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School of Physiotherapy &
Exercise Science
NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2014
Message from Head of School
The 2014 Academic year is now well underway, and it is great to see so much student and staff activity. I
hope everyone associated with the School had a good break over the December – January period and
managed to have some valuable time with family and friends.
Over the University break, the School received the sad news that Max Zusman had passed away. Max was
one of the School’s very early graduates, a staff member, and more recently an Adjunct to the School, and
one of the leaders in the profession in the area of pain research. In early March, the School conducted a
memorial service to celebrate the strong contribution Max had made to the School, and more broadly to
the Physiotherapy profession.
Professor Keith Hill
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In February the School held its Awards night, in which students who excelled in a range of areas in 2013
were recognised. Among the many awards presented, we were pleased to host former Head of School,
Emeritus Professor Joan Cole to visit, to present two of the main awards named in recognition of her
contributions to the School (see Awards pages for details of all awards and award recipients). Emeritus
Professor Cole gave a moving speech at the ceremony, stressing the importance of a person centred focus
in physiotherapy treatments. A new award was also announced at the ceremony in memory of the
contribution of Max Zusman, and the award was presented by Barbie Zusman.
Four PhD graduates from the School were awarded their doctorates at the graduation evening in February
(Dr Meg Harrold, Dr Penny Moss, Dr Leo Ng, Dr Angela Dieterich). Congratulations to all four as they
embark on a new stage of their careers.
The School has had very strong interest in our courses and achieved good enrolment numbers again this
year. We are particularly pleased with the strong interest and enrolments continuing with our Exercise
Sports and Rehabilitation Science course. This course now enters its third year, with our small first cohort
entering their final (third) year. The course has submitted accreditation documentation, with an outcome
expected late in 2014. The course also has the first of two new teaching and research laboratories
(Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation Lab) opened and being used by students at the start of this
semester. The Lab has been set up with an extensive range of state of the art equipment, and will be an
excellent support for our students. The second Lab (Exercise Physiology) is on target to be completed
during May.
There has also been good interest and enrolments in the new post-graduate major for the Master of
Clinical Physiotherapy – Sports Physiotherapy, which has re-commenced in 2014 after not being offered for
a number of years. Alison Thorpe has been leading the team in bringing this exciting new program
together, with strong contributions from JP Caneiro and Tania Althorpe in developing the required
curriculum.
It is also great to have the football season back with us, and at this early stage most of us have strong
hopes for the year ahead. I was seen wearing a Freo scarf in grand final week last year, but it is back to
business as usual now, and the Carlton scarf is back out. Let the games begin!
Make tomorrow better.
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MEMORIAL SERVICE
Max Zusman
Sadly in late December, Max
Zusman passed away. On Tuesday,
25 February, the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science held a
Memorial service to celebrate his life
and strong contribution to the
profession.
Max’s association with the School
goes back to the mid 1950’s, when
he
was
amongst the early
graduating cohorts of the fledgling
Physiotherapy diploma program at
the WA School of Physiotherapy.
The subsequent 60 years of involvement
with the Physiotherapy
profession saw Max take on many
different roles, including private
practice, involvement
in APA
committees, undertaking further
qualifications,
teaching
and
becoming a mentor for many
clinicians and researchers.
The service included presentations
from:
 Professor Lance Twomey AO
 Dr Brigitte Tampin
 Amanda Mulcahy, APA
 Professor Tony Wright
 Associate Prof Helen Slater
Messages were also received from a
number of international colleagues
who were unable to attend the
Memorial service, including Joe
Farrell from the United States of
America, and Martina Egan Moog and
family from Germany.
Above: Professor Keith Hill, MC
Below: Professor Tony Wright, Dr Bri
Tampin and Associate Professor
Helen Slater
We were honoured to have Barbie,
along with a number of family
members attend the Memorial. The
service was followed by refreshments
in the staff room and it was a great
opportunity for staff and colleagues
to pay their respects to Max and the
legacy he has left behind.
In
2012 Max was awarded
Honoured Membership of the
Australian Physiotherapy Association. As a renowned physiotherapy
academic and innovative researcher,
Max’s articles were widely published
in medical journals and were
frequently cited in international
studies. His ideas were, and continue
to be a source of inspiration to the
science and clinical work in pain
management.
Clockwise from top: President, APA,
Amanda Mulcahy
Barbie Zusman receiving flowers
from Helen Slater
Professor Peter O’Sullivan, Professor
Lance Twomey and Sara Carroll
Dr Sonia Ranelli and Peter Robinson
Above:
Anne Furness, Meg Twomey and
Professor Lance Twomey
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STAFF SECTION
New Staff Members
Dr Sian Williams, who has been working
part-time last year, mainly with Andrew
Maiorana in the cardiac rehabilitation
clinic, has taken on a full time position.
She will mainly be involved in teaching
and research activity associated with
the Exercise Sports and Rehabilitation
Science course.
and
Dr Sian Williams
Dr Angela Spence, has recently also
joined the School, initially two days per
week and becoming full time next
year. Angela has an exercise physiology
background, and joins us from
UWA. Angela will also be teaching and
researching in the Exercise Sports and
Rehabilitation Science course.
Staff Promotions
Dr Andrew Briggs, has been successful
in being awarded a promotion to
Associate Professor in the recent
promotions
round.
Andrew has
continued to have a small role funded
through the Faculty last year to
continue collaborative research activity
in the musculoskeletal / rheumatology /
pain areas, and he will continue this
collaborative link with the School of
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science this
year.
Congratulations
promotion.
to
Andrew on his
Dr Angela Spence
Assoc. Prof Andrew Briggs
Congratulations
Renee McLennan
Congratulations to Renee and Tim on the
Birth of their baby girl Elliot Joy McLennan
Born on 9 January and weighing in at 8.2
pounds and 52cm long. Ellie has already had
her first visit to the School for a celebratory
morning tea.
Above: Ellie Joy
McLennan
Left: Neave Juliette Hill
Below: Meg and Phil
Congratulations
Associate Professor Kylie Hill
Congratulations to Kylie and Nathan. Neave Juliette
Hill, was born on 10 March (2.55kg and 48cm
long). Mother and daughter are both doing well
and we look forward to meeting Neave in the not
too distant future.
Staff presenting at APA
WA Symposium 2014
The APA WA Branch has invited a few
our staff to present at their upcoming
WA Symposium on Saturday, 17 May:
Dr Jenny Downs: Rett Syndrome: how
we can study a rare disorder
Dr Megan Harrold: Mobilisation in ICU:
what do we do, what can we do and
what should we do?
Dr Tim Mitchell: Now that makes
sense—a new framework for managing
musculoskeletal pain.
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Dr Tim Mitchell Dr Jenny Downs
Dr Meg Harrold
Congratulations Dr Meg Harrold
Congratulations to Meg and Phil who were recently married. Everyone at the
School sends best wishes for a happy future together.
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Farewell
Anne Andrews
In January Anne Andrews retired from
her position as course coordinator
for the Continence and Women's Health
Major of the Postgraduate Clinical
Physiotherapy program – we wish her
well and would like to acknowledge the
enormous contribution Anne has made
to the course over the last eight years.
Anne is a wonderful example of a “life
long learner”. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy at
WAIT in 1977 and when working at Osborne Park Hospital and Community
Physiotherapy she decided to further
her C&WH knowledge and enrolled in
the C&WH Stream of the Curtin Postgraduate diploma in Physiotherapy in
1995. Anne, along with Sue Boxer,
was one of the first full time students
to complete the course under the guidance of Sue Jones and was part of
a great group of Continence and
Women’s Health Physiotherapists in
Perth who have contributed to the
development of Women’s Health
Physiotherapy in Australia. Anne also
ventured East in 2002 to be part of the
first cohort of students completing the
University of Melbourne’s Exercise for
Women stream of the Graduate
Certificate in Physiotherapy.
In early 2000, the C&WH course was
inactive as Sue Jones, the initial course
coordinator,
had
moved in the
direction
of teaching and learning.
Anne, along with Judith Thompson,
took on the task of reviving the course
in a format that would facilitate participation by physiotherapists
from
around Australia and overseas.
A program combining online learning
and intensive teaching blocks was
developed with the assistance of BK
Tan and a university that was keen to
increase the flexible delivery of
learning.
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The teaching blocks were also to be
offered as Short Courses to extend
access to CWH learning to physiotherapists who were unable to commit
to the study and assessment that went
with enrolment in a university course.
The first unit – Pelvic Floor Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation – was run in
2006 with an enrolment of 18 students
and several “Short-Coursers”.
The
revised course had a flexible mixture of
online and teaching blocks to allow
for physiotherapists from around
Australia and overseas to attend. Anne
added a lot of depth and breadth to
the course and took time to give everyone individual help and support in their
chosen pathway. She oversaw multiple
changes to the Postgraduate Clinical
Physiotherapy Program and worked
with the School, FSSO and the
University’s Teaching and Learning
Office to ensure that the C&WH major
and students’ study
plans were
adjusted to fit with these changes.
