Rate My Professor Rana Hinman

Her academic interests center on clinical trials assessing non-pharmacological and non-surgical strategies for osteoarthritis management, encompassing exercise therapy, rehabilitation programs, biomechanical interventions, telerehabilitation, supportive footwear, weight loss diets, Tai Chi, self-management education, and physical activity promotion for musculoskeletal conditions. Key publications include 'Telerehabilitation consultations with a physiotherapist for chronic knee pain' (The Lancet, 2024), establishing video consultations as non-inferior to in-person care; 'Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial' (Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2005); 'Technology versus tradition: a non-inferiority trial comparing video to face-to-face consultations' (BMJ Open, 2020); and recent works such as 'Stable Supportive Footwear for Self-managing Hip Osteoarthritis Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial' (2026) and 'Online Unsupervised Tai Chi Intervention for Knee Pain and Function in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: The RETREAT Randomized Clinical Trial' (2026). Awards encompass the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) Award for Excellence in Mentoring (2021), runner-up for PEAK trial leadership at the 2025 Acta Awards, PEDro prize for the best trial at TRANSFORM2019, and shared ACGR Award for Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision (2018). Her research has tangible impact, including a team-developed diet and exercise program implemented for Medibank members, alongside contributions to NHMRC grant reviews, mentorship, and fostering research integrity. With over 23,000 citations, Hinman has profoundly shaped evidence-based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis.