensen, N. and Setchell, J. (2022). Uncertainty in low back pain care – insights from an ethnographic study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45 (5), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2040615
Treleaven, J., Dillon, M., Fitzgerald, C., Smith, C., Wright, B. and Sarig-Bahat, H. (2021). Change in a clinical measure of cervical movement sense following four weeks of kinematic training. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 51 102312. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2020.102312

Conference Papers

Dillon, Miriam, Setchell, Jenny, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter and Olson, Rebecca (2023). Distress in physiotherapy low back PAIN care: a socio-relational exploration. International Sociology Association World Congress, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 25 June-1 July 2023.
Costa, Nathalia, Olson, Rebecca, Mescouto, Karime, Hodges, Paul, Dillon, Miriam, Evans, Kerrie, Walsh, Kelly, Jensen, Niahm and Setchell, Jenny (2022). (Un)certainty and emotions in low back pain care - insights from an ethnographic study. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 29 November-2 December 2022.
Dillon, Miriam, Setchell, Jenny, Olson, Rebecca, Miciak, Maxi and Window, Peter (2022). Beyond pathology: towards a new (re)conceptualisation of distress in chronic pain care. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 29 November-2 December 2022.
Costa, Nathalia, Olson, Rebecca, Mescouto, Karime, Hodges, Paul, Dillon, Miriam, Evans, Kerrie, Walsh, Kelly, Jensen, Niahm and Setchell, Jenny (2022). (Un)certainty and emotions in low back pain care - insights from an ethnographic study. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Dillon, M., Olson, R., Miciak, M., Window, P. and Setchell, J. (2022). Beyond pathology: Towards a new (re)conceptualisation of distress in chronic pain care. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Costa, Nathalia, Olson, Rebecca, Mescouto, Karime, Hodges, Paul, Dillon, Miriam, Evans, Kerrie, Walsh, Kelly, Jensen, Niamh and Setchell, Jenny (2021). (Un)certainty in low back pain (LBP) care – insights from a qualitative investigation. Back and Neck Pain Forum, Online, November 2021.
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