In 2010 Anne continued her own
learning journey and completed her
specialisation exams to become a
Fellow of the Australia College of
Physiotherapists. Anne has also been a
strong supporter of the profession,
volunteering on the State CWHPA
committee for the last 20+ years and
has also
been on the national
committee.
She is a member of the
APA
Professional
Practice
Standards
Committee and
the
C & WH
representative on the APA’s National
Advisory Committee (NAC)
and
continues
with part-time
clinical
practice at King Edward Memorial
Hospital for Women. We are glad to
say that Anne will continue to work for
Curtin on a sessional basis doing some
lecturing and supervision of post
graduate
students on clinical
placements.
Anne has been the glue keeping everything for the course together. She has
looked after staff and students with
personalised care and her wonderful
baking skills and morning teas on the
course are legendary. The course has
grown steadily throughout the years
and with assistance from the clinical
tutors and many committed C&WH
physiotherapists, the course now has a
national and international reputation
for excellence. Last year Anne was
given an APA award for professional
excellence, recognizing her commitment to education.
In 2014 more than 20 new students
were admitted to the course and
another 30+ continue with their parttime studies in the C&WH Clinical
Physiotherapy Major in the Graduate
Certificate or Masters courses. The
numbers have grown so much that this
year we actually had to turn people
away from enrolment in the Pelvic
Floor Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
unit and its Short Courses.
We thank Anne for her hard work and
commitment to the profession. Don’t
be surprised if she returns to study in
the near future. Her interest in “the
abdominal wall through the life stages
of women” may take her onto the
Higher Degree by Research pathway!
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STUDENT SECTION
Excellent outcome for InterProfessional Education placement
Last year two physiotherapy students,
Lisa Tran and Amy Ross-Edwards,
started
their inter-professional
education placement at Challis Early
Childhood Education Centre
to
undertake
their Self - Directed
Placement (SDP).
The aim of their SDP was to plan and
design a nature based “Ultimate
Playground” that
supports child
development in the areas of physical
development, sensory exploration,
teamwork, language and social skills
for children aged 3 to 5 years old. The
playground also had to be culturally
appropriate to the Noongar people of
the area and include Aboriginal
learning points, such as artwork,
dreamtime tales and instruments. Lisa
and Amy worked collaboratively with
their fellow
speech
pathology,
occupational therapy and psychology
students to design a playground that
stimulated optimal child development.
A Perth - based
mining company,
Independent Group NL, was so impressed
with the design that they have agreed to
fund the construction of the playground –
a total of $24, 788 and construction is set
to begin in March.
“...an inspiring example of what can
be accomplished when motivated, like
-minded students work together with
relevant stakeholders to build the
capacity of the wider community.”
This permanent playground will
be
enjoyed by children of the Armadale
community for many years to come. It is
an inspiring example of what can be
accomplished when motivated, likeminded students work together with
relevant stakeholders to build the capacity
of the wider community.
Well done, Lisa and Amy!
Above and Left: Stage B will include
Musical Chimes, Washboard Marimba
and Water Pump.
Below: Stage C will incorporate a
wooden Maze and native plants
Stage D will have a Conveyor Belt and
Pulley System
Amy and Lisa developed the written
report, including clinical rationales,
costing and suggested contractors.
Lee Musumeci, the Principal of Challis
ECEC , was so impressed with the final
design – and the amount of thought
and considerations that went into the
planning – that she approached local
philanthropists in an attempt to fund
the project.
Cubby building, Cargo Bridge and
Twist Beam are just a few of the
elements being included in
Stage A of the playground
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TEACHING AND LEARNING
Use of Technology to Engage Students in Learning
Anne Furness, Director of Teaching and
Learning, led a staff forum on Friday 14th
February to review outcomes from recent
innovations implemented in teaching and
learning, as well as current initiatives
underway or planned for 2014.
The forum demonstrated a high level of
staff
participation in addressing the
university's strategic initiative
of
TransformingLearning@Curtin.
Presentations included:
 International iPad Project
(Peter Robinson)
 Physiotherapy Research 451 Wiki
Project (Sue Morris, Meg Harrold)
 Use of Technology to Engage Student
(David Sainsbury)
 Learning in Applied Clinical Science
251/55
(David Sainsbury)
 Use of Technology to Engage Student
Learning in Anatomy & Pathology
251/551/252/552
(Anne Furness and Trudi Fischer)
 Use of Hot-seat (Catherine Wild,
Robyn Fary, Meg Harrold, Peter
Robinson)
 Use of video in clinical to
∞ improve assessment of gait
∞ facilitate observation skills in
Neuro-musculoskeletal clinical
placement
(Tracy Redwood, Stephanie
Parkinson, Alan Reubenson)
 Electronic recording of Prac Exams
(Leo Ng, Renee McLennan and
Liz Bainbridge)
 Electronic recording of Clinical
Assessment (John Watson)
 Facilitating practice of practical skills
in
∞ Physiotherapy Practice 151
∞ Clinical Anatomy & Physiotherapy
Practice 152/551
∞ Anatomy and Pathology 252/552
∞ Lifespan Health Science 352/652
(Leo Ng, Renee McLennan, Anne
Furness, Trudi Fischer, Liz Bainbridge,
Stephanie Parkinson, Tracy Redwood,
Tony Petta).
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The last session of the afternoon
outlined
the two Teaching and
Learning research projects that will
be undertaken
in Semester 2 in
2014. One involves the chronic
disease management component of
Physiotherapy Practice 352 / 652 this project intends to examine
the effectiveness of embedding
rheumatoid arthritis-focussed webbased learning into the physiotherapy
curriculum with the aim to increase
workforce readiness
of
new
graduates.
The
other project is within the
Gerontology subject within Lifespan
health Science 352/652. This will be
used a serious game as a learning
activity to assist students in formulating a falls risk management plan.
Well done to all staff who have taken
on the challenge of implementing and
evaluating the use of new technology
into their teaching programs to
enhance the learning experience of
our students.
New laboratories
By Kevin Netto
The new Strength, Conditioning and
Rehabilitation laboratory is up and
running. A suite of Cybex Total
Access pin-loaded equipment along
with free and Olympic weights have
now been installed.
The Strength, Conditioning and
Rehabilitation Lab is 400.363 and the
Research Room which houses the
Humac dynamometer and balance
testing equipment is 400.365.
To be compliant with OHS requirements, all staff and postgraduate
students intending to use the lab
must be inducted. Please contact
Kevin Netto to arrange this.
This has been a long journey for the
School with many bumps but we now
have an excellent teaching and
research facility to work from. A big
thank you to all involved.
Above: New interactive computer
projector and whiteboard
Bottom and Right: The School’s
new Strength, Conditioning and
Rehabilitation Laboratory
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HIGHER DEGREE RESEARCH
HDR Success
Dr Meg Harrold, Dr Penny Moss, Dr Leo
Ng
and
Dr Angela Dietrich were
awarded their PhD’s at the Graduation
Ceremony on Saturday, 8 February
2014. The fireworks at the end of the
ceremony were spectacular .
Chris Smith also graduated with an
MPhil but did not attend the Graduation
Ceremony.
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Presentation on Patient Satisfaction
By Stuart Water
This presentation, held on 6 March, is
very relevant to the current hospital
situation and very pertinent to clinical
staff.
Titled: “Validation of a Survey to
Evaluate Patient Satisfaction with
Clinical Orthopaedic Assessment.”
Abstract
Triage by physiotherapists of patients on
public hospital orthopaedic clinic waitlists is a contemporary initiative to
improve the timely access of patients to
orthopaedic services. Physiotherapists
are essentially substituted for the
traditional medical role in the preliminary
assessment
of orthopaedic
conditions. Although this approach is an
effective strategy to manage orthopaedic waitlists, there has been limited
evaluation of patients’ satisfaction with
this experience, or acceptance of this
model of care. When patient satisfaction
with clinical assessment by physiotherapists in orthopaedic triage roles has
been examined, the survey tools used in
these studies have a limited degree of
validity. Thus, the degree to which these
tools reliably and validly
capture
patients’ satisfaction perceptions may
be questioned.
This study seeks to develop and validate
a scale for the assessment of patient
satisfaction with clinical orthopaedic
assessment.
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Above: Drs Meg Harrold, Penny Moss and Leo Ng.
Right: Dr Angela Dietrich
Initially, key components of patient
satisfaction will be identified from a
review of the exiting literature. The
face and content validity of these
factors will then be assessed by
patients and academic experts. The
survey design will encompass elements
of patient satisfaction specific to the
provision of an orthopaedic assessment service. Finally, the survey will be
subjected to a patient cohort thereby
permitting an examination of internal
reliability and factorial validity. These
processes will produce a validated
survey to evaluate satisfaction within
patients who are assessed by advanced
practice physiotherapist in an orthopaedic clinic.
