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What do adults with intellectual disability understand about their health and health needs? A focus group study… Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… Disability sports… passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports… reliability. Normal performance ranges were developed to allow results of athletes with a disability…
Dr Emma Beckman is a Teaching and Research academic at the University of Queensland. Emma is passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports, physical activity, and exercise. Following a master’s degree in Adapted physical activity, Emma comple …
Dr Beckman has strong connections to the sports science industry through her research, particularly in translation of her research into rules and regulations that impact on para athletes worldwide. On the basis of research conducted by Dr Beckman and her team, the International Paralympic Committee …
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Cerebral palsy is the most common type of physical disability impacting on 1 in 500 children, with… A National Initiative for Increasing Sports Participation among Australians with a Disability… Motor Accident Insurance Commission Queensland Teaching and Community Service Rehabilitation Research Fellowship in Physical Activity and Disability… research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to… purpose (to promote participation in sport by people with disabilities by minimising the impact of…
A/Prof Sean Tweedy leads the Para Sport and Adapted Physical Activity Research Group in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. Through his applied research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to pursue self-di …
Sean developed the Adapted Physical Activity Program (APAP), a theory-driven physical activity promotion program for community dwelling people disabilities. A controlled clinical trial demonstrated its efficacy in people with acquired brain injury, providing impetus for its implementation into the A …
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but not in work disability prevention. Self management provides the worker with opportunities to… Changes in pain, disability, and motor performance in response to three common modes of cervical training IFOMT, Rotterdam, 2008… examined the strength of the association between reported levels of pain and disability from 84…
The research focuses on the evaluation and management of neck pain from a physical therapy perspective
The research in the Cervical Spine and Whiplash Research Unit in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has an applied clinical focus. Two models of neck pain are being investigated, idio …
Dr Ana Goode is an implementation scientist, with expertise in designing, implementing and evaluating broad-reach (e.g. telephone, SMS, digital) health behaviour change interventions in applied 'real-world' settings. Her program of research brings together training and research experience in health …
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Changes in pain, disability, and motor performance in response to three common modes of cervical training IFOMT, Rotterdam, 2008… Musculoskeletal pain and disability: improving outcomes through conservative interventions… tendon related pain/disability (tendinopathy) and knee cap pain (patellofemoral pain). I also delve into… participants with neck pain (Neck Disability Index (NDI): mean +/- SD; 22.8 +/- 5.2) and 47 control…
I am a Professor in Sports Physiotherapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences where I am the Director of the Master of Physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapy Majors) and co-Director of the Sports Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention for Health Research unit. My resear …
I am internationally recognised as a leading researcher in tendinopathy and patellfemoral pain. I am ranked in the top 1 to 3 researchers in tennis elbow, tendinopathy and patellofemoral pain in expertscape. The other top 4 ranked tennis elbow researchers all completed their PhD under my supervision …
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A call to action: setting the research agenda for addressing obesity and weight-related topics in children with physical disabilities… Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… Studies, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research at McMaster University, and the independent… this bias; however, it is not yet commonly used in the health sciences or disability fields. In this…
Professor John Cairney is the Head of School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences. He is an academic leader in the field of paediatric exercise medicine and child health research and is particularly well-known for his work on developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and its impact on the health …
From 2012-2015, Professor John Cairney co-led the evaluation of the multi-ministerial Children’s Mental Health Strategy in Canada, and since 2013 he has been the Scientific Lead of the screening arm of the Special Needs Strategy for Children in Ontario. These roles have allowed him to influence po …
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Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… assessment of each of the domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and…
Dr. Stewart Trost is a Professor in the School of Human Movement Studies Department at The University of Queensland. Trost received his PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of South Carolina, Colombia SC, USA. Trost leads the Children’s Physical Activity Research Group (CPARG) at the QL …
Professor Trost was a member of the committee convened by the Australian Government to establish public health guidelines for physical in children and youth, as well as children under 5. Trost has developed algorithms for converting accelerometer output into estimates of physical activity intensity …
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