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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
Mobilisation study in intensive care
Dr Carol Hodgson leads physiotherapy research in intensive care with the TEAM (Trial of Early Activity and Mobilisation) research program.
Find out moreRehabilitation following trauma
Physiotherapist Lara Kimmel is undertaking a program of doctoral research exploring the role of rehabilitation following trauma.
Find out moreSetting technical standards in walking tests
Associate Professor Anne Holland led an international Task Force to develop a new technical standard for field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease, on behalf of the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society.
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Publications
Cyclophosphamide for connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease
Barnes H, Holland AE, Westall GP, Goh NS, Glaspole IN
(2018), Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 1, CD010908
Effect of Upper Limb Rehabilitation Compared to No Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Fuller LM, El-Ansary D, Button BM, Corbett M, Snell G, Marasco S, Holland AE
(2018), Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 99(7), 1257-1264
The timing and extent of acute physiotherapy involvement following lung transplantation: An observational study
Tarrant BJ, Holland A, Le Maitre C, Robinson R, Corbett M, Bondarenko J, Button B, Thompson B, Snell G
(2018), Physiother Res Int, 23(3), e1710
DOI: 10.1002/pri.1710