Dr Rachel O'Brien
Senior Lecturer
Summary
Rachel O'Brien is a senior lecturer in occupational therapy. She leads the Masters level research module, and dissertation module for pre registration and post graduate Occupational therapy degrees.
She was part of a research team involved in evaluating the effective of a job retention programme for people with early inflammatory arthritis funded by AR UK. Her research interests are muscukloskeletal conditions and work.
About
Rachel O'Brien is a senior lecturer in occupational therapy. She leads the Masters level research module, and dissertation module for pre registration and post graduate Occupational therapy degrees.
She was part of a research team involved in evaluating the effective of a job retention programme for people with early inflammatory arthritis funded by AR UK. Her research interests are muscukloskeletal conditions and work. She has published articles in peer reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.
She was part of a multidisciplinary team who developed an on line course for allied health professionals specialising in regional musculoskeletal conditions for EULAR.
Musculoskeletal conditions
Work
Teaching
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
AR UK funded trial Work Rehabilitation in Inflammatory Arthritis. Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of an occupational therapy (OT) job retention intervention: a randomised controlled trial
Occupational Therapy
pre reg MSc OT
MSc OT D/L
BSc OT
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AR UK funded trial Work Rehabilitation in Inflammatory Arthritis. Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of an occupational therapy (OT) job retention intervention: a randomised controlled trial
DeQuervain's disease: Development and evaluation of a cognitive behavioural education programme and its impact on physical, psychological and functional performance.
Publications
Journal articles
Hammond, A., O'Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., Prior, Y., Ching, A., Culley, J., & Parker, J. (2025). . Musculoskeletal Care, 23 (1).
Hammond, A., O'Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., Parker, J., & Ching, A. (2023). . Musculoskeletal Care.
Hammond, A., Tennant, A., Ching, A., Parker, J., Prior, Y., Gignac, M.A.M., ... O'Brien, R. (2023). . Musculoskeletal Care.
Hammond, A., Tennant, A., Ching, A., Parker, J., Prior, Y., Gignac, M.A.M., ... O'Brien, R. (2023). . Musculoskeletal Care.
Hammond, A., Tennant, A., Ching, A., Parker, J., Prior, Y., Gignac, M.A.M., ... O'Brien, R. (2023). . Rheumatology advances in practice, 7 (1).
Hammond, A., Radford, K.A., Ching, A., Prior, Y., O’Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., ... Holland, P. (2022). . Trials, 23 (1).
Hammond, A., Sutton, C., Cotterill, S., Woodbridge, S., O'Brien, R., Radford, K., ... Parker, J. (2020). . BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21 (1), 607.
Hammond, A., O'Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., Bradshaw, L., Prior, Y., Radford, K., ... Pulikottil-Jacob, R. (2017). . BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18, 315.
O'Brien, R. (2016). . International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 24 (1), 40-43.
O'Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., Hammond, A., Adkin, J., & Culley, J. (2013). . Musculoskeletal Care, 11 (2), 99-105.
Conference papers
Hammond, A., Prior, Y., O'Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., & Radford, K. (2025). . Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73 (Supp 2), 1209.
Book chapters
McVeigh, J.G., & O’Brien, R. (2010). Fibromyalgia syndrome and chronic widespread pain. In Rheumatology. (pp. 255-272). Elsevier: