Featured publications - 2019

Staff, postgraduate students and adjunct researchers at the Institute for Health Research publish work on a wide variety of subjects in peer-reviewed journals. A full list of publications is available here but some recent examples with links to additional information about the studies are shown below:

Harper KJ, Llewellyn K, Jacques A1, Ingram K, Pearson S, Barton A.
Kettle test efficacy in predicting cognitive and functional outcomes in geriatric rehabilitation.
Aust Occup Ther J.. 2018 Oct 9. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12540.

Jacob Y2, Chivers P1, Anderton RS4.
Genetic predictors of match performance in sub-elite Australian football players: A pilot study.
J Exerc Sci Fit.  2019 Jan 20;17(2):41-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jesf.2018.10.007

Murphy MC2, Travers MJ, Chivers P1, Debenham JR, Docking SI, Rio EK, Gibson W.
Efficacy of heavy eccentric calf training for treating mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Br J Sports Med .  2019 Jan 13. pii: bjsports-2018-099934. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099934.

Jenkins MA, Hart NH3, Rantalainen T3, Chivers P1, Newton RU, Nimphius S.
Reliability of upper-limb diaphyseal mineral and soft-tissue measurements using peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT).
J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2018 Dec 1;18(4):438-445.

Gips E, Spilsbury K1, Boecker C, Ng R, Arendts G.
Do frailty and comorbidity indices improve risk prediction of 28-day ED reattendance? Reanalysis of an ED discharge nomogram for older people.
Aging Clin Exp Res 2018 Dec 17. doi: 10.1007/s40520-018-1089-4

Superscript numbers refer to IHR staff1, IHR supervised HDR students2, Adjunct3 or Affiliated4 researchers of the IHR

Updated Feb 2019