Associate Professor James Middleton
MBBS PhD GradDipAppSc (ExSpSc) FAFRM(RACP) FACRM

James Middleton
James is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, with expertise in the field of spinal cord injury medicine and rehabilitation. He is Director of the NSW State Spinal Cord Injury Service and Senior Medical Specialist for the NSW Spinal Outreach Service located at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre in Sydney, as well as also being President of the Youthsafe Organisation (formerly known as the Spinesafe Prevention Program). He is a part-time Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. As a strongly committed clinician-researcher, he undertakes collaborative, interdisciplinary research aimed to improve function, independence and quality of life after SCI. His research has focussed on using assistive technology, including orthoses and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to enhance mobility, studying biomechanics of balance and gait, managing clinical conditions such as neuropathic pain, and measuring functional, psychological and health outcomes after SCI. James currently leads a team of scientists, engineers and clinicians from the University of Sydney, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, the University of Technology, Sydney and NSW Health Spinal Cord Injury Units, funded by a Premier’s Spinal Program Grant from the Office for Science and Medical Research in NSW, to translate novel rehabilitation therapies and FES technologies into clinical practice.

 

Recent Publications

2009

  • Boswell-Ruys CL, Harvey LA, Barker JJ, Ben M, Middleton JW, Lord SR (2009). (Online First) Training unsupported sitting in people with chronic spinal cord injuries: a randomized controlled trial. Spinal Cord, .(.):1-6.
  • Boswell-Ruys C, Sturnieks D, Harvey L, Sherrington C, Middleton J, Lord S (2009). Validity and reliability of assessment tools for measuring unsupported sitting in people with spinal cord injuries. Archives of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, 90(IF 1.814):1571-1577.
  • Nicholson-Perry K, Nicholas M, Middleton JW (2009). Spinal cord injury-related pain in rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study of relationships with cognitions, mood and physical function. European Journal of Pain, 13(5):511-517.

2008

  • Boord P, Siddall P, Tran Y, Herbert D, Middleton J, Craig A (2008). Electroencephalographic slowing and reduced reactivity in neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 46(2):118-123.
  • Craig A, Tran Y, Lovas J, Middleton JW (2008). Spinal cord injury and its association with negative psychological states. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 12(2):115-121.
  • Craig A, Tran Y, Middleton J (2008). Psychological morbidity and spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Spinal Cord, 47(2):108-114.
  • De Wolf AC, Cameron ID, Middleton JW, Quirk R (2008). (Abstract) Community integration and participation following spinal cord injury: a 2 year follow-up. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 40(Suppl 47):106.
  • Lovas J, Craig A, Tran Y, Middleton JW (2008). The role of massage therapy in managing secondary conditions associated with spinal cord injury: an integrative model. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 14(1):61-75.
  • Middleton JW, De Wolf A, Cameron ID, Elliott S, McBride K, Breen S, Abramson C (2008). (Book chapter) Sexual health following spinal cord injury. In: Eng JJ, Teasell RW, Miller WC, Wolfe DL, Townson AF, Hsieh JTC, Konnyu KJ, Connolly SJ, Foulon BL, Aubut JL, editors. Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence, Version 2.0(Chapter 11):11.1-11.58.
  • Middleton JW, Leong G, Mann L (2008). Management of spinal cord injury in general practice - part 2. Australian Family Physician, 37(5):331-338.
  • Middleton JW, Leong G, Mann L (2008). Management of spinal cord injury in general practice - part 1. Australian Family Physician, 37(4):229-233.
  • Middleton JW, McCormick M, Engel S, Rutkowski SB, Cameron ID, Harradine P, Johnson JL, Andrews D (2008). Issues and challenges for development of a sustainable service model for people with spinal cord injury living in rural regions. Archives of Physical Medical Rehabilitation, 89:1941-1947.