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Library
Diana Blackwood indicated that the
library training space have been
reduced which will limit the opportunity for training programs/ workshops
and seminars.
The library has a series of workshops
that will be conducted during the
evening, weekday and weekends to
cater for everyone’s needs. Visit
http:/ooking.library.curtin.edu.au/
workshops.
You will need to book to attend these
sessions.
Research Skills and Careers
Workshop Series
The Office of Research and Graduate
Studies runs two series of workshops
for postgraduates and supervisors.
The Research Skills and Careers
Workshop Series will help you
acquire the skills you need to
research, write and produce a good
thesis. The Research Skills Workshops
focus on writing your candidacy
proposal and methods. The Career
Workshops focuses on conference
presentations, career options and
publishing.
Curtin University Doctoral or Master
(Research)
students,
honour
students, early career researchers
and supervisors are welcome. (Please
note the workshops do not meet the
supervisor registry requirements).
Presenters’
powerpoints,
when
available, can be located on their
website http://hgso.curtin.edu.au/student_
info/workshops.cfm.
See “Upcoming Events” at the back of
this newsletter for more details.
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HDR Hub
All fulltime Higher
Degree by
Research (HDR) students will be given
a Dell Laptop, which can be used to
link to monitors in the HDR Hub.
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POSTGRADUATE NEWS
Master of Clinical Physiotherapy
(Sports Major)
In 2013 the decision was made by the
School of Physiotherapy and Exercise
Science to reactivate the Sports
Physiotherapy course. With
this
announcement, 2014 has seen strong
interest and good enrolments into the
Masters of Clinical Physiotherapy
(Sports Physiotherapy). The course
design and teaching team is being led
by Alison Thorpe (FACP) and she is coordinating a team of expert sports
physiotherapists in developing an
exciting
and contemporary sports
physiotherapy course that will be a
stepping stone to Sports Physiotherapy
titling and Specialisation of
the
Australian College of Physiotherapists.
Members of the Sports Physiotherapy
Major team include:
Alison Thorpe is a Specialist Sports
Physiotherapist who has worked with a
variety of elite athletes and sporting
teams and has worked at the School of
Physiotherapy since 2006. Alison has
travelled nationally and internationally
as a
sports physiotherapist with
national and Olympic athletes and has
extensive experience in treating a wide
range of sporting injuries and working
in a multidisciplinary sports medicine
team. Alison’s primary area of interest
and expertise is the shoulder complex.
She has extensive experience in the
diagnosis, management and treatment
of shoulder problems and rehabilitation
following shoulder surgery.
Alison currently provides second opinions to insurance companies, orthopaedic surgeons and other physiotherapists on complex shoulder disorders. She is also currently undertaking
PhD studies at Curtin University, investigating predictors of outcome of shoulder surgery.
JP Caneiro is a Specialist Sports Physiotherapist with a Clinical Masters in
Sports Physiotherapy (Curtin - WA) and
a Research Masters in Biomechanics
(UFRGS – Brazil). In Brazil JP worked
with a number of high level sporting
teams, including soccer and martial
arts. Currently, JP works at Body Logic
Physiotherapy in Perth, and is also part
of the Australian Rowing medical team,
touring
internationally
for major
competitions. In addition to his clinical
work, he is part of a research team led
by Professor Peter O’Sullivan at Curtin
University. JP is currently involved in
clinical research of spinal pain disorders and a new management approach
for non-specific chronic lower back
pain called: Cognitive Functional Therapy. JP has a particular interest in the
diagnosis and management of chronic/
persistent pain disorders, in special
lower back and anterior knee pain.
Applications for 2015 are
now open.
For information about the
course please contact
Evan Coopes at
E.Coopes@curtin.edu.au.
Tania Althorpe is a Sports Physiotherapist with a Clinical Masters in
Sports Physiotherapy (Curtin), who
has worked in private practice since
1994 and has
comprehensive
experience in treating a wide range of
sports and musculoskeletal injuries.
During this time she has travelled
with State and Australian sports
teams and treated international to
local athletes. Tania is a Specialist
Candidate for the Australian College
of Physiotherapists.
Susi Brooker is a Titled Sports Physiotherapist with a Clinical Masters in
Sports Physiotherapy (University of
Queensland). She currently works in
private practice and has taught in the
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
musculoskeletal area at Curtin
University since 2007. She has
worked in Western Australia,
Queensland, Victoria and the UK,
predominantly in private practice
since 1997. As a Sports Physiotherapist has worked at the Athens
Olympics and with various rugby, AFL
and hockey teams. She has a special
interest in lower limb injuries.
Right: Alison Thorpe
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POSTGRADUATE NEWS
Continence Women’s Health
Clinical Physiotherapy Major
Course Enrolments: A change in the
Federal Government failed to see a
return of the Commonwealth Supported
Places for postgraduate coursework
Master’s programs but the continued
availability of Fee-Help; the lifting of the
proposed cap on tax deductibility of
education expenses; and the retention
of a 200 credit Masters course beyond
2015 is helping to keep postgraduate
study affordable. This was evidenced by
the enrolment of 24 new students into
the Continence and Women’s Health
Major of the Graduate Certificate and
Master’s courses in 2014. They joined 39
other CWH students who are at varying
stages of their part-time study in these
courses. The Short Courses run in
conjunction with the Pelvic Floor
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation unit
teaching blocks were also quickly filled
with some potential candidates being
turned away.
Clinical Placements: Michelle Brown has
done a wonderful job of co-ordinating
placements at KEMH, Osborne Park,
Fremantle and Armadale Hospitals in
2013 and 2014. Bentley Hospital was
added to the list in semester 2 2013 and
we also had students doing out-of-Perth
clinical placements at the Flinders
Medical Centre in Adelaide, the Women’s Hospital in Melbourne and Royal
North Shore Hospital in Sydney. Thanks
to the facilities and clinical educators for
providing
great
clinical learning
opportunities for these students.
In 2013 CWH Physiotherapy Clinics
students also gained increased exposure
to a paediatric continence caseload
through the student-led Continence
Clinic at the Children’s Hospital.
A
research grant from the State Health
Research Advisory Council supported
the establishment of this clinic and we
are now awaiting the analysis of data to
see if the clinic achieved its aims of an
improvement in paediatric physiotherapy continence workforce capacity and an
increase in throughput of the physiotherapy continence service at PMH.
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Research: It was exciting to see the
results of several 2012 Curtin research
projects presented at conferences in
2013. At the New Zealand Physiotherapy Conference in Dunedin, Karina
Caldwell reported on the impact of
LASER on lactation-related nipple pain
and continuance of breastfeeding. At
the APA conference Anna Scammell
and Ali Burnett presented on changes
in clinical practice following training in
use of pessaries for the management
of pelvic organ prolapse; Tracey Cragg
reported the results of her study on
the use of abdominal supports in the
management of post partum rectus
abdominus diastasis; and there was
further review of the Karina Caldwell,
Ocean Kabikwa and Laura Snowball
study on LASER and nipple pain. The
CFA conference in Perth in October
was the forum for Judith Thompson to
present the findings from Michelle
Deeble (Brown) and Sally French’s
investigation into the impact of a trunk
curl and cough on intra-abdominal
pressure in women with pelvic floor
dysfunction undergoing urodynamic
assessment.
In
2013 Taryn Preedy and Sally
McKenzie surveyed the pelvic floor
friendliness of gym based exercise
classes in Perth and regional
Geraldton; Valerie Lorenz and Emma
Wise commence development and
appraisal of a DVD based educational
DVD that targets the management
of pregnancy related
conditions
commonly seen by physiotherapists;
Sharon Wilson
investigated the
incidence of PF dysfunction in girls
attending high school in a New Zealand
town; Muirna Hamill developed a
project to study pelvic floor movement
under stress in pregnant women and
its relationship to occurrence of
pregnancy related continence and
pelvic girdle issues; Anne McNamara
has looked at pelvic floor dysfunction
in regional NSW women with chronic
or recurrent lumbo-pelvic pain; and
Petrina Burnett investigated barriers to
exercise in women with ovarian
cancer.
We look forward to the completion of
these projects and the investigation
of further areas of CWH Physiotherapy clinical practice in 2014
Publications: Curtin CWH Clinical
Physiotherapy Grad. Cert. graduate,
Michelle Kenway, has published a
new book – Prolapse Exercises –
Inside Out. Also advisable to check
out Michelle’s website – pelvicexercises.com.au.
Graduation: Congratulations to the
students
who
completed their
courses in 2013. Petrina Burnett,
Sally McKenzie, Taryn Preedy and
Jane Strachan graduated with a Master in Clinical Physiotherapy (CWH
Major) and Katie Greenfield with a
Graduate Certificate.
