Articles

Physiotherapist agreement when visually rating movement quality during lower extremity functional screening tests (with Chris Whatman and Patricia Hume), Physical therapy in sport (2012)

Objectives: To investigate physiotherapist agreement in rating movement quality during lower extremity functional tests using...

 

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Measurement of tibial nerve excursion during ankle joint dorsiflexion in a weight-bearing position with ultrasound imaging (with Matthew Carroll, Janet Yau, and Keith Rome), Journal of foot and ankle research (2012)

Background: The ability of peripheral nerves to stretch and slide is thought to be of...

 

The effectiveness of post-operative rehabiliation following partial meniscectomy of the knee (with Duncan Reid, Jana Rydwanski, and Steve White), Physical therapy reviews (2012)

Background: Injuries to the menisci of the knee are a common cause of impairment and...

 

Effect of tissue mechanical properties on cuff-based blood pressure measurements (with H. Lan, A. M. Al-Jumaily, A. Lowe, and W. Hing), Medical engineering & physics (2011)

This paper presents a 3D finite element upper arm model, validated by experiments as well...

 

The effects of spinal posture and pelvic fixation on trunk rotation range of motion (with Trevor Montgomery and Mark Boocock), Clinical biomechanics (2011)

Background: Axial rotation of the trunk is important to many vocational tasks and activities of...

 

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Spinal manipulation - Evidence for physiotherapist delivery of effective procedures (with D. Reid, T. Flynn, W. Hing, C. McCarthy, and P. Westerhuis), Physiotherapy (2011)

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Learning objectives: 1. Demonstrate an increased understanding of the evidence for the use of...

 

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A prospective study of shoulder pain in primary care: Prevalence of imaged pathology and response to guided diagnostic blocks (with Angela Cadogan, Mark Laslett, Peter J. McNair, and Mark H. Coates), BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2011)

Background: The prevalence of imaged pathology in primary care has received little attention and the...

 

Interexaminer reliability of orthopaedic special tests used in the assessment of shoulder pain (with Angela Cadogan, Mark Laslett, Peter McNair, and Maynard Williams), Manual therapy (2011)

Orthopaedic special tests (OST) are commonly used in the assessment of the painful shoulder to...

 

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Comparison of multimodal physiotherapy and "R.I.C.E." self-treatment for early management of ankle sprains (with Justin Lopes, Patria A. Hume, and Duncan A. Reid), New Zealand journal of physiotherapy (2011)

Current guidelines advocate the use of R.I.C.E., the acronym for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation,...

 

Kinematics during lower extremity functional screening tests - Are they reliable and related to jogging? (with Chris Whatman and Patria Hume), Physical therapy in sport (2011)

Purpose: To investigate the within-day and between-day reliability of 3D lower extremity kinematics during five...

 

Reliability of a new hand-held dynamometer in measuring shoulder range of motion and strength (with Angela Cadogan, Mark Laslett, Peter McNair, and Maynard Williams), Manual therapy (2011)

Acceptable reliability is a prerequisite for inclusion of physical examination tests in clinical examinations of...

 

Variation and reliability of ultrasonographic quantification of the architecture of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in young children (with Kirsten Legerlotz and Heather K. Smith), Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2010)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the suitability of ultrasonography for the quantification...

 

Spinal manipulation for dysmenorrhoea (Review) (with Michelle Proctor, Trina C. Johnson, Patricia A. Murphy, and Julie Brown), Cochrane database of systematic reviews (2010)

Background: Dysmenorrhoea (occurrence of painful menstrual cramps of uterine origin) is a common gynaecological condition....

 

The use of contrast therapy recovery within the New Zealand elite sports setting, New Zealand journal of sports medicine (2010)

Background: Contrast therapy is a recovery modality that is widely used by many athletes despite...

 

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Reliability of measuring abductor hallucis muscle parameters using two different diagnostic ultrasound machines (with Keith Rome and Alyse F. M. Cameron), Journal of foot and ankle research (2009)

Background: Diagnostic ultrasound provides a method of analysing soft tissue structures of the musculoskeletal system...

 

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Mulligan's mobilization with movement: A systematic review (with Renee Bigelow and Toni Bremner), Journal of manual & manipulative therapy (2009)

Mulligan’s manual therapy technique at peripheral joints, namely mobilization with movement (MWM), has been well...

 

Books

Mobilisation with movement: The art and the science (with Bill Vincenzino, Darren Rivett, and Toby Hall) (2011)

An authoritative text and accompanying DVD presenting the growing evidence base for Mobilisation with Movement...

 

Conference Papers

Biomechanical basis of oscillometric blood pressure measuring technique (with H. Lan, A. M. Al-Jumaily, W. Hing, and A. Lowe), ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2009) (2009)

Non-invasive blood pressure (BP) measurement has been used clinically for over a century to diagnose...