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Aron Downie PhD

Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Department of Chiropractic
Verified email at mq.edu.au
Cited by 2181

Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain: systematic review

A Downie, CM Williams, N Henschke, MJ Hancock… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Objective To review the evidence on diagnostic accuracy of red flag signs and symptoms to
screen for fracture or malignancy in patients presenting with low back pain to primary, …

Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility

L Van Zwieten, S Kimber, S Morris, KY Chan, A Downie… - Plant and soil, 2010 - Springer
The amendment of two agricultural soils with two biochars derived from the slow pyrolysis of
papermill waste was assessed in a glasshouse study. Characterisation of both biochars …

Using poultry litter biochars as soil amendments

KY Chan, L Van Zwieten, I Meszaros, A Downie… - Soil …, 2008 - CSIRO Publishing
Despite the recent interest in biochars as soil amendments for improving soil quality and
increasing soil carbon sequestration, there is inadequate knowledge on the soil amendment …

[HTML][HTML] Red flags presented in current low back pain guidelines: a review

AP Verhagen, A Downie, N Popal, C Maher… - European spine …, 2016 - Springer
Objective The purpose of this study was to identify and descriptively compare the red flags
endorsed in guidelines for the detection of serious pathology in patients presenting with low …

Physical properties of biochar

A Downie, A Crosky, P Munroe - Biochar for environmental …, 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
The physical properties of biochars contribute to their function as a tool for environmental
management. Their physical characteristics can be both directly and indirectly related to the …

How common is imaging for low back pain in primary and emergency care? Systematic review and meta-analysis of over 4 million imaging requests across 21 years

A Downie, M Hancock, H Jenkins… - British journal of sports …, 2020 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To (1) estimate the proportion of patients seeking care for low back pain (LBP)
who are imaged and (2) explore trends in the proportion of patients who received diagnostic …

Altered reactivity to measles virus: atypical measles in children previously immunized with inactivated measles virus vaccines

VA Fulginiti, JJ Eller, AW Downie, CH Kempe - Jama, 1967 - jamanetwork.com
An atypical measles illness occurred in ten children who had received inactivated (killed)
measles virus vaccine five to six years earlier. The illness is characterized by a two- to three-…

Understanding solid/solid organic reactions

G Rothenberg, AP Downie, CL Raston… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - ACS Publications
The concept of an organic reaction between two macroscopic solid particles is investigated.
Thus, we study several reactions that have been recently reported to proceed “in the solid …

Agronomic values of greenwaste biochar as a soil amendment

KY Chan, L Van Zwieten, I Meszaros, A Downie… - Soil …, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
A pot trial was carried out to investigate the effect of biochar produced from greenwaste by
pyrolysis on the yield of radish (Raphanus sativus var. Long Scarlet) and the soil quality of an …

Influence of biochars on flux of N2O and CO2 from Ferrosol

L Van Zwieten, S Kimber, S Morris, A Downie… - Soil …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Biochars produced by slow pyrolysis of greenwaste (GW), poultry litter (PL), papermill waste
(PS), and biosolids (BS) were shown to reduce N2O emissions from an acidic Ferrosol. …