Staff: Anne Andrews retired from her
half time CWH lecturing/coordinating
position at the end of January. Judith
Thompson continues her
CWH
coordination, teaching and research
roles and Irena Nurkic and Michelle
Brown are increasing their Curtin
hours to cover Anne’s departure with
Irena taking on the coordination of
the Pelvic Floor Musculoskeletal
Rehabilitation and Human Continence units and Michelle the Women
through Life Stages unit and the CWH
Major of the Physiotherapy Clinics
751 and 752 units.
Judith Thompson hosted a dinner at
her home on Saturday, 15 March to
celebrate Anne’s semi-departure (still
at KEMH and doing a little sessional
lecturing / tutoring and
clinical
education) and Michelle and Irena’s
increasing
contribution to
the
program. A most enjoyable evening
with the food and drink and level of
chatter living up to the tradition of
CWH physiotherapy gatherings.
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HONOURS
3rd Year Honours Research Projects 2014
Sixteen 3rd year students have commenced the Honours program for 2014.
Details of their projects and supervisors are detailed below:
STUDENT
TITLE OF RESEARCH PROJECT
SUPERVISORS
Larissa Boon
Recovery after non-major burn: Mountain or molehill?.
Joseph Chen
Weixian
Physiotherapists’ perceptions of an intervention designed to improve interpersonal style with their clients.
Dr Tiffany Grisbrook, Dr Dale Edgar (RPH) and
W. Prof Fiona Wood (RPH)
Dr Daniel Gucciardi, Alan Reubenson and
Professor Martin Hagger
Hui Nee Chow
Emmanuelle
Assessing the measurement properties of the fourpoint pusher scale.
Stephanie Parkinson , Dr Kylie Hill, Liz
Bainbridge, Joanna Jenkin and Alisha Anderson
Thomas Horne
How does a long-bone fracture affect girls and women
with Rett syndrome and their families?
Dr Jenny Downs PhD and Professor Helen
Leonard MBBS
Nardia-Rose
Klem
To investigate the biomechanics in sport and injuries
related to a specific group
Dr Catherine Wild; and Dr Leo Ng
Ashlie Lane
To investigate the effectiveness of muscle activity taping using wireless EMG during dynamic functional
tasks.
Associate Professor Diana Hopper,
Dr Kevin Netto and Susi Brooker
Marelize Loedolff
Thumb pain in physiotherapists – do they
experience thumb pain as physiotherapy
students and why?
Dr Sonia Ranelli
Ashleigh Masters
To investigate the effectiveness of muscle
activity taping using wireless EMG during
dynamic functional tasks .
Associate Professor Diana Hopper,
Dr Kevin Netto and Susi Brooker
Andrew Morgan
How does the position of Femoral Tunnel
Placement in ACL Reconstruction affect
functional outcome measures?
Associate Professor Diana Hopper,
Dr Catherine Wild and Dr Kevin
Kemp-Smith.
Naomi Michael
The relationship between running speed,
participation and enjoyment of physical activity in
West Australian primary school children.
Dr Kevin Kemp-Smith, Dr Susan Morris and
Dr Jenny Downs
Sophie Murphy
Does minimal perceptible difference in floor height
during hopping correlate with clinical measures of ankle proprioception?
Dr Tiffany Grisbrook, Associate
Professor Diana Hopper and Professor
Garry Allison.
Margaret Ryland
An investigation of the recovery pattern for
lower limb burns in Western Australia: Benchmarking
functional and physical outcomes..
Dr Tiffany Grisbrook, Dr Dale Edgar and
W. Professor Fiona Wood (RPH)
Nathan Stephens
How does the position of Femoral Tunnel
Placement in ACL Reconstruction affect
functional outcome measures?
Associate Professor Diana Hopper,
Dr Catherine Wild and
Dr Kevin Kemp-Smith
Kai Bin Joshua
Tan
An investigation of the association between gait strategy, lower limb strength and coordination
in children with joint hypermobility.
Dr Sue Morris, Dr Sian Williams and
Ms Bev Jepson
Tarbie
Van Tonder
The impact of Low Dye taping on ankle stiffness during
the stretch shortening cycle in individuals with plantar
fasciitis.
Dr Tiffany Grisbrook, Associate
Professor Diana Hopper and Professor
Garry Allison.
Koh Li Hui
Strategies to maximise adherence to
recommendations for people who have
undergone surgery for musculoskeletal issues.
Dr Daniel Gucciardi, Professor
William Hart, Professor Victor Goh and
Professor Keith Hill
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HONOURS
2013 Honours Students who graduated in February 2014
Congratulations to all of the Honours students who completed their Honours projects in 2013, and their supervisors.
The titles for all of these research projects are detailed below. A number of these projects have been submitted or are in
the process of being submitted for publication. We wish all of these students well as they embark on their Physiotherapy
careers and hope to see some of them return in future to undertake Masters or PhD studies.
STUDENT
TITLE OF RESEARCH PROJECT
Amy Bufton
Are Virtual Games Real?
Professor Leon Straker
and Dr Amity Campbell
Leandra Gonsalves
Do children with a developmental coordination
disorder play virtual games the same way as children with normal coordination?
Prof Leon Straker,
Dr Amity Campbell and
Ms Lynn Jensen
Caitlin Marr
Spinal fusion in girls with Rett syndrome:
Family experiences and postoperative Recovery.
Dr Jenny Downs and
Dr Helen Leonard (TICHR)
Ashlee Howe
Influence of taping on lower limb biomechanics in
runners..
Associate Professor Diana Hopper,
Dr Leo Ng and Dr Amity Campbell
Rebekah Gibbons
Latent class clustering of cold pain thresholds and
pain response to ice: associations with chronic neck
pain.
Rob Waller and Dr Darren Beales
Liam McCloskey
Motor ability, balance and physical activity
levels in children with Joint Hypermobility
Syndrome.
Ms Lynn Jensen, Dr Kevin Murray and
Professor Virginia Wright
Liam Thompson
Predictors of cardiorespiratory fitness in adults
with a history of a Fontan procedure.
Dr Andrew Maiorana
Nicholas Saraceni
The relationship between hip rotation and low
back pain in golfers.
Associate Professor Diana Hopper,
Dr Kevin Kemp-Smith, Dr Amity
Campbell and Dr Kylie Hill
Brooke Longworth
Prevalence and predictors of adolescent
idiopathic scoliosis in adolescent ballet dancers.
Associate Professor Diana Hopper
and Dr Robyn Fary
Stefano Vinci
Selected physical characteristics and playingrelated musculoskeletal problems in adolescent
string instrumentalists.
Dr Sonia Ranelli and Dr Anne Smith
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SUPERVISORS
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Marketing SDP in Jakarta, Indonesia
By Mandy Monks
While visiting my son Brendon and his
wife Della during the Christmas
Shutdown period, I had the great
pleasure meeting one of Della’s friends
Rena who is a University student at
Universitas Kristen Indonesia studying
Communication, Marketing and Public
Relations. As part of her course she was
required to do a self-directed project.
Rena and her assigned partner wanted
to do something that would give back to
the community as well as be challenging,
and choosing to set up a school for the
extremely poor children of Jakarta met
their brief.
I was invited to visit Bukit Duri Jakata
Timur Community where their school is
located. Rena and I left the luxury
apartment where I was staying,
complete with spa, pool and gym and
travelled by taxi through some of the
richest real estate in Jakarta, huge luxury
apartments and shopping malls with all
the well-known brands; Chanel, Dolce
and Gabbana, Versace, Hugo Boss. We
left the lights of the city as the taxi
turned off main roads and down side
roads until we crossed a little bridge and
turned down a little lane. It was dark,
wet and muddy. I was warmly greeted by
five young men Ianro, Yudit, Ronald, Best
and Bargot. They led me over piles of
rotten wood and down a small path to a
room filled with children. There were 26
children waiting to meet me with eager
faces. After introductions the children
and university students begged me to
teach them some English as they had
been told I have a TESOL certificate and
taught English in China. Without any
teaching equipment, flash cards, pictures
we decided to teach Head, Shoulders,
Knees and Toes.
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Listening to the children saying the
words with such care was very moving.
After the lesson I presented each child
with a notebook and pen that Della and
I had bought for them. I have never
seen a child appreciate a simple gift as
much as these children appreciated
their notebooks and pens.
Once the children had left I was able to
talk to the university students that
volunteer to keep the school open and
find out more about the children, the
school and the community.
The
children that attend the school are
aged between 4 and 15 years. They
currently have about 60 children
attending classes. Classes are held in
two sessions in private homes across 3
locations all not far from each other.
