newsletter - Health Sciences

School of Physiotherapy
& Exercise Science
NEWSLETTER
Message from the Acting Head of School
We have embarked on another academic year and are definitely in full swing now. The
School commenced the year with record interest in both our undergraduate courses in
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, with strong first preferences through TISC and
good enrolments into first year of each course. We have also welcomed a number of
new staff appointments in both the research and teaching areas.
Peter Gardner
Acting Head of School
CONTACT:
Department:
School of Physiotherapy and
Exercise Science
Address: Building 408, Level 3
Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102
Postal address:
GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845
Tel: +61 8 9266 4644
Fax: +61 8 9266 3699
Email:
reception@physio.curtin.edu.au
twitter.com/CurtinPhysio
The Graduation Ceremony in February and School Awards provided, as always, many
highlights to the beginning of the year. These included a new award presented by the
Australian Physiotherapy Association for the top graduate of the Sports Major of the
Master of Clinical Physiotherapy named in honour of the late Associate Professor Diana
Hopper. In addition we had two new sponsors for awards for exercise science students
(Worksite Fitness and Rehabilitation, and Australian Medical Supplies) which we are
grateful for their support. You can read more about this wonderful evening in this
edition of the newsletter, however in particular we were pleased to mark the occasion
and celebrate the awarding of a PhD to staff member Vin Cavalheri.
Our affiliations with Hockey Australia and the Fremantle Football Club are bearing fruit
in the form of excellent opportunities for research and student placements in both the
postgrad Sports Physiotherapy and undergraduate courses in physiotherapy and
exercise science. We also have some staff and students that have personal achievements
in their sporting endeavours (we are especially proud of Sian Williams’ effort in the Port
to Pub Rotto Swim!)
It would be remiss of me to not mention the beginning of another football season with
Keith Hill hoping to return from his Academic Study Leave at the end of April with a
little more optimism about the way in which Carlton’s season has progressed. I’m not
sure that this is likely to occur however, as one of a number of staff that bleed purple,
I’m hoping that Round One is a blip on the radar and a steep upwards trend on the
ladder occurs for the Dockers between now and then.
Graham Hall
Research Academic
Associate Professor Graham
Hall
commenced as
a
research academic with the
School on Monday, 4 January.
He will be at Curtin on
Monday and Wednesday and
continues with his other role at Telethon Kids Institute
on the other days.
Graham is an experienced researcher in the area of
paediatric respiratory physiology. He was successful in
a receiving an NHMRC project grant late 2015,
commencing in January 2016, is being administered
through Curtin University - Developing lung function
reference ranges in Aboriginal Australians.
Peter Kent
Researcher Academic
Associate Professor Peter Kent
commenced on Tuesday, 1
March
in
a
Research
Academic position.
Peter comes to us from the
University of Southern Denmark where he was the
leader of the Quality Assurance and Database unit
at the Spine Centre of Southern Denmark, and a Clinical
Associate Professor, Institute of Regional Health Services
Research at University of Southern Denmark.
His research interests include Spinal pain, the application
of information technology to enhance clinical practice
and research outcomes and quality assurance. He
has had strong collaborations with many of our senior
researchers within the school and is a wonderful
addition to our school.
Richard Wright
Technical and Resource Officer
Richard Wright was the successful
applicant for this position. Richard
is well known to many of you as he
has acted in the role of Technical
and Resource Officer for the past 12
months.
He brings a wealth
of skills, knowledge and attributes to the position from
his various roles in previous positions within and
outside the university.
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Michael Wood
Lecturer
Michael Wood commenced on
Monday, 29 February as a parttime
Teaching
Academic
(Clinical Professional Fellow)
for the Sports Physiotherapy
postgraduate course.
Michael comes to us with extensive clinical experience
as a Sports Physiotherapist and Private Practice owner
as well as teaching and clinical supervisory experience
with undergraduate and post-graduate students.
He has strong connections, particularly with the AIS
and the Australian Men’s Hockey team, which is an
excellent fit for the school given our recently signed
partnership with Hockey Australia.
Michael will be assisting in the postgrad Musculoskeletal Science unit in semester one, however his
primary responsibilities will be to teach into the
semester two postgraduate Sports units.
Merv Travers
Lecturer
We’re delighted to welcome
Merv Travers to our teaching
staff. Merv is well known to
the School as he spent a few
years completing his PhD
with us and has taught for a
number of years on a sessional contracts. He has
excellent skills in teaching and research that span
across a number of areas and brings high level clinical
experience in his recent clinical physiotherapy roles.
Merv will be teaching Anatomy in the postgraduate
Clinical Physiotherapy course and in Functional
Anatomy for first year Physiotherapy and Exercise
Science students.
Welcome to all our
new staff
Clinics - Building 404
Health and Wellness Centre
Reception Staff
An administrative change implemented in January 2016,
has changed management of the Health and Wellness
Centre and its staff to the School of Physiotherapy
and Exercise Science. This is an exciting time for the
Clinics and Wellness Centre, in terms of current and
ongoing expansion of activities.
Carol Cooper j oined Curtin as clinic receptionist in
2013 following an extensive career in private enterprise
including as a small business owner. Carol works parttime in a job share arrangement with Suzanne.
The Health and Wellness Centre is a cutting edge
clinical training facility with 17 consulting rooms, 17
treatment cubicles, four multi-purpose group rooms,
rehabilitation
gymnasium, designated
student
preparation areas, 58 computers and 4 MPS printers. AV
recording units are fitted in 14 consulting and group
rooms. The gymnasium is fully fitted out as a
rehabilitation clinic. A central reception desk manages
client appointments, student clinic schedules and room
bookings using an electronic practice management
system. Students record electronic clinical notes for their
clients.
Various Simulation activities are held in the
centre, as well as student placements for:

Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal Clinic

Psychology Clinic

Stuttering Clinic

Adult Speech Pathology Clinic

Cardiac Exercise
And community exercise programs - ‘Life Now’ and
‘Living Longer, Living Stronger’
Staff wishing to see the facilities can do a clinical tour please contact Carolyn on 4475 to arrange. Welcome to
the school Carolyn, Carol, Suzanne and Lyn.
Prior to joining Curtin, Suzanne Gibson worked in
various customer service and front of house roles.
Suzanne also held executive assistant positions before
joining the clinics’ reception team.
Lyn Haig has worked at Curtin for over 20 years in
admin support roles in student services and the
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology prior to
joining the reception team after the centralisation of
clinic administration in 2013.
Carol Cooper, Suzanne Gibson (seated)
Carolyn Lawrence and Lyn Haigh
Clockwise from left: Lounge, Waiting Room, Gym,
Child Waiting Room and Student Study Area
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Australia Day Honours Awards
Publications Awards 2015
Four Physiotherapists were recognised in the Australia
Day Honours Awards, including former staff member
and Adjunct Professor Sue Jenkins; Emeritus Professor
Gwen Jull formerly from UQ, who has had a long
standing association with the School of Physiotherapy
and Exercise Science at Curtin University, and Nola
Cecins from SCGH, who has collaborated with School
staff on research and clinical education activities.
The School had a number of staff win prizes of $250
each in Category 2 of these awards, Award Category 2
for the highest Impact Factor in the FOR codes - 1103
and 1701.
All have made very strong contributions to the Physiotherapy profession, education and improved patient
outcomes. All are very well deserved awards.
The formal nominations were for:
JENKINS- Medal (OAM) of the Order of
Australia in the General Division - For service to
medicine, particularly in the field of pulmonary
rehabilitation.
Dr Susan
Mrs Nola Mary CECINS - Medal (OAM) of the Order
of Australia in the General Division - For service to
medicine, particularly in the field of pulmonary
rehabilitation.
Professor Kathryn REFSHAUGE -
Medal (OAM) of
the Order of Australia in the General Division - For
service to physiotherapy, and to medical education.
Emeritus Professor Gwen JULL -
Officer (AO) in
the General Division of the Order of Australia - For
distinguished service to medical education in the field of
physiotherapy,
as an academic, researcher and
administrator, and to professional associations.
Professorship Appointment
Bri Tampin
In September Bri Tampin will commence a professorship
appointment in Physiotherapy at the Fachhochschule
Osnabrueck.
The appointment is for five years on a
part time basis and assists with fostering the cooperation
between Curtin and Fachochschule Osnabrueck.
Bri will be teaching for about 14 weeks in Germany,
divided into two visits, whist continuing her work at
SCGH.
Part of Bri’s duties involve organising and conducting the
annual International Summer School in Osnabrueck and
she will also act as a mentor and contact person for
Osnabrueck students coming to Curtin and for Curtin
Physio School in regards to matters with Osnabrueck.
Congratulations Bri
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The awards are based on the Impact Factor of the
journal and the fields of research (FOR) for that
journal - the (full) paper must be published in 2015
with a Curtin affiliation.
Congratulations to Martin Rabey, Helen Slater, Peter
O’Sullivan, Darren Beales, Anne Smith, Andrew Briggs,
Robyn Fary, Sonia Ranelli and Keith Hill
for the
following publications:
Rabey M, Slater H, OʼSullivan P, Beales D,
Smith A. Somatosensory nociceptive characteristics
differentiate subgroups in people with chronic low back
pain: a cluster analysis. Pain. 2015 Oct;156(10):1874-84.
Slater H, Paananen M, Smith AJ, OʼSullivan P,
Briggs AM, Hickey M, Mountain J, Karppinen J, Beales
D. Heightened cold pain and pressure pain sensitivity
in young female adults with moderate-to-severe
menstrual pain. Pain. 2015 Dec;156(12):2468-78.
Fary RE, Slater H, Chua J, Ranelli S, Chan M,
Briggs AM.
Policy-into-practice for rheumatoid
arthritis: randomized controlled trial and cohort study
of
e-learning
targeting improved physiotherapy
management. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Jul;67
(7):913-22.
Day L, Hill KD, Stathakis VZ, Flicker L, Segal L,
Cicuttini F, Jolley D. Impact of tai-chi on falls among
preclinically disabled older people.
A randomized
controlled trial. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 May 1;16
(5):420-6.
Shiek Ahmad B, Wark JD, Petty SJ, O'Brien TJ,
Gorelik A, Sambrook PN, Hill KD. Changes in balance
function with chronic antiepileptic drug therapy: A
twin and sibling study.
Epilepsia. 2015 Nov;56
(11):1714-22.
Bri
Tampin
Port to Pub Rotto Swim
Sian Williams
STAFF PROFILE
Carolyn Lawrence
Clinics Manager
Health and Wellness Centre
1.
In 25 words or less, tell us about the main
elements of your current role.
I manage the reception desk and administration
systems to support 40,000 student hours of clinical
training and the delivery of over 8,000 health services
each year.
What drives you / what motivates you to
carry on?
I have always worked in health and love clinics!
Having worked as a physiotherapist for a number of
years I subsequently moved into health administration. I enjoy establishing new service delivery ‘start
ups’ and running improvement projects.
2.
3. What is currently in your inbox / what project
you are currently working on?
Supporting the expansion of
exercise
and
rehabilitation services and preparing to generate
receipts for Medicare and health funds rebates for
our Accredited Exercise Physiologist.
Your best / most memorable / most outstanding
experience and why?
Challenging myself in a discipline different to
my undergraduate studies
to
learn business
management concepts whilst completing an MBA. It
has changed how I see the world.
Sian is the first swimmer to
win the inaugural Port to Pub
Rotto swim!
With only six weeks of serious
training, Sian finished the 20km
solo category in four hours and 57 minutes - a huge
18 minutes ahead of the first male to finish.
In an interview with WA Today, she said:
"I felt a bit lonely all by myself for most of the race. I
was nervous about the unexpected and how my body
would pull up,"
As swimming legend Shelley Taylor-Smith pointed out
in the same interview:
"It shows you women can
match men in endurance events. Racing against men
brings the best out in women,"
The event, which started at Leighton Beach, attracted
700 competitors, including Olympic and Australian
swimming champions to complete the swim to
Rottnest Island.
Congratulations Sian.
Sian is an accredited Exercise Physiologist who
joined the School in 2013, taking up a full-time
teaching / research role in 2014
4.
5. If you weren’t working in this role, what would
you be doing?
Adopting
the
next wave of digital disruption.
Whatever comes after Airbnb and Uber! Maybe
Block Chain technology.
Darlington Half Marathon
David Sainsbury
Dave Sainsbury, Lecturer and Clinical Co-ordinator,
and his wife Karen, both completed the Darlington
Half Marathon on Sunday, 13 March.
We are both building up to do the Perth Marathon in
They are now building up to do the Perth Marathon in
June.
Well done and good luck with the next
challenge
Dave and Karen at the
end of the half marathon
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Naomi Michael
APA Board of Directors
Student Prize
Rebekah Weller
Port to Pub Rotto Swim
One of our graduating 4th year
Physiotherapy students,
Naomi
Michael was awarded the APA
National Student Prize for 2015.
Rebekah Weller, a 3rd year Physiotherapy student,
also competed in the Port to Pub Swim. Rebekah was
the first female to complete the 25 kilometre section in
six hours, eight minutes and 57 seconds., and second
overall for this event.
This award was created to recognise an APA student
member who has demonstrated leadership capacity
through their outstanding contribution to the APA and
the community.
This ultra-marathon elite event is the longest open
water swim in Australia.
To be eligible, nominees must meet a number of
requirements and are judged on:

Contributions made to the APA Student Network

Display of exceptional leadership and high
motivation that inspired others (external to
contributions to the APA)

