Research initiative: Musculoskeletal health
Musculoskeletal pain is the world’s leading cause of disability, we strive to understand better health to avoid this outcome. We are driven to help people understand and manage musculoskeletal conditions better.
One research areas focus on the development and evolution of musculoskeletal pain and injuries. This includes understanding patterns of spine pain and shoulder pain over time, what might trigger episodes of spine pain, and how alterations in cervical curvatures might relate to neck pain and balance control.
Interventions for musculoskeletal pain and injuries are also of interest – including the impact of exercise interventions on sports injury risk, and the effect of spinal manipulation on symptoms and function.
Researchers
I am interested in cervical spine alignment (lordotic and non-lordotic subtypes) and the influence altered alignment has on balance control and advancing early osseous degenerative changes in the cervical spine. My current research has considered the potential influence altered alignment has on degeneration in the cervical spine. Whereas my future research will investigate potential therapies aimed at reducing the likelihood of the early progression of cervical spine degenerative changes and enhancement of balance control.
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Lecturer, School of Allied Health , College of Health and Education , Murdoch University
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I am interested in the clinical, neurophysiological, and biomechanical effects of spinal manipulation, as well as the management of spine pain disorders. I'm currently involved in research related to the clinical effect of spinal manipulation, sham manipulation procedures, spine pain trajectories, and diversity within the chiropractic profession.
I am a Senior Fellow of the Chiropractic Academy of Research Leadership (CARL) program, which mentors early career chiropractic researchers.
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Christopher Hodgetts
Lecturer
Christopher Hodgetts
Lecturer
Lecturer, School of Allied Health , College of Health and Education , Murdoch University
Research Student, Centre for Healthy Ageing , Health Futures Institute , Murdoch University
Research Student, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics , Health Futures Institute , Murdoch University
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Alasdair Dempsey
Associate Professor
Alasdair Dempsey
Associate Professor
Alasdair Dempsey is an Associate Professor in Exercise Science within the School of Allied Health.
Alasdair’s research focuses on understanding the neuromuscular biomechanics behind sports injury and musculoskeletal disease. This understanding is leveraged to develop exercise based interventions to reduce the risk of sports injury, in particular non contact anterior cruciate ligaments in team sport and back injuries in cricket fast bowlers.
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