Children are learning to read and write,
study
History, Math, Science,
Indonesian and English. The aim of the
teachers is to give the children a wellrounded education they will be able to
use in the future to study further. They
are trying to change the mindset of
the children and their parents from
focusing on today and looking and
planning for the future. They are
hoping to break the poverty cycle these
children are born into. There is no
funding from any government or
private sector. The schools run purely
on voluntary support and no money.
Without these schools the children will
get no education.
When
asked what they do on
construction sites I was told they dig
holes, move rubble and general
tidying of sites. As they get older the
work gets harder with heavy manual
labour. Children also work selling food
and flowers to passers-by on busy
freeways and major road ways. They
walk amongst the cars selling their
wares.
I was then given a tour of the
community. This community is well
known in Jakarta for its
crime
syndicates, drugs and murders. Over
90% of all crime in Jakarta comes from
this community. I exited the home
where the children met for classes
into the kitchen area if you could call it
a kitchen. It was part of the dirty,
muddy path I had traversed to the
school. At Kali Ciliwung (dirty river) I
learned how families use the river to
wash their clothes, bodies and dirty
dishes. They use the water for cooking
and drinking. During the wet season
the river floods and they have to flee
their homes for higher ground. Where
do they go? If they are lucky to have a
second story to their dwelling upstairs.
If not, onto the streets until flooding
subsides. I saw inside locals homes.
Homes are made from any building
material they can get their hands on,
wood, corrugated iron, plastic tarps,
posters from old advertising and cardboard. 16 people live in each dwelling
(4 families) sized about 2 x 2 metres.
The small section of the community I
visited has a population of over 1000.
They have a bathroom facility and the
only source of fairly clean water
donated by a foundation but it is
sorely inadequate for the numbers of
people living there.
The children I met all work so they can
eat. Their parents struggle to house
and clothe their children so as soon as
the children are old enough they must
earn a living to feed themselves. If they
don’t work that day they don’t eat that
night. I was horrified to learn that
children as young as 4 years old work in
construction.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Strong Curtin presence at
Singapore Rehabilitation
Conference
The Singapore Rehabilitation Conference
(Theme: Rehabilitation in the continuum
of care) was conducted on 27-29 March.
The conference included six symposium
speakers
from Curtin
University,
including:
 Professor Keith Hill (presenting two
talks – one
on falls prevention
from a worldview perspective; and the
other on falls prevention along the
continuum of care for stroke patients);
 Associate Professor Kathy Briffa
(Promoting self-management and
self-efficacy in arthritic conditions: an
evidence-based perspective);
 Professor Gill Lewin (Restorative home
care – a new paradigm in community
aged care);
 Associate Professor Anne Whitworth
(A novel approach to improving real
- life communication in aphasia: early
evidence from a randomised control
trial);
 Dr Hoe Lee (Driving simulator: a
divination or diagnostic tool for fitness
to drive?); and
 Ms Margo Brewer (Preparing students
for community-based rehabilitation:
an inter-professional approach).
In addition to the strong participation in
the rehabilitation conference program,
Curtin University Faculty of Health
Sciences also hosted
an Executive
Leaders in Allied Health Forum and
Dinner. Professor Keith Hill and Professor
Lorna Rosenwax (Head of School,
Occupational Therapy and Social Work)
spoke at the Dinner on "Changing Roles
of Allied Health Professionals in an
Ageing Society." The dinner provided
an excellent opportunity to promote the
allied health programs conducted by
Curtin’s Faculty of Health Sciences, and
to network with senior allied health staff
from the health services and academic
institutions in Singapore.
Above: Professor Keith Hill, Professor
Peter Lim (Conference Chair) and winners of the Curtin sponsored free paper
awards.
Below: Members of the Curtin Faculty of
Health Sciences team at the Conference
International Practicum
Placements
In January, Dr Daniel Gucciardi and
Dr Kagan Ducker travelled to Malaysia
and Singapore to initiate discussions
regarding international practicum
placements for Exercise and Sport
Science students. They first met with
Dr Vellapandian Ponnusamy who is
the Director of Research, Education
and Innovation at Institute Sekan
Negara (National Sports Institute of
Malaysia).
Over two days, they met with key staff
at the Institute involved in athlete
services (e.g., physiology, strength and
conditioning) and toured the facilities.
Daniel and Kagan next
visited
colleagues at Singapore Sports School,
Singapore Sports Council and Republic
Polytechnic.
Their stopover
in
Singapore coincided with the Sport
Development
Excellence for the
Student-Athlete Conference which
attracted several hundred delegates
from south East Asia.
Over 35 staff and students from
Republic Polytechnic will visit our
School on 28 March 2014 to view our
facilities and meet with staff and
students in the Exercise and Sport
Science program.
Above: Associate Professor Kathy Briffa
presenting at the Conference.
Below: Some of the speakers invited
from Curtin and Organising Committee,
including Associate Professor Celia Tan
Dr Kagan Ducker in front of NSIM
athletes residence
Pek Hill, Professor Keith Hill and
Singaporean Physiotherapists, Limin Yong
and Sin Yi Lee at the Leader’s Forum
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RAP-eL Program
By Robyn Fary
Over the past four years Andrew Briggs
and his team including Helen Slater,
Jason Chua, Robyn Fary, Madelynn
Chan and Sonia Ranelli have been
conducting policy
into practice
research in the area of inflammatory
arthritis, with a focus on rheumatoid
arthritis.
The impetus for this
program of research came from
examining enablers and barriers to the
implementation of health policy for
chronic diseases in WA. The current
Models of Care for chronic health
conditions, including inflammatory
arthritis, promote increased engagement of community-based health
professionals in the co-management of
chronic conditions with a parallel
de-emphasis on the role of tertiary
hospitals
in service delivery.
In
order to achieve effective
and
sustainable implementation of these
policies, the community-based clinical
workforce needs to have the
knowledge and skills to deliver the
right care.
Starting from the WA Department of
Health Model of Care for people with
inflammatory arthritis, the multidisciplinary team conducted a Delphi
project using a panel of international
experts (including consumers, rheumatologists and
physiotherapists) to
determine the essential knowledge
and skills that physiotherapists need to
be able to safely and competently
manage people with rheumatoid
arthritis in the community1.
The information gained from this study
was aligned with high quality clinical
guidelines and then used as the basis
of a survey to determine Western
Australian physiotherapists’ confidence
and professional development needs in
the clinical area of
rheumatoid
arthritis.
The results of this study demonstrated
that physiotherapists’ confidence was
low and their professional development needs high2.
In order to address this situation, the
team developed a clinically-meaningful
and engaging e-learning package for
physiotherapists known as Rheumatoid
Arthritis
for Physiotherapists –
eLearning (RAP-eL). The
website
content was informed by the Delphi
study and clinical guidelines and
included
considerable input from
people with rheumatoid arthritis.
The website itself was evaluated by an
international panel of expert physiotherapists, rheumatologists, educators
and people with rheumatoid arthritis
prior to its release for use by physiotherapists. It consists of four webbased learning modules, two clinical
case studies and many useful clinical
resources.
A four week, randomised controlled
trial followed by an eight week cohort
study was conducted to determine
RAP-eL’s effectiveness in improving
confidence,
satisfaction,
clinical
knowledge and clinical reasoning in
managing people with rheumatoid
arthritis amongst physiotherapists in
Australia. In preliminary results we
have observed significant changes
from baseline with large effect sizes in
the intervention group, compared
with control.
Further analysis of
retained learning and the qualitative
data from the clinical reasoning
section is underway.
The next step is to introduce RAP-eL
into the third year physiotherapy
chronic disease curriculum and assess
its effectiveness in improving workforce readiness of our graduates in this
clinical area.
1. Briggs AM, Fary RE, Slater H, Bragge P, Chua J, Keen HI, Chan M (2012) Disease-specific knowledge and clinical skills
required by community-based physiotherapists to co-manage patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care & Research
(Hoboken) Oct;64(10):1514-1526.
2. Fary RE, Slater H, Chua J, Briggs AM (2012) Translating policy into practice for community-based management of
rheumatoid arthritis: Targeting professional development needs among physiotherapists. International Journal of
Rheumatology Article ID 240689, doi:10.1155/2012/240689.
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CONFERENCES
Science Meets Parliament 2014
By Daniel Gucciardi
Science meets Parliament (SmP) brings
together about 200 of Australia’s top
scientists and puts them face to face
with the decision makers in Canberra.
Daniel Gucciardi from the School was
selected as a representative of the
Australian Psychological Society at the
14th annual Science meets Parliament
on 17 and 18 March 2014.
In this letter, Daniel provides a brief
reflection of his experience at the event.
“The first day of proceedings involved an
impressive line-up of speakers covering
topics such as the communication of
science to journalists and politicians,
social media presence (Twitter), policy
development, and tips and hints for
political meetings. It was particularly
interesting to hear the leader of the
opposition, the Honourable Bill Shorten,
outline his position on science. The main
highlight for me on this first day was Dr
Subho Banerjee’s (Deputy Secretary for
Science, Research and Skills, Department
of Industry) talk on the ‘policy factory’ in
which he guided the audience through a
brief overview of the policy development
process (anticipation → formulation →
consultation
→
adoption/
implementation → evaluation).