2007

  • Boord P, Siddall P, Tran Y, Herbert D, Middleton JW, Craig A (2007). (Online First) Electronecephalographic slowing and reduced reactivity in neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 46(5):118-123.
  • Gustin SM, Wrigley PJ, Gandevia SC, Middleton JW, Henderson LA, Siddall PJ (2007). (Online First) Movement imagery evokes pain in people with neuropathic pain following complete thoracic spinal cord injury. PAIN, (2):doi:10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.032.
  • Herbert D, Tran Y, Craig A, Boord P, Middleton JW, Siddall P (2007). Altered brain wave activity in persons with chronic spinal cord injury. International Journal of Neuroscience, 117(12):1731-1746.
  • Lee BB, Haran MJ, Hunt LM, Simpson JM, Marial O, Rutkowski SB, Middleton JW, Kotsiou G, Tudehope M, Cameron ID (2007). Spinal-injured neuropathic bladder antisepsis (SINBA) trial. Spinal Cord, 45(8):542-550.
  • Lovas J, Craig A, Tran Y, Middleton JW (2007). The role of massage therapy in managing secondary conditions associated with spinal cord injury: an integrative model. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation,
  • Mann L, Middleton JW, Leong G (2007). Fitting disability into practice: focus on spinal cord injury. Australian Family Physician, 36(12):1039-1042.
  • Middleton JW, Tran Y, Craig A (2007). Relationship between quality of life and self-efficacy in persons with spinal cord injuries. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88(12):1643-1648.
  • Nguyen HT, Nguyen ST, Taylor PB, Middleton JW (2007). Head direction command classification using an adaptive optimal Bayesian neural network. International Journal Factory Automation, Robotics & Soft Computing, ??(??):5679 - 5682.
  • Nightingale EJ, Raymond J, Middleton JW, Crosbie J, Davis GM (2007). (Review) Benefits of FES gait in a spinal cord injured population. Spinal Cord, 45(10):646-657.

2006

  • Jasiewicz JM, Allum JHJ, Middleton JW, Barriskill A, Condie P, Purcell B, Li RCT (2006). Gait event detection using linear accelerometers or angular velocity transducers in normal and spinal cord injured individuals. Gait and Posture, 24(4):502-509.
  • Lee BB, Haran MJ, Hunt LM, Simpson JM, Mariall O, Rutkowski SB, Middleton JW, Kotsiou G, Tudehope M, Cameron ID (2006). (Online First) Spinal-injured neuropathic bladder antisepsis (SINBA) trial. Spinal Cord, 45:doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3101974 pp542-550.
  • Li RC, Jasiewicz JM, Middleton J, Condie P, Barriskill A, Hebnes H, Purcell B (2006). The development, validity and reliability of a manual muscle testing device with integrated limb position sensors. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 87(3):411-417.
  • Middleton JW, Harvey LA, Batty J, Cameron I, Quirk R, Winstanley J (2006). Five additional mobility and locomotor items to improve responsiveness of the FIM in wheelchair-dependent individuals with spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 44(8):495-504.
  • Middleton JW , Smith RM , Davis GM , Smith BT , Johnson TE (2006). (Abstract) Biomechanical performances of orthosis-only, hybrid FES/orthosis and implant-assisted mobility in paraplegia. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 20(1):153.
  • Siddall PL, Middleton JW (2006). A proposed algorithm for the management of pain following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 44(2):67-77.

2005

  • Simcox S, Parker S, Davis GM, Smith RW, Middleton JW (2005). Performance of orientation sensors for use with a functional electrical stimulation mobility system. Journal of Biomechanics, 38(5):1185-1190.

2004

  • Middleton JW, Keast JR (2004). Artificial autonomic reflexes: using functional electrical stimulation (FES) to mimic bladder reflexes after injury or disease. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 113(1-2):3-15.
  • Middleton JW, Lim K, Taylor L, Soden R, Rutkowski S (2004). Patterns of morbidity and rehospitalisation following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 42(6):359-367.
  • Simcox S, Davis G, Barriskill A, Middleton J, Bruinsma I, Duncan M, Smith R (2004). A portable 8-channel transcutaneous stimulator for paraplegic muscle training and mobility: a technical note. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 41(1):41-52.
  • Tran Y, Boord P, Middleton J, Craig A (2004). Levels of brain wave activity (8-13 Hz) in persons with spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 42(2):73-79.
  • Abbott K, Middleton J (2003). Preventing sports injury through risk management planning. Sports Medicine Association News, Sports Medicine Association of Singapore:17-18.