Dr James Debenham

Master of Manual Therapy (UWA); BSc (Hons.) (King's College London)
Lecturer in Physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal)

Email: james.debenham@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0996

• Biography

  James is a lecturer in the School Physiotherapy teaching within the musculoskeletal stream of the program. He graduated from King's College London with Honours in 2001. In 2006 James completed his clinical Master of Manual Therapy from the University of Western Australia. He is currently part-way through his PhD studies, being undertaken at Curtin University, where he is investigating the "The influence of pain and pathology on the motor correlates of the stretch-shortening cycle".

  James joined Notre Dame in 2010, before which he had worked in both public and private settings as well as with professional sports clubs both in Australia and the UK.

  James is a Titled member of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia (MPA) and is currently the National Chair of MPA.

• Teaching Areas

  Current Teaching
  PHTY 211 Musculoskeletal (Lower Limb) 
  PHTY 221 Musculoskeletal (Upper Limb) 
  PHTY 402 Honours Research Co-Ordinator

  Past Teaching
  PHTY 111 Introduction to Physiotherapy Practice (2010) 
  PHTY 123 Biophysics for Physiotherapists (2010)

• Conference Papers

  • Debenham JR, Krummenacher, Skinner IW, Bulsara MK, Moseley GL, Wand BW. Motor imagery training decreases pain on loading in people with chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a preliminary randomised cross-over experiment. Managing Pain: From Mechanisms to Policy- Australian Pain Society 35th Annual Scientific Meeting 2015. Brisbane
  • Debenham JR, Travers M, Gibson W, Allison GT. Eccentric fatigue alters stretch-shortening cycle behaviour during a sub-maximal hopping task. International Journal of Sports Medicine, accepted for publication
  • Debenham JR, Travers MJ, Gibson W, Campbell A, Allison GT. Achilles tendinopathy alters stretch-shortening cycle behaviour during a sub-maximal hopping task. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Epub 2014/12/17. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.11.391
  • Skinner IW, Debenham JR, Krumenacher S, Bulsara MK, Wand BW. Chronic mid portion Achilles tendinopathy is not associated with central sensitisation. Pain and Rehabilitation, 2014;37: 34-40
  • Debenham JR, Wellisch M, Hamer P, Hopper L. Eccentric vs. concentric loading of the plantarflexors- A biomechanical investigation. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2014;48: A19
  • Travers M, Debenham JR, Gibson W, Campbell A, Allison GT. Stability of minimal perceptible difference in floor height during hopping stretch-shortening cycles. Physiological Measurements, 2013; 34: 1375-1386
  • Allison GT, Travers M, Debenham JR, Morris SJ, Fischer T, Campbell A and Gibson W. The interplay between exercise and the mind. What were they thinking? Exercise and the Mind - State APA Conference. 2010, APA: University Club UWA Perth WA.

• Research Supervision

  • "Eccentric vs. concentric loading of the plantarflexors- A biomechanical investigation"- Matthew Wellisch. Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours); The University of Notre Dame Australia 2014
  • "Are disrupted cortical maps evident in chronic Achilles tendinopathy?"- Adrian Mallows. Master of Science; Manchester Metropolitan University 2013
  • "Motor imagery training decreases pain on loading in people with chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a preliminary randomised cross-over experiment"- Sarah Krummenacher. Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours); The University of Notre Dame Australia 2013
  • "Chronic mid portion Achilles tendinopathy is not associated with central sensitisation"- Ian Skinner. Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours); The University of Notre Dame Australia 2013
  • "Two point discrimination and laterality recognition in patients with chronic, mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy"- Prudence Butler. Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours); The University of Notre Dame Australia 2011

• Professional Affiliations

  Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) 
  Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia (MPA)