Significant involvement in an activity that
contributed to the community in areas of charitable
works, support programs for people with chronic
disease or disability, health promotion or advocacy
programs (external to contributions to the APA)

High standards of academic progress in their entry
-level program
As the 2015 Board of Directors’ Student Prize recipient,
Naomi receives APA New Graduate Membership,
Membership to one APA National Group of her choice
and a $500 APA Professional Development voucher.
Rebekah is now focussing on the Nationals in Adelaide
next year.
Rebekah being interviewed
by Peter Bell..
Photo by
Freestyle Photography and
provided by Rebekah Weller
Graduations
Congratulations
Vin Cavalheri.
to
our new
Congratulations Naomi - a fitting reward for many years
of hard work.
Bernard Liew
International Travel Grant
Congratulation to Bernard Liew,
one of our PhD students, who has
been awarded an International
Society of Bio-mechanics Council
Student International
Travel
Grant. These are prestigious and
competitive grants.
Well done to Bernard, and his supervisors Kevin Netto
and Sue Morris.
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Right:
Vin with his
supervisors Sue Jenkins
and Kylie Hill and the
obligatory selfie
PhD
Graduate,
Volunteer Practical Placement
at
Fremantle Football Club
By Jaryd Blakiston
On 28 October 2015, the opportunity to voluntarily work
at the Fremantle Football Club was broadcasted to our
year group. As soon as I saw this chance I instantly
applied and was longing to be one of the four students
selected. At face value we were simply being asked to
assist in the reintroduction of players that have suffered
an injury, back into the main group. This was mainly
going to be through acting as on field defenders to make
the players more accustomed to game like situations.
However, once being selected for the placement and
getting into business, I soon found out that there was so
much more to it.
We were exposed to the analysis of the movement of
these elite athletes, to then learning the
processes
of providing appropriate injury prevention
and
performance enhancement programs that would attempt
to maximise their sporting
performance. We also
predominantly aided in the facilitation and management
of rehabilitation programs for those athletes who needed
necessary therapy after injury had occurred.
We were progressed throughout our experience from
minor, yet still important jobs, like ensuring players were
reaching their running threshold times to activities more
complex and subjective in nature. These consisted of
responsibilities such as assisting and
controlling
reintegration circuits that would essentially decipher
whether or not the athlete was physically capable to
return to the main group and cope with the necessary
demands. We were shown the practical component of
understanding the direct correlation between the strength
and conditioning of athletes and their on field
performance,
realizing how
important
the
preconditioning of athletes is to their overall success.
Working under the likes of Jason Webber, Daniel Zaknich
and their accompanying peers was an experience that
cannot be taken for granted. Being exposed to the wealth
of knowledge that these Sport Science professionals have
with being at the pinnacle of elite sport within Australia
was certainly an experience that taught me what my
future could hopefully involve.
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However daunting the opportunity seemed at first, it
was quickly replaced with a comfortable confidence to
fully involve myself in each session with how
welcoming and educative the sporting department
was at Fremantle. They taught us how to act with
upmost professionalism — everything that simply
reading papers cannot provide. This practical element
has been invaluable.
On behalf of myself and the other students involved,
we would like to thank the Fremantle Football Club,
Curtin University, Jessica Colliver and anyone else
involved in providing us with the chance to immerse
ourselves in this incredibly rewarding experience and
I highly encourage any future student to take the
opportunity of this placement if offered.
Representatives from Fremantle Football
Club have provided glowing feedback
about the four ESRS students that had been
on Prac there over summer—Jaryd
Blakiston, Stuart Chesher, Harrison Gillot
and Madison Simon. The FFC were so
impressed with Harrison that they have
invited him to complete an internship with
them!
Student
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Project title
Supervisors
Briarly Baker
Non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain in Western
Australian Emergency Departments:
presentations, prevalence and practice gaps
Dr Ivan Lin, Mr Rob Waller, Professor Roger
Goucke and Professor Peter O’Sullivan
Raphaelle
Bruckmann
Validity of new method for testing conditioned
pain modulation
Dr Penny Moss and Prof Tony Wright
Chun Ming
Chan
Walking performance, ease of use and safety of an
assistive powered exoskeleton
Dr Sue Morris, Dr Sian Williams, Dr Lei Cui
(Engineering) and Associate Professor Kevin
Netto
Ashlee Cook
Monitoring exercise intensity during physiotherapy
sessions using session-rating of perceived exertion,
in individuals with burn injuries
Dr Tiffany Grisbrook, Dr Carly Brade and
Associate Professor Dale Edgar (Senior
Physio-therapist, Burns Unit, FSH)
Samantha
Crute
What is the relationship between peak-passive and
functional wrist range of movement in children
with cerebral palsy and typically developing
children?
Dr Sian Williams, Dr Tiffany Grisbrook,
Dr Catherine Wild
Rebekha
Duncan
Does static turnout correlate with dynamic turnout
in young dancers?
Dr Leo Ng, Ms Danica Hendry, Dr Catherine
Wild and Dr Luke Hopper (ECU)
Peter
Edwards
Why do boys drop out of organized sports: a mixed
method study
Dr Leo Ng, Dr Beatriz Ito Ramos De Oliveira,
Dr Erin Howie and Dr Sian Williams
Su Wen
Jolyn Ee
Sit-stand desks in children – a feasibility study
Dr Sharon Parry and Dr Erin Howie
Kristin Eu
The association between spatial navigation
strategies and autistic traits in university students
Dr Sue Morris, Dr Cecilia Xia, Professor Torbjorn
Falkmer, Associate Professor Sonya Girdler and
Associate Professor Tele Tan
Ashleigh
Germain
Outcomes of adaptive bungy trampolines for
children with physical disabilities
Dr Sian Williams (Curtin University), Dr Marie
Blackmore (The Centre for Cerebral Palsy) and
Dr Noula Gibson (The Centre for Cerebral Palsy)
Ryan Lian
Absenteeism and presenteeism amongst adults
with cystic fibrosis in Western
Associate Professor Kylie Hill;, Dr. Vin Cavalheri,
Professor Leon Straker, Mr Jamie Wood, SCGH,
Associate Professor Sue Jenkins, SCGH
Marlon
Mascarenhos
Falls risk assessment for older people presenting to
Emergency Departments after a fall
Dr Elissa Burton (Curtin University), Professor
Keith Hill ( Curtin University), Associate
Professor Anna Barker (Head of the Health
Services Research Unit, Monash University)
Laura
Sullivan
Effect of load carriage on side-step cutting
manoeuvres
Associate Professor Kevin Netto, Dr Sue Morris
and Mr Bernard Liew
Elena Guo
Yuen Ming
Tsou
An investigation of the relationship between
academic performance as a predictor of clinical
placement performance in Physiotherapy entrylevel students
Mr Peter Robinson, Associate Professor Kathy
Briffa and Mr Alan Reubenson
Visit to Chengdu with PVC
In January, Head of School, Keith Hill joined the Faculty
