Join SPINA
If you are a physiotherapy clinical site, contribute important clinical assessment information to improve care and outcomes for people experiencing musculoskeletal spinal problems.
Interested in joining SPINA or have questions?
Clinical Sites
Why join SPINA?
Improve care and outcomes for people experiencing musculoskeletal spinal problems by contributing key physiotherapy clinical assessment information to SPINA for use in cutting-edge, international spinal pain research. By joining SPINA, you become a member of an international clinical research community and will be connected to high-quality research and evidence-based physiotherapy practice.
Facilitate record keeping, Generate metrics
As a clinician, you can download your SPINA clinical assessment surveys and append to patient records with limited interruption to your clinic work flow.
As a clinical site manager, you can access your SPINA Clinical Synopsis to generate metrics on the spinal problems at your clinical site. The SPINA Clinical Synopsis consists of de-identified aggregate SPINA clinical assessment surveys completed at your site.
Get involved, Stay connected
By joining SPINA, you will gain access to an international network of CANSpine researchers and physiotherapy clinicians. Connect with leaders in spinal pain research and clinical practice through SPINA events such as CANSpine research talks and webinars.
Develop your knowledge, Highlight your engagement
Receive the most up-to-date research in evidence-based practice. Members of the SPINA community are emailed newsletters summarizing new research findings from studies conducted through SPINA and key implications for clinical practice.
Highlight your engagement in SPINA and commitment to evidence-based clinical practice through a SPINA Community Member logo that can be placed on clinic websites and other digital materials.
How does SPINA work at Physiotherapy clinical sites?
How does my Physiotherapy clinical site join SPINA?
Contact a member of the SPINA research team (CanSpineAR@groups.uwo.ca)! We are happy to answer your questions, provide an orientation seminar, and onboard your clinical site. SPINA onboarding involves registering your clinical site and participating clinicians in the secure online platform.
Privacy and Confidentiality
Your information is collected online through a highly secure data collection system that is accessible via the world-wide web. Information will be stored on secure servers in protected locations. Extremely high standards of physical and virtual security measures are in place to reduce risk for privacy breach. Your information will not be shared with anyone or published anywhere without your permission, unless required by law.
Physiotherapy clinicians will have access to their own clinical assessment information. Physiotherapy clincial site managers (e.g. hospital physiotherapy manager or physiotherapy clinic owner) will have access to de-identified aggregate physiotherapy clinical assessment information at their site. Physiotherapy clinicians and service managers will not have access to patient participant information.
You can withdraw from SPINA at any time by emailing: CanSpineAR@groups.uwo.ca
