Research Projects

Evidence Based Practice
Psychological Database for Brain Impairment Treatment Efficacy (PsycBITETM)
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Musculoskeletal Injury

  • Cameron ID, Maher C, Collie A, Nicholas M, Harris I, Connelly L, Bellamy N, Blyth F, Derrett S, Kenardy J
    Improving health for people with compensable injuries – Phase 1
    NSW Motor Accidents Authority
  • Chapman I, Visvanathan R, Naganathan V, Hunter P, Karnon J, Horowitz M, Lange K, Cameron ID
    The effects of testosterone and a nutritional supplement on hospital admissions in under-nourished, older people
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Herbert R, Gandevia S, Bilston L, Harvey LA
    Passive mechanical properties of muscle fascicles and tendons of people with contracture and healthy controls
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Kinnear B, Lannin NA, Cusick A, Havey LA, Rawiki B
    Assessment protocol for occupational therapy after Botulinum Toxin A injections to the upper limb
    Unfunded
  • Lord S, Cameron ID, Close J, Sherrington C, Smith S, Sturnieks D, Delbaere K, Tiedemann A
    Implementing falls prevention research into policy and practice
    Partnership Project Grant

Spinal Cord Injury

  • Craig A, Middleton J, Nicholson-Perry K
    Psychosocial aspects of spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation: best practice and intervention
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority
  • Crosbie WJ, Davis GM, Middleton JW, Butler J
    A novel approach to the training of functional standing following spinal cord injury
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Folpp H, Harvey LA, Ben M, Adams R, Batty J, Barker J
    Video-based assessment of motor function in people with spinal cord injury
    The Rehabilitation and Disability Research Foundation
  • Galea M, Dunlop M, Allison G, Harvey LA, David G, Denehy L, Nunn A
    Spinal cord injury and physical activity (SCIPA): intensive exercise from acute care to community
    Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative
    Life Time Care and Support Authority of NSW
  • Harvey LA
    Are patients with spinal cord injury using their prescribed equipment one year following injury?
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority of NSW
  • Harvey LA
    Can therapists accurately predict the future equipment needs of patients with SCI three months post injury?
    Unfunded
  • Harvey LA
    Development of web-based learning modules for SCI physiotherapists
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority of NSW
  • Harvey LA
    Equipment prescription for people with a spinal cord injury project 12 months after discharge from rehabilitation
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority of NSW
  • Harvey LA, Messenger P, Katalinic O, Glinsky J
    Ongoing development of www.physiotherapyexercises.com
    Unfunded
  • Harvey LA, Weber G
    Self-report for determining neurological classification of spinal cord injury
    Unfunded
  • Lee BSB, Simpson J, Middleton JW, Goodall S
    Probiotic Prophylaxis of Spinal Cord Injury Urinary Tract-Infection Therapeutic-Trial (ProSCIUTTU)
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Muldoon S, Chhabra HS, Kovindha A, Weerts E, Harvey LA
    Development and promotion of e-Learning teaching and educational resource for students and professionals working in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Management and Rehabilitation in India
    Access to Healthcare
  • Stacey M, Bader D, Swaine J, Middleton JW, Olver J, Hayes K, Garber S, Hendrie D, Miller K
    AusCAN risk assessment for sitting acquired pressure ulcers
    National Health and Medical Research Council

Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Armstrong B, McFarlane B, Allaous J, Karlssou L, Lannin N, Tate RL
    Improving prospective memory after brain injury: a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of PDA devices
    Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
    Allied Health Research Support Grant
    Rehabilitation & Disability Research
  • Butler T, Schofield P, Preen DB, Tate RL
    Does traumatic brain injury lead to offending behaviour?
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • McDonald S, Tate RL
    Reinstating emotion perception after brain damage: an experimental approach
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • McDonald S, Tate RL, Togher L
    Which treatment works? New approaches to treating emotion perception deficits after brain injury
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Soo C
    Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy for managing anxiety in children and youth following traumatic brain injury
    Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative Early Career Research Fellowship and project support
  • Soo C, Tate R, Anderson V, Catroppa C, Lee K, MacDonald S, Rapee R, Benson S
    A multi-centre RCT of cognitive behavioural therapy for managing social anxiety in adolescents with traumatic brain injury
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Tate RL
    Development of ICF Core Sets for Traumatic Brain Injury: collecting Australian data for an international multicentre study conducted under the auspices of the World Health Organization
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority of NSW
  • Tate RL
    Increasing community participation of school leavers with traumatic brain injury: a clinical trial
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority of NSW
  • Tate RL
    School support for adolescents with traumatic brain injury: developing practice guidelines
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority of NSW
  • Tate RL, Cameron ID
    Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance Project meets the Minimum Data Set: an analysis of access to services and service requirements in adults older than 16 years
    NSW Health
  • Tate RL, Perdices M, McDonald S, Togher L
    Consolidation of  psycBITE
    Motor Accidents Authority
  • Tate RL, Perdices M, Pfaff A, Herkes G, Hodgkinson A
    Calibrating tests of post tarumatic amnesia (PTA) in patients with PTA less than 4 weeks
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority
  • Tate RL, Taylor CA, Aird V, McCarry A
    Models of clinical practice
    Unfunded
  • Togher L, McDonald S, Tate RL
    Improving the communication of people with severe traumatic brain injury: a clinical trial
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Togher L, Tate RL, McDonald S, Turkstra L, Holland A
    Longitudinal communication recovery following traumatic brain injury
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Vohra S, Moher D, Sampson M, Barrowman N, Bukutu C, Shamsee L, Tate RL
    Developing guidelines for CONSORT Extension for N-of-1 trials (CENT)
    Funding from Canada

Other Research

  • Cameron ID
    Researching functioning, disability and rehabilitation
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Cameron ID, Crotty M, Gray L, Kurrle S, Luszcz M, Scuffham P, Whitehead C, Lord S, Giles L, Halbert J, Sherrington C, Bartlett H, Rungie M, Judd S
    Transition Care: Innovation and Evidence
    National Health and Medical Research Council Health Services Grant Program
  • Clemson L, Cameron ID, Lannin N, Rubenstein L, Gitlin L
    Transition from hospital to home: Effectiveness of an occupational therapy home visit discharge planning program for at-risk older adults
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Craig A
    Brain activity in people who stutter as a function of anxiety
    Australian Stuttering Foundation
  • Hills C, Lannin NA, Cusick A
    Increasing practice after stroke to optimise upper limb rehabilitation: a phase II trial
    National Stroke Foundation
  • Gray L, Peel N, Cameron ID, Karunanithi M, Paul S, Crotty M, Kurrle S
    Promoting activity for frail aged in post-acute hospital settings: a randomised controlled trial of accelerometry
    National Health and Medical Research Council Health Services Grant Program
  • Lannin NA, Cadilhac D , Anderson C, Levi C, Faux S, Price C, Donnan G
    AuSCR: the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry
    Allergan Australia
  • Lannin NA, Oates J, Cameron ID, Goodall S, Lukersmith S, McCLuskey A
    The Real Cost of 24 hour Care in New South Wales: a study of costs and mediating factors in persons with traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries
    Lifetime Care and Support Authority
  • Mudge A, Harvey LA, Lancaster A, Lowe K
    Does electrical stimulation in conjunction with stretching improve outcomes following Botulinum Toxin A in children with cerebral palsy? A randomized controlled trial
    Unfunded
  • Simpson B, McCluskey A, Lannin NA,
    Feasibility of a home based program to improve handwriting legibility after stroke: a pilot randomised trial
    National Stroke Foundation