This talk provided an excellent insight
into the various stages of policy development and alerted me to the notion that
science can offer important contributions at each phase. Although the
other topics covered on this day were
interesting and useful, I felt that this
discussion on the link between science
and policy development at the various
stages of this process was most
beneficial in terms of guiding my future
research and planning (e.g., considering
policy phases in the conceptualisation of
research projects).
Dr Banerjee
recommended two reports as further
reading; both documents provide an
excellent reference point for key issues.
The second day of proceedings was
structured around meetings
with
Ministers, Shadow Ministers, Members
and Senators.
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In the morning session Senator,
the
Honourable Kim Carr (Shadow Minister
for Higher
Education,
Research,
Innovation and
Industry;
Shadow
Minister assisting the Leader for Science)
delivered a brief talk on his position of
science for parliament, as well as
responded to questions from the
audience.
Aside from the content of
Senator Carr’s speech, I found this
session to be useful in terms of observing
first-hand how an experienced politician
negotiated difficult questions from the
audience. Nevertheless, the highlight for
me on this second day (and the 2-day
event) was my face-to-face meeting with
Senator Richard Di Natale, who has been
influential in policy reforms targeting the
regulation of professional qualifications
for ‘sport scientists’ as a response to
recent doping scandals. This conversation
allowed me to inform the Senator of the
work my colleagues and I are completing
in this area, and highlight the need for a
multi-pronged attack on anti-doping
which could also include psycho-social
interventions for athletes and coaches
(e.g., National Coaching Accreditation
Scheme). I intend to follow-up with
Senator Di Natale regarding this initial
conversation, as he and his policy advisor
(Collin) are both scientists ‘by trade’ and
therefore are cognisant of and receptive
to discussions on the importance
of science for politics and policy
development.
Across both day sessions and the Gala
dinner, there were multiple opportunities
to interact with other scientists at the
event. These interactions represented
the final highlight of this event for me.
Both scholars and practitioners alike have
a tendency to remain in their
‘psychology’ silos, so it was exciting to
interact with leading scientists from fields
such as chemistry, biology, and physics,
just to name a few.
Though the substantive focus of our
areas of expertise differed,
these
conversations provided
me
with
opportunities to ‘pick their brains’ (so to
speak) about the challenges they have
encountered
(and communicating
science to policy solutions) in makers
and , more broadly life as a scholar.
I also connected with a Senior Analyst at
the Telethon Institute for Child Health
Research in Perth.
Overall, I feel privileged and extremely
thankful for the support of the APS in
terms of sponsoring me to attend this
event. I genuinely believe it would be
worthwhile if there was continued
support for Early Career Researchers
to attend such events,
alongside
professional development for scholars
and practitioners on the link between
psychological science and policy (e.g.,
e-learning
course on
science
communication, policy development
processes). I would welcome the
opportunity to contribute to
this
endeavour in any way that I could be of
benefit to the APS.”
APS200 Project: The place of science in policy
development in the public service. Department of
Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Training. Harris, P., & Jackson, K. (2013).
Science for policy: Mapping Australian government
investments and institutions. HC Coombs Policy
Forum, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
College of Asia and the Pacific.
Staff contribute to magazine article
Women’s Health and Fitness
Dr Kevin Netto and Dr Kagan Tucker
recently contributed to an article
in Women’s Health
and
Fitness
magazine.
BEST BODY » MOVE IT
It’s the era of the quantified self, when
everything your body does is ripe for
checking, tracking,
comparing and
improving. In fact, the post-approximate
era is an A personality’s dream. But
while some figures can genuinely help
you to improve your fitness, others are a
waste of head (and iPhone) space.
Biomechanist Dr Kevin Netto and sport,
exercise and health physiologist Dr
Kagan Ducker from Curtin University’s
School of Physiotherapy and Exercise
Science take you through the signature
fitness and health readings, how to best
measure them, and which ones you
really need to focus on.
Words by: Amelia Barnes
For the full article: 01 Mar 2014
Women`s Health & Fitness, National
General News
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RESEARCH
RESEARCH GRANTS
Grant name: NOHARMS Fund
Funding:
$178,858 over 1.5 years
Project:
Noise, dust and vibration
exposures in agriculture
Data collection for SafeWork Australia’s, NOHARMS
research grant: Noise, dust and vibration exposures in
agriculture has commenced.
Researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences
involved in the project are: Dr Krassi Rumchev,
Professor Ben Mullins, Dr Kevin Netto, Associate
Professor Linda Selvey,
Dr Yun Zhao, Associate
Professor Dean Bertolatti, Dr Veronica Miller, Dr Janis
Jansz, Ms Toni Hannelly, Professor Jeffery Spickett and
Dr Ryan Mead-Hunter.
Some of the researchers visited eight farms in the south
-west of WA over the harvesting period.
Vibration, posture and muscle activity during harvesting
operations were recorded using the School’s new wireless EMG system. An interim report has been submitted
to SafeWork Australia.
The next round of testing is scheduled for the seeding
season and should commence in April.
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Grant name: Targeted Research Fund
Funding:
$350,000 over two years
Project:
A randomised controlled trial of
nurse-supported telehealth for
chronic heart failure management
in primary care.
Andrew Maiorana has been awarded a Targeted
Research Fund Grant (Health Department of WA).
The aim of the study is to investigate a tele-health
intervention designed to support GPs in managing
chronic heart failure in primary care. The
tele-health intervention will be patient centred,
providing patients with education and support for
heart failure self-management. It will have a strong
focus on coordination of care through feedback of
clinical information to GPs to help them implement
timely medical follow up and reduce hospital
admissions. The project will be closely aligned with
the existing SmartHeart: Living Well with Heart
Failure service which runs in the Curtin Interprofessional Health and Wellness Clinic. Curtin
University collaborators on the project are
Professor Moyez Jiwa, CHIRI, and Associate
Professor James Boyd, Curtin Centre for Data
Linkage.
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Articles
The following new publications have
been reported through the Curtin
University system for the past three
months:
Briffa NK, Cook N, Edelman J,
McQuade J:
The development of a community based
education/self-management
program
for people with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases:
72,356-356
Burton E, Lewin G, Clemson LM,
Boldy DP
Effectiveness of
a lifestyle exercise
program for older restorative home
care clients.
Gerontologist: 53,326-326
Cavalheri V, Tahirah F, Nonoyama M,
Jenkins S, Hill K.
Exercise training for people following
lung resection for non-small cell lung
cancer - a Cochrane systematic review.
Cancer Treatment Reviews: 40 (4),585594
Truter P, Russell T, Fary R.
The
validity of physical therapy
assessment of low back pain via telerehabilitation in a Clinical Setting
Telemedicine and e-Health:
20 (2),161-167
Jackson B, Gucciardi DF, Dimmock JA.
Toward a multidimensional model of
athletes' commitment to coach-athlete
relationships and interdependent sport
teams: A substantive-methodological
synergy.
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology:
36 (1),52-68
Hidalgo B, Hall T, Nielens H and
Detrembleur C.
Intertester agreement and validity of
identifying lumbar pain provocative
movement patterns using active and
passive accessory movement tests.
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics: 37 (2),105-115
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Gianoudis J, Bailey CA, Ebeling PR,
Nowson CA, Sanders KM, Hill K, and
Daly RM.L
Effects of a targeted multimodal
exercise program incorporating highspeed power training on falls and
fracture risk factors in older adults:
A community-based
randomized
controlled trial.
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research:
29 (1),182-191
Hodgson C, Needham D, Haines K,
Bailey M, Ward A, Harrold M, Young P,
Zanni J, Buhr H, Higgins A, Presneill J,
Berney S.
Feasibility and inter-rater reliability of
the ICU mobility scale.
Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and
Critical Care: 43 (1),19-24
Noteboom B, Jenkins S, Maiorana A,
Cecins N, Ng C, Hill K.
Comorbidities and medication burden
in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary
disease
attending
pulmonary rehabilitation.
Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention: 34 (1),75-79
Beanland E, Main LC, Aisbett B, Gastin
P, Netto K.
Validation of GPS and accelerometer
technology in swimming.
Journal of Science and Medicine in
Sport: 17 (2),234-238
Neesham-Smith D, Aisbett B, Netto K.
Trunk postures and upper-body
muscle activations during physically
demanding wildfire suppression tasks.
Ergonomics: 57 (1),86-92
O'Sullivan K, O'Sullivan P, O'Sullivan L,
Dankaerts W.
Back pain beliefs among physiotherapists are more positive after
biopsychosocially orientated workshops.
Physiotherapy Practice and Research:
34 (1),37-45
Rosalie SM, Müller S.