Pro Vice Chancellor (Professor Michael Berndt), Faculty
Dean of
International Program (Professor Celia
Cornwell) and Head of the School of Nursing, Midwifery
and Paramedicine (Professor Phill Della) for a brief visit
to Sichuan University and West China Hospital, in
Chengdu, China.
The Faculty has identified the collaboration with
Sichuan University / West China Hospital as a priority
over the past several years, and there have been some
collaborative activities including staff exchange, and joint
PhD opportunities that have commenced, particularly
involving the School of Biomedical Sciences, and School
of Nursing.
During this brief visit, meeting were held with senior
staff in the Allied Health group, to ascertain potential
areas of joint interest, that could be explored for activity
with the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science at
Curtin University.
Professor Keith Hill will be spending the last two weeks
of his current Approved Study Program at Sichuan
University and West China Hospital, to further explore
opportunities the School may be able to be involved in.
Approved Study Leave
Professor Keith Hill
Keith is currently on the
second component of his
Approved Study Program.
This involves spending
time at National Cheng
Kung University (Taiwan), and then will also involve
time at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and
Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, in April.
Keith is currently at National Cheng Kung University in
Tainan, Taiwan. Tainan is city with strong history, and
was previously the capital of Taiwan (now Taipei is the
capital). National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) is
one of four national universities in Taiwan, is the
fourth highest ranking university on the QS World
University Ranking in Taiwan, and ranks 224 worldwide
in 2015-16.
Physiotherapy is a relatively small program at NCKU.
Keith is spending four weeks at NCKU with Head of the
School of Physical Therapy, Professor Sang-I Lin, who is
a researcher with a focus on falls prevention and ageing.
During the visit so far, he has presented to the graduate
research students and staff, met with HDR students
and post docs to discuss research topics, met with
undergraduate students to discuss
physiotherapy
opportunities in Australia, and undertaken some
collaborative research paper writing with Professor Lin.
Above: Keith meeting with Dean of the Faculty (left) and
Professor Lin (right)
Above left: PVC Professor Michael Berndt with
Professor Jing-Qiu Cheng from West China Hospital,
together with a souvenir celebrating the Chine New
Year and Year of the Monkey.
Above right: Professor Keith Hill with a gift scroll
presented to the School by Professor Hongchen He
(Director, Rehabilitation Medicine Centre), Professor
Lin Yang (Head of Physical Therapy, School of
Rehabilitation Sciences), and Professor Yonghong
Yang (Vice director, Rehabilitation Medicine Center).
‘Brilliant and unlimited development in life’.
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Below: Statue at entrance to NCKU and dinner with some
post graduate students
Articles published since last newsletter by staff and Adjuncts
Cui L, Phan A, Allison G. Design and fabrication of a three dimensional printable non-assembly articulated hand exoskeleton for
rehabilitation. In, Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,
EMBS; 2015:4627-4630
Beales D, Lutz A, Thompson J, Wand BM, O'Sullivan P. Disturbed body perception, reduced sleep, and kinesiophobia in subjects with pregnancy-related persistent lumbopelvic pain and moderate levels of disability: An exploratory study. Manual
Therapy: 21,69-75 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2015.04.016
McQuade J, Johnston C, Inderjeeth C, Briffa K, Edelman J, Cook N, Raymond W. Patient satisfaction and outcomes of a novel ankylosing spondylitis education and self-management project. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2015: 67
Oakman J, Keegel T, Kinsman N, Briggs AM. Persistent musculoskeletal pain and productive employment; A systematic review of
interventions. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2016: 73(3), 206-214 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2015-103208
Burton E, Lewin G. Characteristics of older people who fall, cannot get up, and call emergency services for help. Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society. 2016: 64(1), 217-218
Campbell A. Preparing for practice: Student engagement, leadership and the development of a professional identity. A social
work example. In, Student Engagement: Leadership Practices, Perspectives and Impact of Technology; 2015:45-68
Bayne H, Elliott B, Campbell A, Alderson J: Lumbar load in adolescent fast bowlers: A prospective injury study. Journal of Science
and Medicine in Sport. 2016: 19(2), 117-122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2015.02.011
Drew MK, Trease L, Caneiro JP, Hooper I, Ooi CC, Counsel P, Connell DA, Rice AA, Knight E, Hoy G, Lovell G. Normative MRI,
ultrasound and muscle functional MRI findings in the forearms of asymptomatic elite rowers. Journal of Science and Medicine in
Sport. 2016: 19(2), 103-108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2015.02.002
Caneiro JP, Labie C, Sulley E, Briggs AM, Straker LM, Burnett AF, O'Sullivan PB. An exploration of familial associations of two
movement pattern-derived subgroups of chronic disabling low back pain; a cross-sectional cohort study.
Manual Therapy. 2016:
22 202-210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2015.12.009
Cavalheri V, Hill K. Letter to the Editor: "Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after lung cancer surgery and impact of
pneumonia on survival". Respiratory medicine. 2016: 112 132-132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2015.08.013
Nampo FK, Cavalheri V, Ramos SP, Camargo EA. Effect of low-level phototherapy on delayed onset muscle soreness: a systematic
review and meta-analysis. Lasers in Medical Science: 31 (1),165-177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10103-015-1832-4
Cavalheri V, Jenkins S, Cecins N, Phillips M, Sanders LH, Hill K.: Patterns of sedentary behaviour and physical activity in
people following curative intent treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. Chronic respiratory disease. 2016: 13(1), 82-85
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479972315616931
Downs J, Stahlhut M, Wong K, Syhler B, Bisgaard A-M, Jacoby P, Leonard H. Validating the Rett Syndrome Gross Motor Scale.
PloS one. 2016: 11(1),
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147555
Jefferson A, Leonard H, Siafarikas A, Woodhead H, Fyfe S, Ward LM, Munns C, Motil K, Tarquinio D, Shapiro JR, Brismar T,
Ben-Zeev B, Bisgaard A-M, Coppola G, Ellaway C, Freilinger M, Geerts S, Humphreys P, Jones M, Lane J, Larsson G, Lotan M, Percy
A, Pineda M, Skinner S, Syhler B, Thompson S, Weiss B, Engerstrom IW, Downs J. Clinical guidelines for management of bone
health in Rett Syndrome based on expert consensus and available evidence. PloS one. 2016: 11(2),
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146824
Epstein A, Leonard H, Davis E, Williams K, Reddihough D, Murphy N, Whitehouse A, Downs J. Conceptualizing a quality of life
framework for girls with Rett syndrome using qualitative methods. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2016: 170(3),
645-653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.37500
