Explore RECOVER's currently recruiting research projects – select one to learn if you can take part. Our projects are offered for:

  • The public: take part in our studies as a research participant
  • Health practitioners: share insights from your clinical practice
  • Consumers: contribute your lived experience to help shape our projects to meet real-world needs

Public involvement

SCED StressModex physiotherapy for acute whiplash

SCED trial: StressModex (physiotherapy + stress management) for recent whiplash

Refining a combined physiotherapy and stress-management program for people with recent whiplash.

PRioRTI pregabalin trial

PRioRTI clinical trial: Pregabalin for early treatment of pain after road traffic injury

Testing whether a short course of pregabalin can reduce pain after road traffic injury.

PICOT StressModex access trial

PICOT trial: Access physiotherapy + stress management across Australia

Helping people with recent neck or back pain access a combined physiotherapy and stress-management program.

OPTIMISE chronic whiplash feasibility trial

OPTIMISE trial: StressModex (physiotherapy + stress management) for chronic whiplash

Testing a combined physiotherapy and stress management program for chronic neck pain after road traffic injury.

INSPIRE virtual reality driving anxiety trial

INSPIRE: Virtual reality treatment for driving anxiety after a crash

Testing immersive virtual reality combined with therapy for people with driving anxiety after a motor vehicle crash.

Ballet for Brain Injury online classes

Ballet for brain injury: Online dance classes for people with brain injury

Piloting online ballet classes for people with acquired brain injury living in regional or rural Queensland.


Health practitioner involvement

Allied health exercise therapy survey

Allied health professionals: Exercise therapy for chronic pain

Exploring how allied health professionals use exercise therapy for chronic pain after whiplash or brain injury.


Consumer involvement

RISE text-message co-design workshop

RISE workshop: Co-design a text-message support program for whiplash recovery

Co-designing a text-message support program with people who have experienced whiplash.

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