Expertise facilitates the transfer of
anticipation skill across domains.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental
Psychology: 67 (2),319-334
Gill DK, Davis MC, Smith AJ and
Straker LM.
Bidirectional relationships between
cigarette use and spinal pain in
adolescents accounting for psychosocial functioning.
British Journal of Health Psychology: 19
(1),113-131
Wright T, Moss P, Will R, Benson H.
Differences in quantitative sensory
testing and functional testing between
patients with osteoarthritis and
matched controls.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases:
72,701-701
Theses
Ng L. 2013. Investigation into the
prevalence, spinal
kinematics and
management of adolescent
male
rowers with low back pain.
Curtin University, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science. Ph.D.
Campbell A, O'Sullivan P, Straker L,
Elliott B, Reid M.
Back pain in tennis players: A link with
lumbar serve kinematics and range of
motion.
Medicine and science in sports and
exercise: 46 (2),351-357
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2013 Student Awards
The Student Awards Ceremony was held
on Thursday, 6 February in the Tim Winton
Lecture Theatre. Awards are provided for
students who have excelled in various
elements of the School’s courses in 2013.
This year the School of Physiotherapy and
Exercise Science established the Max
Zusman Award for the postgraduate
student with the highest mark in Management Of Pain Disorders 652 in memory of
Max Zusman. Max’s wife Barbie presented
this new award.
We were also honoured to have Emeritus
Professor Joan Cole (previous Head of
School) attend and present two annual
awards in her name—for the most outstanding graduate for each of the Bachelor
of Science (Physiotherapy) and the Master
of Physiotherapy program.
Special thanks to our sponsors who
contributed one or more awards for the
night, including the Australian Physiotherapy Association (and special interest
groups), ESSA, LifeCare, Therapy Focus,
Elsevier, Penny Moss and Sara Carroll.
Back Row:
Kale McLoughlin, Rosalyn Findlay, Tracey Bettridge, Caris
McDonnell, Michael Nobel, Kayla Pomery, Amy Ross-Edwards, Stefano Vinci,
Emily Brough, Jada Ng, and Lauren Miller
Front: Natalie O’Neill, Ruth Chang, Amy Bufton, Leandra Gonsalves, Jillian Lye,
Suzanne O’Mahony, Tessa Clifton and Erin Gray
Erin Gray was presented the Inaugural
Exercise and Sports Science Australia
Award for the first year exercise, sports
and rehabilitation science student with
the highest results.
Jillian Lye was presented
with the
Continence
and Women’s Health
Physiotherapy Australia (WA Chapter)
Prize for the third year student with the
highest results in the Gender Health
Issues subject of Lifespan Health
Science 352.
Entry Level winners were:
Kale McLoughlin was presented with the
Inaugural Exercise and Sports Science
Australia Award for the second year
exercise,
sports and rehabilitation
science student with the highest results.
Shannon Kennedy was presented
the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Australia (WA Chapter) Prize for the
third year student with highest results
in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
Kayla Pomery was presented with the
Australian Physiotherapy Association
(WA Branch) Prize for the first year
physiotherapy student with the highest
results.
Kayla Pomery (left) was presented with
the IO Thorburn Prize for the first year
physiotherapy student with the highest
results. In Anatomy.
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Lauren Miller (unable to attend) won
the School of Physiotherapy and
Exercise Science Award for the second
year physio-therapy student with the
highest results in movement science.
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2013 Student Awards continued
Andrew Morgan (unable to attend) won
with the LifeCare Award for the second
year physiotherapy student with the
highest results in musculoskeletal
physiotherapy and the Australian
Physiotherapy Association (WA Branch)
Prize for the second year physiotherapy
student with the highest results.
Suzanne O’Mahony was presented
with the Therapy Focus Award for the
Entry-Level Programs student with the
highest marks in paediatrics.
Leandra Gonsalves and Stefano Vinci
were presented with the Physiotherapy
Research Foundation Prize for the Best
Honours Written Dissertation.
Leandra: “Do children with a developmental coordination
disorder play
virtual games the same way as children
with normal coordination”
Supervisors: Professor Leon Straker, Dr
Amity Campbell and Lynn Jensen.
Stefano: “Selected physical characteristics and playing-related musculoskeletal
problems in
adolescent
string
instrumentalists”
Supervisors: Dr Sonia Ranelli and Associate Professor Anne Smith.
Rosalyn Findlay was presented with the
Cardiorespiratory
Physiotherapy
Australia (WA Chapter) “Jane Kinging”
Prize for the third year student with the
highest results in cardiopulmonary
science, and the Australian Physiotherapy
Association
Gerontology
Physiotherapy Australia (WA Chapter)
Prize for the third year student with the
highest results in the Gerontology subject of Lifespan Health Science 352.
Emily Brough was presented with the
National Paediatric Special Group (WA
Chapter) Award for the fourth year
student who demonstrates enthusiasm
for paediatric physiotherapy, innovative
practice and a strong theoretical
knowledge in the completion of a self
directed placement.
Amy Bufton and Brooke Longworth
(unable to attend) won the School of
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
Prize for the Best Honours Oral
Presentation.
Amy: “Are Virtual Games Real?”
Supervisors: Professor Leon Straker,
and Dr Amity Campbell.
Shannon Kennedy was presented with
the National Neurology Group (WA
Chapter) of the Physiotherapy Association Prize for the third year student with
the highest results. In neuroscience
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Tessa Clifton was presented with the
Thom Reed Prize for Chronic Disease
Management for the student achieving
the highest mark for Chronic Disease
Management exam in Physiotherapy
Practice 352/654.
Brooke: “Prevalence and predictors of
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in
adolescent ballet dancers”
Supervisors: Associate Professor Di
Hopper and Dr Robyn Fary
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2013 Student Awards continued
Amy Ross-Edwards and Craig Donovan
were presented the Australian Physiotherapy Association (WA Branch)
Marcus (Joe) Rosen Prize for the
Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy)
graduate with the best clinical results.
Jada Ng was presented with the Physiotherapy Business Australia (WA Chapter) Prize for the fourth year student
with the highest results in Physiotherapy Practice 451.
Natalie O’Neill was presented with the
National Physiotherapists in Leadership
and Management Group (WA Chapter)
Prize for the best student in the
Management Subject of Physiotherapy
Practice 654.
Michael Noble was presented with the
LifeCare Award for the Master of
Physiotherapy student with the best
clinical results.
Jada Ng was presented with the
Emeritus Professor Joan Cole Prize for
the most outstanding Bachelor of
Science (Physiotherapy) graduate.
Caris McDonnell was presented with
the Emeritus Professor Joan Cole Prize
for the most outstanding Master of
Physiotherapy graduate.
Postgraduate winners were:
Ruth Chang was presented with the
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia (WA Chapter) “Brian Edwards”
Prize for the Master of Manipulative
Therapy student with the best clinical
results.
Torgeir Saeten Hoff, Haakon Sandvik,
Jon Bjarne and Oystein Wergeland
(unable to attend) won the Mona
Twomey Prize for the best postgraduate research project:
“Current practice in management of
pelvic girdle pain among physiotherapists in Norway and Australia”
Supervisors: Dr Robyn Fary and Dr
Darren Beales
Samantha Bunzli (unable to attend)
won the Elsevier Book Prize for the
Masters or Doctoral student publishing
the best article in a Scientific Journal.
“Lives on Hold. A qualitative synthesis
of chronic low back pain.”
Bunzli S., Watkins R., Smith A., Schutze
R., O’Sullivan P. 2013. Clinical Journal
of Pain. 29:10 907-916
Lian Li Cheryl Pool (unable to attend)
and Tracey Bettridge
won the
Inaugural Max Zusman Award for the
postgraduate student
with the
highest mark in Management Of Pain
Disorders 652.
Rebecca Barrett-Lennard (unable to
attend) won the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science Prize for the
first year Master of Physiotherapy
student with the highest results
musculoskeletal science.
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Nicole Sim (unable to attend) won the
International Award for the Physiotherapy student with high results and
contribution to the
welfare of
International students and
to the
International Curtin environment.
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Health Sciences Scholarship Awards
On 5th March the Faculty presented
academic scholarships to high-achieving
students at the annual Faculty student
scholarship awards ceremony.
The ceremony, now in its eighth year, is
part of the University’s commitment to
rewarding academic excellence and
enabling students from all backgrounds to
graduate with excellent practical skills
and achieve their ambitions.
This year over 570 scholarships have been
awarded with 168 going to Health
Sciences students:
The
John
Curtin
Undergraduate
Scholarship is awarded to academically
gifted students who have displayed John
Curtin’s qualities of vision, leadership and
community service.
This year’s recipient of the John Curtin
Undergraduate Scholarship is Bachelor of
Science (Physiotherapy) student —
Chelsea Smoker.
