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Current Research Candidates at the School of Health Sciences for 2008

 

New Candidates
Candidate Program Supervisor (linked to supervisor's home page where available) Topic
Deborah Agnew IPHV Murray Drummond  
Katina D'Onise IPHS Robyn McDermott  
Nicole Elkins IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers  
Karla Fell IPHV Robyn McDermott  
Stuart Graham IPHS Jon Buckley  
Yasmin Lai IPHS Esther May  
Maureen McEvoy IPHS Marie Williams  
Rebecca Nolan IPHS Esther May  
Jacqueline Peters IPHS Natalie Sinn  
Rebecca Stanley IPHS Kobie Boshoff  
Provisional (RP yet to be accepted)
Andrew Wilson IPHV Jim Dollman Development & trial of an assessment tool for selected health related behaviours among senior secondary students.
 

Expected to submit/complete in 2008
Nicole Christensen IPHS Mark Jones The development of clinical reasoning capability in student physical therapists
Michael Cole IPHV Paul Grimshaw Low back pain in golf: The reliability of the golf swing in golfers with low back pain
Jim Daly IPHS Esther May The Ethical Governance of Australian National Sporting Organizations
Lauren Dryden IPHS Susan Hillier  
Amanda Foley IPHS Susan Hillier  
Julie Luker IMRO Esther May
Karen Grimmer-Somers		  
Carol Maher IPHS Marie Williams  
David Nicholls   Julianne Cheek  
Mary Russell IPHS Simon Stewart The effects of multidisciplinary community based management of chronic angina pectoris
 

Continuing

      
Angela Berndt IPHS Esther May Dementia and Driving. Person, occupation and environment. An analysis of performance and implications for practice.
Lucy Brennan IPHS Simon Stewart/Esther May  
Lyndell Bruce IPHV Annette Raynor Factors contributing to decision making expertise.
Trisha Carr IPHS Kay Price How a discourse of obesity registers amongst people living with chronic illness.
Michael Dale IPHS Jon Buckley Whey protein supplementation: Effects on physiology and exercise performance.
Nathan Daniell IPHV Tim Olds Three-dimensional scanning in anthropometry - Bringing new techniques and applications to an old science.
Shaun Filiault IPHV Murray Drummond I want to play with that body: Body image in gay male athletes as expressed through phenomenological interviews.
Bridget Garnham IPHS Julianne Cheek Re-writing the older body: Cosmetic surgery consumption amongst people aged 65-75.
Deanna Gibbs IPHS Kobie Boshoff  
Terri Gibson IPHS Julianne Cheek  
Bebet Gonzalez-Suarez IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers  
Michelle Guerin IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers Crossing the hospital-community interface: Community services involvement in the discharge process.
Lucy Lewis IPHS Marie Williams Educational processes for evidence based practice in entry level physiotherapy programs in Australia and New Zealand.
Steven Milanese IPHS Karen Grimmer-Somers An investigation into the effect of anthropometric variability, motor skill development and self image on the prevalence of adolescent low back pain amongst South Australian secondary school students.
Catherine Milte IPHS Natalie Sinn Investigation of the cognitive & behavioural benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation across the lifespan.
Lynda Norton IPHS Jim Dollman Effectiveness of intervention strategies to promote physical activity among insufficiently active adults.
Ashley Pedler IPHS Paul Grimshaw The biomechanics of drop punt kicking in Australian football
Liz Pridham IPHS Susan Hillier  
Charlotte Sale IPHS Sheila Scutter Medical Radiation:  A case study of profession in transition from competent to critically reflective.
Norman Stomski IPHS Shylie Mackintosh Methodological issues associated with conduction a pragmatic acupuncture trial for the management of chronic lower back pain.
Naomi Szetu IPHS Julianne Cheek  
Rebecca Taylor IPHS Tim Olds Measuring participation in children & adolescents.
Rebecca Thomson IPHS Jon Buckley The effect of diet & exercise on overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Margarita TSIROS IPHS Alison Coates Obesity, the new disability? Correlates of physical functioning & disability in obese children.
Jan Van Emden IPHS   Architecture and Healthy Ageing: an investigation into the relationship between aged care facility design and the well-being of residents
Julie Walters IPHS Lorraine Sheppard Orthopaedic waiting list management.
Emily Ward IPHS Susan Hillier Do environmental and personnel affect the effectiveness of group motor coordination programmes for children with DCD: a RCT.
Shelley Wright IPHS Fiona Arney Playfulness in preschool children: The impact of parental characteristics and child abuse and neglect.
Janette Young IPHS Murray Drummond Migrating migration: Reflections on ethnicity, privilege and the migration experience.
 
Completed in 2008      
Sarah Barras IPHS Esther May  
Claire Drummond IPHS Lorraine Sheppard  
       
       
Completed in 2007      
David Birbeck IPHV Murray Drummond An investigation of the physical identity perceptions of boys and girls aged between five and six years in South Australian schools
Pitre Bourdon IPHV Jon Buckley  
Kim Dae-Yeon IMRQ Tim Olds How Korean children use their time
Lucy Chipchase IPHS Marie Williams Electrophysical agents: professional and generic competencies in Australian entry-level physiotherapy curricula
Denise O'Connor IPHS Esther May  
Kerry Thoirs IPHS Marie Williams High Resolution Measurements of the Ulnar Nerve: A two group comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic participants
       
Completed in 2006
Margaret McMahon IMRO Pat Trott An investigation of the prevalence of thumb problems in Australian Physiotherapists.
Suntara Klanarong IPHV Kevin Norton Socio-demographic distribution of health-related fitness in Thai children.
Coralie English IPHS Susan Hillier Is task-related circuit training an effective means of providing rehabilitation to an acute stroke sample? A controlled trial.
Belinda Lange IPHS Marie Williams Pain and anxiety associated with minor medical procedures in paediatric clients and their parents: is virtual reality a useful distracting technique.
Trish Neumann IPHS Ruth Grant Physiotherapy for the management of female stress urinary incontinence in Australia: an observational study.
Rungthip Puntametakul IPHS Pat Trott The vertical spinal creep (VSC) response in asymptomatic young subjects.
Rolf Scharfbillig IPHS Sheila Scutter The differences in activity, demographics, biomechanics and quality of life between adolescents with Sever's disease and non-symptomatic counterparts.

 

 

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