Physiotherapy research

The Alfred Physiotherapy Department investigates the benefits of physical activity and rehabilitation for hospitalised patients and people with chronic illness.

We have active research programs investigating new models of rehabilitation for people with respiratory disorders, early rehabilitation following surgery, physical activity in chronic disease, and physiotherapy in intensive care.

Postgraduate students

10 PhD students
11 masters students

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Publications

Web-based physical activity promotion in young people with CF

Cox, Narelle; Eldridge, Beverley J.; Rawlings, Sarah Jane; Dreger, Julianna; Corda, Jennifer; Hauser, Jennifer; Button, Brenda; Bishop, Jennifer R.; Nichols, Amanda Paula; Middleton, Anna; Ward, Nathan; Dwyer, Tiffany; Dentice, Ruth; Lazarus, Raynuka; OʼH

(2023), Thorax, 78, 16-23

DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2022-218702

Early Active Mobilization during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU. Reply

Hodgson, Carol Lynette; Bailey, Michael John; Young, Paul Jeffrey

(2023), New England journal of medicine, 388(6), 573-574

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2216086

Further insights into the longer-term outcomes of patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest

Pound, Gemma Michelle; Hodgson, Carol Lynette; Eastwood, Glenn Matthew; Jones, Daryl Andrew

(2023), Critical Care and Resuscitation, 25, 115

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2023.06.003

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