Gardner P, Slater H, Jordan JE, Fary RE, Chua J, Briggs AM. Physiotherapy students' perspectives of online e-learning for interdisciplinary management of chronic health conditions: A qualitative study Approaches to teaching and learning. BMC Medical Education. 2016: 16(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0593-5
Meggs J, Golby J, Mallett CJ, Gucciardi DF, Polman RCJ. The cortisol awakening response and resilience in elite swimmers.
International Journal of Sports Medicine. 2016: 37(2), 169-174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1559773
Coulter TJ, Mallett CJ, Singer JA, Gucciardi DF. Personality in sport and exercise psychology: Integrating a whole person
perspective. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 2016: 14(1), 23-41
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2015.1016085
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Zhang CQ, Chung PK, Si G, Gucciardi DF. Measuring decentering as a unidimensional construct: The development and initial
validation of the decentering scale for sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2016: 24 147-158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.02.006
Foong RE, Hall GL. Can we finally use spirometry in the clinical management of infants with respiratory conditions?
Thorax. 2016: 71(3), 206-207
Luedtke K, Boissonnault W, Caspersen N, Castien R, Chaibi A, Falla D, Fernández-de-las-Peñas C, Hall T, Hirsvang JR, Horre T,
Hurley D, Jull G, Krøll LS, Madsen BK, Mallwitz J, Miller C, Schäfer B, Schöttker-Königer T, Starke W, von Piekartz H, Watson D,
Westerhuis P, May A. International consensus on the most useful physical examination tests used by physiotherapists for patients
with headache: A Delphi study. Manual Therapy. 2016: 23 17-24 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2016.02.010
Beselga C, Neto F, Alburquerque-Sendín F, Hall T, Oliveira-Campelo N. Immediate effects of hip mobilization with movement in
patients with hip osteoarthritis: A randomised controlled trial. Manual Therapy. 2016: 22 80-85
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2015.10.007
Garvey C, Bayles MP, Hamm LF, Hill K, Holland A, Limberg TM, Spruit MA. Pulmonary rehabilitation exercise prescription in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Review of selected guidelines: An official statement from the American Association of
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehab-ilitation. Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention. 2016: 36(2), 75-83
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/hcr.0000000000000171
Haines TP, Hill KD, Vu T, Clemson L, Finch CF, Day L. Does action follow intention with participation in home and group-based
falls prevention exercise programs? An exploratory, prospective, observational study. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2016:
64 151-161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.02.003
Meyer C, Williams S, Batchelor F, Hill KD. Enhancing adoption of a home-based exercise program for mild balance dysfunction: A
qualitative study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity: 24 (1),53-60 http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2014-0035
Hill K. Supervised walking training improves health-related quality of life and exercise endurance in people with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease synopsis. Journal of physiotherapy: 62 (1),50-50 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2015.10.002
Loi SM, Dow B, Moore K, Hill KD, Russell M, Cyarto E, Malta S, Ames D, Lautenschlager N. Factors associated with depression in
older carers. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016: 31(3), 294-301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.4323
Barker AL, Morello RT, Wolfe R, Brand CA, Haines TP, Hill KD, Brauer SG, Botti M, Cumming RG, Livingston PM, Sherrington C,
Zavarsek S, Lindley RI, Kamar J. 6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster randomised controlled trial.
Bmj-British Medical Journal: 352,H6781-H6781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6781
Day L, Trotter MJ, Donaldson A, Hill KD, Finch CF. Key factors influencing implementation of falls prevention exercise programs
in the community. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity: 24 (1),45-52 http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2014-0143
McPhate L, Simek EM, Haines TP, Hill KD, Finch CF, Day L. Are your clients having fun?" the implications of respondents'
preferences for the delivery of group exercise programs for falls prevention. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity: 24 (1),129-138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2014-0168
Petty SJ, Hill KD, Wark JD. Balance disorders and falls in epilepsy. In, Epilepsy and the Interictal State: Co-morbidities and Quality
of Life; 2015:216-223
Howie EK, Olds T, McVeigh JA, Abbott RA, Straker L. It's a-bout time: detailed patterns of physical activity in obese adolescents
participating in a lifestyle intervention. Journal of physical activity & health. 2015: 12(11), 1453-1460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2014-0480
Howie EK, Schatz J, Pate RR. Acute effects of classroom exercise breaks on executive function and math performance: A doseresponse study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 2015: 86(3), 217-224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2015.1039892
Howie EK, Brewer AE, Dowda M, McIver KL, Saunders RP, Pate RR. A tale of 2 teachers: A preschool physical activity
intervention case study. Journal of School Health: 86 (1),23-30 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12352
Howie EK, Campbell AC, Straker LM. An active video game intervention does not improve physical activity and sedentary time
of children at-risk for developmental coordination disorder: a crossover randomized trial. Child: care, health and development:
42 (2),253-260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cch.12305
McDonald CF, Whyte K, Jenkins S, Serginson J, Frith P. Clinical practice guideline on adult domiciliary oxygen therapy: Executive
summary from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Respirology: 21 (1),76-78 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/resp.12678
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Tahirah F, Jenkins S, Cecins N, Justine M, Hill K. Regression equations to estimate the two-minute walk distance (2MWD) in
Malaysian adults aged 40 to 75 years. Respirology: 20,112-112
Thomas R, Jenkins S, Eastwood PR, Lee YCG, Singh B. Physiology of breathlessness associated with pleural effusions.
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 2015: 21(4), 338-345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MCP.0000000000000174
Green DJ, Panizzolo FA, Lloyd DG, Rubenson J, Maiorana AJ. Soleus muscle as a surrogate for health status in human heart
failure. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews: 44 (1),45-50 http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/JES.0000000000000069
Moss P, Knight E, Wright A. Subjects with knee osteoarthritis exhibit widespread hyperalgesia to pressure and cold.
PloS one: 11 (1),e0147526-e0147526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147526
Savage R, Billing D, Furnell A, Netto K, Aisbett B. Whole-body vibration and occupational physical performance: a review.
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health: 89 (2),181-197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-015-1062-x
Wundersitz DWT, Josman C, Gupta R, Netto KJ, Gastin PB, Robertson S. Classification of team sport activities using a single
wearable tracking device. Journal of Biomechanics: 48 (15),3975-3981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.09.015
Ng L, Campbell A, Burnett A, Smith A, O'Sullivan P. Spinal kinematics of adolescent male rowers with back pain in
comparison with matched controls during ergometer rowing. Journal of Applied Biomechanics: 31 (6),459-468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jab.2015-0012
Wernli K, Ng L, Phan X, Davey P, Grisbrook T. The relationship between landing sound, vertical ground reaction force, and
kinematics of the lower limb during drop landings in healthy men. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 2016:
46(3), 194-199 http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2016.6041
O'Sullivan K, O'Sullivan P. The ineffectiveness of paracetamol for spinal pain provides opportunities to better manage low back
pain. British Journal of Sports Medicine: 50 (4),197-198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-095363
Paananen M, O'Sullivan P, Straker L, Beales D, Coenen P, Karppinen J, Pennell C, Smith A. A low cortisol response to stress
is associated with musculoskeletal pain combined with increased pain sensitivity in young adults: A longitudinal cohort study.
Arthritis Research and Therapy: 17 (1)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-015-0875-z
Rabey M, Poon C, Wray J, Thamajaree C, East R, Slater H. Pro-nociceptive and anti-nociceptive effects of a conditioned pain
modulation protocol in participants with chronic low back pain and healthy control subjects. Manual Therapy: 20 (6),763-768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2015.02.011
Mueller S, Brenton J, Rosalie SM. Methodological considerations for investigating expert interceptive skill in in situ settings.
Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology. 2015: 4(4), 254-267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spy0000044
Dowsey MM, Smith AJ, Choong PFM. Latent Class Growth Analysis predicts long term pain and function trajectories in total
knee arthroplasty: a study of 689 patients. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage: 23 (12),2141-2149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2015.07.005
Harris C, Straker L, Pollock C, Smith A. Children, computer exposure and musculoskeletal outcomes: the development of
pathway models for school and home computer-related musculoskeletal outcomes. Ergonomics: 58 (10),1611-1623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2015.1035762
Barton A, Serrao C, Thompson J, Briffa K. Transabdominal ultrasound to assess pelvic floor muscle performance during
abdominal curl in exercising women. International urogynecology journal: 26 (12),1789-1795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00192-015-2791-9
Waller R, Straker L, O'Sullivan P, Sterling M, Smith A. Reliability of pressure pain threshold testing in healthy pain free
young adults. Scandinavian Journal of Pain: 9,38-41 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpain.2015.05.004
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Research Management System
Curtin will transition to an improved electronic research management system and joins a number of Australian
and international universities currently using InfoEd. The whole project will take place over three years and
implement an electronic system for researchers for application and management of compliance matters related to human ethics, animal ethics, clinical trials and research safety. The first module to be implemented is Human Research Ethics. This module has a go-live date in early in 2016.
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World Health Organisation Report
RESEARCHER IN PROFILE
Associate Professor
Anne-Marie Hill
1.
In 25 words or less, tell us
about your research.
My research focuses on engaging with older people
broadly to encourage them to take a more active role in
their own health and rehabilitation. I have a strong
focus on falls prevention and education interventions
2.
What drove you to this / what motivates you to
carry on?
In my clinical career I interacted with so many older
people who had lost their motivation and felt like they
could not improve. I felt that as health workers we did
not always give a positive empowering message to
these people.
3. What is currently in your inbox / a project you are
working on?
Our team is investigating whether providing older
people with individualised education when they leave
hospital can reduce falls and improve function in the
post discharge period.
4.
Your best/most memorable / most outstanding
publication and why?
Our work on falls education for older people in
hospital published in the Lancet. It was a culmination
of large and smaller trials which all led to the
final successful project and was a real team effort.
5.
If you weren’t researching, what would you
be doing?
Travelling in the UK!
International Olympic Committee
Anti-Doping Research Fund
Healthway Grants
School staff are Chief Investigators on two new
Healthway grants :
Keith Hill and Elissa Burton are working with a team
(including staff from the School of Psychology and
Speech Patholgoy) on ‘Promoting walking, less sitting
and better mental health in older adults’. They were
successful in their application for a grant for $252,421.
And
Leon Straker and his team are working on ‘Computertailoring to change overweight adults’ diet and
physical activity’. Their grant for $419,694 will run
from 2016 to 2019.
Congratulations to everyone involved.
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Alumni News
Dr. Guy Zito presented to the School’s Alumni members
on ‘The Temporomandibular Joint Demystified’
on
Friday, 19 March.
Dr. Zito is a well known academic and clinician from
Melbourne, having worked as the coordinator for the
Master of Physiotherapy
coursework programs at
University of Melbourne and La Trobe University over
the last 2 decades. The topic on the temporomandibular
joint (TMJ) was very popular amongst our Alumni
members and the lecture evening was well attended.
The role of physiotherapy in the management of TMJ
conditions is growing, however, many physiotherapists
feel they do not have enough knowledge or the understanding of this joint to manage patients with TMJ
conditions adequately. Dr. Zito delivered a talk that very
clinically useful and has given the audience a much
better understanding of the joint.
Many attendees also stayed back after the presentation
for some networking. We look forward to having more
presenters present for our Alumni later this year.
President
Dr Leo Ng
Andrew
Lavender
Media
Andrew Lavender
Andrew Lavender was the third top author from
Curtin for “The Conversation” for February and top
from the Faculty of Health Science .
His article on “Why our muscles twitch sometimes”
attracted 17,265 readers and 15 comments. The full article
can be read on: http://theconversation.com/explainer-whydo-our-muscles-twitch-sometimes-53730
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Media
Kevin Netto
Kevin
resumed
his regular
Thursday morning exercise and
fitness segment with Tim Long on
98.5 Sonshine FM - these can all be
listed to in full on the Sonshine
website.
3 February - No Pain No Gain? Not Necessarily
Kevin’s three top tips for achieving your fitness goals
all year round are:

