Rate My Professor Yana Pryymachenko

Key publications include 'Measurement properties of the patient-specific functional scale and its current uses: an updated systematic review of 57 studies using COSMIN guidelines' (2022, Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 56 citations), 'Economic evaluation: a reader’s guide to studies of cost-effectiveness' (2022, Archives of Physiotherapy, 37 citations), 'Risk factors for chronic opioid use following hip and knee arthroplasty: evidence from New Zealand population data' (2020, The Journal of Arthroplasty, 28 citations), 'Reliability, validity, responsiveness, and minimum important change of the stair climb test in adults with hip and knee osteoarthritis' (2023, Arthritis Care & Research, 24 citations), 'The long-term impacts of opioid use before and after joint arthroplasty: matched cohort analysis of New Zealand linked register data' (2023, Family Practice), 'Epidemiology of cruciate ligament injuries in New Zealand: exploring differences by ethnicity and socioeconomic status' (2023, Injury Prevention, 9 citations), and 'Cost-effectiveness of low dose colchicine prophylaxis when starting allopurinol using the “start-low go-slow” approach for gout' (2025, Arthritis Care & Research). In 2020, she received Health Research Council funding of $29,845 for 12 months for 'The health economic case for implementing ACL injury prevention interventions'. Her work informs clinical guidelines and healthcare policy in pain management and orthopaedics.