***
The Curtin Health Sciences Excellence
Scholarships are designed to reward
students who have demonstrated
academic excellence through their ATAR
and want to pursue a career in Health
Sciences.
Students commencing their Bachelor of
Science (Physiotherapy) course who were
awarded Excelence Scholarships were:
Kaleb Barbetti
Ashley Coleman
Jessica Daw
Samantha Holland
Jonathan Hunt
Ryan Lian
Thomas Maxfield
Chelsea Parnell
Cameron Read
Georgina Spittle
Demy Stroobach
Danielle Williams
Mikal Croote
Benjamin Harbers
Sineard Hornby
Ryan Koopl
Chien Yi Loo
Kim Ngo
Jodi Pike
Holly Salt
Lauren Stingemore
Darcy Tyler
Jessica, Benjamin, Sineard, Jonathon,
Ryan, Chien, Kim, Jodi and Darcy also
received a principals recommendation
award.
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The Aileen Plant Memorial Scholarship is
awarded to Indigenous students who
have demonstrated academic potential
and want to pursue a career in Health
Sciences.
The scholarship is to honour the work of
Aileen Plant in the public health sector
and, in particular, in Australian
Indigenous health.
This year’s recipient of the Aileen Plant
Memorial Scholarship was Bachelor of
Science (Exercise, Sports and Rehabilitation Science) student — Ella Moir
***
The students receiving the Principal’s
Recommendation Award have been
nominated by their High School Principal
based on achievements. This award
strengthens the relationship with Curtin
and WA High Schools.
Recipients of the Principal’s Recommendation Award from the School were:
- Studying a Bachelor of Science
(Exercise, Sports and Rehabilitation
Science): Amanda Pether
- Studying a Bachelor of Science
(Physiotherapy):
Kristin Eu
Lachlan McDonald
Mitchell Papas
Ellen Phillips
Jordan Trunfio
The Charles Watson Scholarship
recognises the contribution made by
Professor Charles Watson to Australian
international health policy, education
and research over a 40-year career,
particularly
during his time as
Executive Dean at Curtin University’s
Faculty of Health Sciences from 1997
to 2006.
Charles Watson Scholarship
Award
A Curtin University physiotherapy
student has been awarded the
prestigious 2014 Charles Watson
scholarship worth $20,000.
Ms Karis Nevermann, 18, from Como,
a first-year Bachelor of Science
(Physiotherapy) student, and former
Como Secondary College student,
received the prestigious scholarship
for demonstrating outstanding academic excellence and leadership
whilst at high school and for making a
difference in the community.
Mr Digby Mercer, the principal at
Como Secondary College, said Ms
Nevermann
had demonstrated
exceptional academic ability across all
her subjects at school.
“Karis received a First Class Honours
and an ATAR of 97.75,” Mr Mercer
said.
“She was a leader among her classmates and was on the Student
Council for four years. During this
time she was actively involved in
many fundraising initiatives.“
Karis is musically talented and is a
member of the senior swing band.
She also finds the time to contribute
to the community and has been
working with the Perth Cat Haven for
five years.
Karis’ interest in physiotherapy grew
when she realised how ingenious and
intricate the human body is and how,
even after significant nervous or
musculoskeletal damage, it can be
guided to once again perform at its
peak.
Among his many achievements, he is
the co-author of The Stereotaxic Atlas
of the Rat Brain, one of the 50 most
cited publications of all time.
Right: Professor Charles Watson
presents Karis with her
scholarship.
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GEM 6 - Final Group Dinner
Students from the completing GEM
cohort and staff had an informal get
together on Tuesday, 18 March at
Siena’s restaurant in Leederville
to
celebrate the completion of
their final examinations and core
clinical placements. It was a
somewhat bittersweet moment as it
was the last chance for the close
knit group of students to get
together as a cohort prior to
embarking
on their final
international and rural placements.
With a significant number
of
graduates travelling and moving
away from Perth after their final
placement the group took the
opportunity to celebrate all the
enjoyable and challenging moments
they had experienced together over
the last two and a half years.
Special mention needs to be made
of the very funny “retro rap”
composed
and
performed,
unaccompanied, by a couple of
our very talented
students,
Ashleigh Fitzpatrick and Jasmine
Angelev.
Staff congratulate all completing
Master of Physiotherapy students on
their achievements and look forward
to them officially joining
the
physiotherapy profession in a few
weeks time.
Above: Titia Evison and Maggie Lang
Below Ashleigh Fitzpatrick and
Jasmine Angelev
Dr Jon Ford Workshop
Low Back Problems
On the weekend of March 29 and
30, the School of Physiotherapy
and Exercise Science hosted a
continuing education event for
the LifeCare group - Dr Jon Ford
presented the "STOPS" approach
to managing acute and sub-acute
lower back pain.
This successful event involved
some 20 LifeCare practitioners.
Over two days they heard Dr Ford
present evidence on the Specific
Treatment of Problems of the
Spine (STOPS) trial and the related assessment, treatment and
management pathways embedded within the proposed framework. LifeCare offered two places
at the course to School staff, Dr
Kevin Kemp-Smith and
Evan
Coopes participated. It was very
pleasing to see so many alumni
from the Schools undergraduate
and post-graduate programs
attending this event.
Below Anthony McEvoy introduces
Dr Ford at the Alumni Lecture
Right: Dr Ford and participants at the
weekend workshop
Above and below: Group shots
at Dinner.
Alumni Event
Lecture by Dr Jon Ford
Whilst in Perth for the workshop,
the
School hosted an Alumni
lecture by Dr Jon Ford on Friday,
28 March 2014:
The Specific Treatment of Problems of the Spine (STOPS) Randomised Controlled Trial”. A BIO
-psychosocial approach to subacute low back disorders.
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International Get-Together
Above: Julie Bayliss , Stephanie
Parkinson and Suzanne James
Below: Students trying to decide
which food to try
Recently the School held it’s
annual “International Student Get
Together”. Now something of an
institution in the School, the
primary focus of the event is for
new and existing International
students to come together, alongside academic and professional
staff, and have an opportunity to
socialise and enhance communication early in the academic year.
This year we also had a couple of
staff from student support areas
come along to raise awareness of
the various services available to
international students to smooth
their transition to studying at
Curtin University.
Following some socialising over
food and drink, the games guru on
staff, Mandy Monks encouraged
audience participation in a range
of activities designed to ensure all
present enjoyed the evening. This
year
65 students
attended,
representing 20 countries.
Many thanks to Mandy Monks
and Suzanne James for all their
work with arranging the evening
and Peter Robinson
as head
Dumpling Chef on the night.
The School catered for the event,
covering a variety of cuisines.
Above and below: Students
attempting the party games set
by Mandy Monks - bursting the
balloons by hugging - one under
each arm and one in front and
the fastest team to produce the
best dressed mummy
Above: Group photo
Below: Professor Keith Hill and Stephanie Parkinson
addressing the students
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UPCOMING EVENTS
The Office of Research and Graduate Studies runs two series of workshops for postgraduates and supervisors. The
Research Skills and Careers Workshop Series will help you acquire the skills you need to research, write and produce a good thesis. The Research Skills Workshops focus on writing your candidacy proposal and methods. The Career Workshops focuses on conference presentations, career options and publishing.
Curtin University Doctoral or Master (Research) students, honour students, early career researchers and supervisors
welcome. (Please note our workshops do not meet the supervisor registry requirements). Presenters’ powerpoints,
when available, can be located on our website http://hgso.curtin.edu.au/student_info/workshops.cfm.
Ethics and Significance of Your Research
Associate Professor Joan Wardrop
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: TBA
Student/Supervisor Relationship
Andrew Cameron
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: TBA
Creative Productions as Research
Dr Ann Schilo
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: TBA
On a Clear Day I Can See My Thesis
Professor Bob Pokrant
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: TBA
Quality Research Information and
Literature Reviews
Ms Marilyn Coen, Faculty Librarian
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: Library Level 2 Rm 208
Submitting an Abstract
Dr Gina Koczberski
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: TBA
Finding Research Literature: what,
where and how?
Ms Marilyn Coen, Faculty Librarian
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: Library Level 6 Rm 6105
RSVP
RSVP is essential. Please RSVP to
rgsworkshops@curtin.edu.au. For venue locations
please go to
properties.curtin.edu.au/maps/
For enquiries please contact: Ms Julie Lunn, Graduate Studies Research Culture Officer
Office: 209:417
Telephone: 08 9266 4747
Email: rgsworkshops@curtin.edu.au
Facebook: Curtin University Humanities Office of Research and Graduate Studies
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APA Western Australian Branch
WA Symposium
Saturday, 17 May 2014
Time: 8am – 5pm Venue: University Club, Crawley
For more information: APA WA Branch
Website: physiotherapy.asn.au
Email:
info@physiotherapy.asn.au
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