Make your goals achievable

Build up slowly

Do something you enjoy
11 February - Toning
Kevin confirmed (for the women) that lifting weights
WONT make you look like Arnie, but WILL (along
with a sensible diet) give you that nice, toned look.
18 February - Healthy Diet
Kevin talked diet and gave his three tips for a healthy
diet

Eat a varied diet

Eat a mostly plant based diet

Reduce meal sizes
17 March - Are Supplements Really Necessary
Most people who exercise regularly will at some stage
have considered taking some form of supplement, but
what do they actually do and do we really need to
take them? They covered an array of the individual
vitamins and their application such as Folic Acid and
pregnancy.
Calcium, Iron. In most cases, with a
healthy diet most people don’t need supplementation
but if you feel you are deficient, then he recommends
getting a tailored nutrition program from a health
professional
2015 Student Awards
The Student Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday,
16 February in the Tim Winton Lecture Theatre,
followed by refreshments.
Ashley Coleman (below left) was presented with
the Australian Physiotherapy Association (WA
Branch) Prize for the second year Physiotherapy
student with the highest results.
Students who have excelled in various elements of the
School’s courses in 2015 are recognised with these awards.
This year the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise
Science welcomed two new sponsors to the Awards Australian Medical Supplies (AMS) and Worksite Fitness
and Rehabilitation who sponsored a number of ESRS
awards. The APA also sponsored a new award - Sports
Physiotherapy Australia Prize.
Congratulations all Award winners.
Eleanor Andrew (below left) was presented the IO
Thorburn Prize for the first year Physiotherapy student
with the highest results in Anatomy.
Rachel Moles (above right) was presented with the
Australian Physiotherapy Association (WA Branch)
Prize for the first year Physiotherapy student with the
highest results.
Jonathan Narayanan (below left) was presented the
School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science Award for
the first year Exercise, Sports and Rehabilitation Science
student with the highest results.
Sheridan Panayotou (above right) was presented the
LifeCare Award for the second year Physiotherapy
student with the highest results in Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapy.
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Dannie Butcher (above right) was presented with
the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Award for the second year Exercise, Sports and
Rehabilitation Science student with highest results.
Annissa Harwood (below left) was presented with
the Continence and Women’s
Health Physiotherapy Australia (WA Chapter) Prize for the third
year Physiotherapy student with the highest results
in the Gender Health Issues subject of Lifespan
Health Science.
Kayla Pomery (above right) was presented with
the Musculoskeletal Physio-therapy Australia (WA
Chapter) Prize
for the third year student
with highest Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy results.
Melissa Newton (below left) was presented with
the Cardio-respiratory Physiotherapy Australia
(WA Chapter) “Jane Kinging” Prize for the third
year Physiotherapy student with the
highest
results in Cardiopulmonary Science
Tiffany Illingworth (above right) was presented
with the APA Gerontology Physiotherapy Australia
(WA Chapter) Prize for the third year Physiotherapy
student with the highest results in the Gerontology
subject of Lifespan Health Science.
2015 Student Awards Continued
Louisa Hillwood (below left) was presented with the
National Neurology Group (WA Chapter) of the Physiotherapy Association Prize as third year Physiotherapy
student with highest results in Neuroscience.
Andrew Tomich ( above right) was presented with
the Australian Medical Supplies Biomechanics Award
for the ESRS student with highest combined mark for
Biomechanics over all years.
Morgan Farinosi (below left) was presented with the
Worksite Fitness and Rehabilitation Exercise and
Sports Psychology Award for the ES RS student with
the highest combined mark for Psychology over all years
Ken Nakama (above right) was presented the National
Paediatric Special Group (WA Chapter) Award for the
fourth year Physiotherapy student demonstrating
enthusiasm for paediatric physiotherapy, innovative
practice and a strong theoretical knowledge in the
completion of a self-directed placement.
Naomi Michael (below left) was presented the Physiotherapy Business Australia (WA Chapter) Prize for the
fourth year physiotherapy student with the highest
results in Physiotherapy Leadership .
Wei Shan Winnie Tan (above right) was presented
the International Award as the student with high
results and contribution to the welfare of international
students and to the international Curtin environment.
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Lottie McFadden (unable to attend) won
the
Therapy Focus Award for the Entry-Level Programs
student with the highest marks in paediatrics.
Jessica Willis (unable to attend) won the Thom Reed
Prize for Chronic Disease Management for the
student achieving the highest mark for Chronic
Disease Management assessment in Integrated
Physiotherapy Management
Nicole Herdman (unable to attend) was presented
with the Australian Medical Supplies Motor Control
and Skill Acquisition Award for the ESRS student
with highest combined mark for Motor Control and
Skill Acquisition over all years AND Australian
Medical Supplies Motor Exercise Physiology Award
for the ESRS student with highest combined mark for
Exercise Physiology over all years
Thomas Horne (below left) was presented with the
Physiotherapy Research Foundation Prize for the
Honours student with the highest overall score
AND Was j oint winner with Kirsten Edwards
(below right) for the Australian Physiotherapy
Association (WA Branch) Marcus
(Joe) Rosen
Prize for the graduate with the best clinical results
Janine Murray (below left) and Kim Tyson (unable
to attend) won the LifeCare Award for the Master
of Physiotherapy graduate with the highest clinical
results.
Jacqueline Hickey (above right) was presented
the National
Physiotherapists in Leadership
and Management Group (WA Chapter) Prize for
the student with the highest combined results
in the Leadership Assessments in Integrated
Physiotherapy Management.
2015 Student Awards Continued
Nathan Stephens (below left) was presented the School
of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science Prize for the best
Honours presentation for the year for: “The effects of taping
on ankle and knee biomechanics during basketball specific
task”.
Supervisors: Dr Leo Ng, the late Associate Professor Diana
Hopper, Dr Sian Williams and Dr Catherine Wild.
Amy Leiper (above right) was presented the School
of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science Award for the
second year Master of Physiotherapy student with the highest
results.
Kate Shaw (unable to attend) won the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science Award for the first year
Master of Physiotherapy student with the highest results.
Kelly Ashton (unable to attend) won the Continence
and Women’s Health
Physiotherapy Australia (WA
Chapter) Prize for the top graduating student in the
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Physiotherapy (Continence
and Women’s Health) Course
Emma Sulley (below left) was awarded the
Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapy
Australia
(WA Chapter) “Brian Edwards” Prize
for the
Master in Manipulative Therapy student with the
best clinical results.
Lara Stockil (above right) was presented with the
Continence and Women’s Health Physiotherapy
Australia (WA Chapter) Prize for being the top
graduating
student in
the Continence and
Women’s Health Major of the Master of Clinical
Physiotherapy Course
Peter Gangemi (below left) was presented the
School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Award for the graduating ESRS student whose
results, attitude, knowledge and work practices
embodies the aims and philosophy of the School.
Erin Nugent (below left) was presented the Max Zusman
Award for the Postgraduate student with the highest
mark in the unit Advanced Management of Pain Disorders.
Caillin Gibson (above right)
was presented
with the Emeritus Professor Joan Cole Prize
for the most outstanding Bachelor of Science
(Physiotherapy) graduate.
Martin Rabey (unable to attend) won the Elsevier Book
Prize for the Masters or Doctoral student publishing the
best article in a Scientific Journal . Helen Slater (abo ve right)
accepted the award on Martin’s behalf.
“Somatosensory nociceptive characteristics differentiate subgroups in people with chronic low back pain: a cluster analysis.” Authors. Martin Rabey, Helen Slater, Peter O’Sullivan, Darren Beales and Anne Smith. Journal: PAIN 156
(2015), Pages 1874 - 1884
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Rebecca Barrett-Lennard was presented with the
Emeritus Professor Joan Cole Prize for the most
outstanding Master of Physiotherapy graduate
2015 Student Awards Continued
The APA introduced a new award in memory of
the late Associate Professor Diana Hopper for her
contribution to the profession - Sports Physiotherapy
Australia Prize.
Reneee Calder
was
awarded the
inaugural
Sports Physiotherapy Australia (WA Chapter) “Diana
Hopper” Prize for the Master in Sports Physiotherapy student with the best
clinical results.
Peter Hopper presented
this award to Renee.
Ten Year Anniversary
Five staff achieved 10 years of service at Curtin in 2014
and 2015:

Penny Moss - 9 August 2014

Michelle Kendell - 14 January 2015

Robyn Fary - 14 February 2015

Anne Smith - 26 April 2015

Trudi Fischer - 1 August 2015
The School held an informal staff get-together on
Thursday, 18 February to recognize their achievement
and present their awards from the University.
Congratulations to all on their excellent service to Curtin
over ten or more years.
Right: Helen Slater and
Andrew Briggs
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We would like to thank all to our sponsors - those
who have supported our awards over many years:
 Australian Physiotherapy Association
(and special interest groups)
 LifeCare
 Therapy Focus
 Elsevier
 Penny Moss and Sara Carroll
And welcome to our newest sponsors:

Australian Medical Supplies

Worksite Fitness and Rehabilitation.
Below: All award winners,
sponsors and presenters.
Australian Pain Society Meeting
Pain: Meeting the Challenge
The 2016 Australian Pain Society 36th Annual
Scientific Meeting, “Pain: Meeting the Challenge”
was
held from 13 to 16 March at the Perth
Convention and Exhibition Centre.
This is the only multidisciplinary conference in
Australia offering insights into the complex nature of
pain management from a variety of medical, nursing
and allied health perspectives.
The extensive
conference program focused on key topics including
brain pain, immune stressors, acute pain, chronic
pain,
opioids,
neuromodulation, emerging
interventional techniques, paediatrics,
physiotherapy and psychology.
Associate Professor Helen Slater was the Local
Organising Committee Convenor. Helen and Associate
Professor Andrew Briggs were plenary speakers,
presenting on their program of translational research
around models of care for musculoskeletal pain
conditions.
Living Longer Living Stronger
Launch
International Event
The International event was held on Thursday, 16 March
to welcome students to Curtin A fun night was had but
all with some good laughs (topped by Kate Smith’s
admission that she can’t cope with people vomiting, but
loves sputum!).
The launch of Living Longer Living Stronger program
was a huge success. Over 40 local Seniors attended
the launch of the progressive strength training
program that will help them attain a better and longer
quality of life.
Head of School, Professor Keith Hill was joined by
Mayor of Victoria Park, Trevor Vaughan, to officially
open the service at Curtin, which has been helping
Western Australian Seniors since 2004.
Leon Straker takes on Morocco
Leon and his son Guy, who finished Year 12 in
December, decided it would be a good idea to spend two
weeks cycling from Marrakesh over
the
Atlas
mountains and out to the Sahara.
Apart from the obvious hardships, they encountered
dramatic scenery, extreme differences in culture and, on
their return, an enhanced appreciation of the lucky lottery
of life in Perth!
COTA WA’s Active Ageing Manager, Phil Airey and
Professor Emeritus Bob Zieglar explained how the
program can help manage conditions such as osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, muscle loss,
and even cognitive decline. Lead Instructor Debbie
Cooper then took the Seniors on a tour of the state-ofthe-art and friendly facilities which will host them.
Living Longer Living Stronger is unique in creating
individually tailored programs using each person’s
medical and prescription history for optimum results,
which then take place in a fun group setting. The
program at Curtin will also be used to introduce
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science students to
working with Seniors – increasing the knowledge
base of new practitioners in Western Australia.
If you would like to be involved in Living Longer
Living Stronger at Curtin University or to find out
more information about the program, you can contact
COTA WA on 9472 0104 .
Above: Leon and Guy and
some of the sights during
their trip
Above and Right:
Launch of Living
Longer, Living
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Annual Staff V Student Soccer Tournament
By Leo Ng
The School staff were once again challenged by the
students in a soccer tournament, which was held on
Friday, 18 March. The international star studded staff
team consisted of: Daniel Gucciardi (Italy), Vin
Cavalheri (Brazil), Pieter Coenen (Netherlands), Alan
Reubenson (South Africa), Richard Wright (England),
Leo Ng (Hong Kong), Andrew Lavender (Kalgoorlie /
Japan), Carly Brade (Borden WA), Sarah Stearne
(England), Beatriz De Oliveira (Brazil / USA / Japan),
Kevin Netto (Maylaysia) and team manager / physiotherapist from Bronwyn Smith (Perth).
Using evidence based practice from sports psychology,
exercise physiology, biomechanics and physiotherapy
disciplines, it was not surprising that the staff team won
their first two games convincingly against an ESRS
representative team and the Physio GEMS team. News
spread quickly of the success of the staff team, it wasn't
long before a crowd gathered (thanks Anne, Kathy,
Kerry and Alan's family for your support) and all the
other 10 student teams were eager to challenge the staff
team.
The team displayed occasional brilliance; one-two
passes between Vin and Alan; the individual dribbling
skills of Pieter; brilliant passes from Carly to Daniel;
Richard falling without any righting reactions; the
defensive effort from Kevin and Andrew; Bea and Sarah
being the enforcers to protect the team and balls hitting
the goal keeper's (Leo) face that almost look like he
made some spectacular saves, and most importantly the
cut oranges and lollies provided from Bronwyn. We
almost acted like a full soccer team.
At the end of the night, the staff team won three games
and lost three games. No doubt some staff will hear a
little banter from the students that beat them. But, once
again, a very enjoyable night, and great to see more
than 100 students playing or supporting the teams.
We want to thank Therapy Student Association for
organising the event, and we hope to have more sports
event between staff and students.
Back: Pieter , Vin,
Daniel, Richard,
Andrew and Kevin
Front: Leo, Alan,
Bronwyn, Beatriz,
Carly and Sarah
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Australia V Great Britain
Women's Hockey at Curtin
Keith Hill and Kevin Netto attended the Australia
versus Great Britain Women’s Hockey game at Curtin
on Saturday, 20 February. They were able lend
their support to the Hockeyroos with their win over
Great Britain 3-2.
The teams ready
to battle
Men's Olympic Hockey Team
The Physiotherapy and Exercise Science students
have started a volunteering massage service to the
Kookaburra’s.
This is a great opportunity for the
students and the team.
Leo Ng conducted refresher courses prior to the
first session to upskill students on massaging elite
athletes.
Positive feedback has been received from Brendyn
Appleby (Strength and Conditioning Coach) :

students took direction well from the players
regarding pressure

were able to identify tight spots that required
attention

exhibited good table manners
Future massage session are also planned. Well done to
all the students who participated.
The students in action
ALLIED HEALTH SURVEY
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
Views and Experiences of Allied
Health Professionals about Palliative
Care
Flinders
University
is
conducting a study about Allied
Health
professionals’
views and
experience of palliative care.
Allied health professionals are invited
to participate in a short
online
survey. Details on the
research
project and a link to the survey can be
found below:
Special
Notice
The 2016 Relay for Life is
being held over the weekend
of Saturday 30 April and
Sunday 1 May.
We are after volunteers to
assist with the event — staff,
students,
friends
and
family interested in making a
difference in the community
and supporting the fight
against cancer.
If you can spare some time
to help, please call Rosette
on 9266 4644 or email :
marcina.cortereal@curtin.edu.au
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