Externally funded projects

In collaboration with government, industry, philanthropic and consumer partners we are improving the quality of life for Australians impacted by musculoskeletal pain and injury.

The Centre for Injury Prevention and Pain (CIPP) performs research that helps improve the assessment, prevention and management of musculoskeletal pain and injury. Our research is directly informed and driven by people impacted by musculoskeletal pain and injury. Our research solves complex problems by bringing together all relevant stakeholders to develop solutions that are both innovative and feasible.

Reducing the burden of injury in Australian police force recruits

Police force recruits across Australia (and the world) suffer an unacceptable rate of injury during basic training, but we lack evidence on appropriate physical entrance standards. This project aims to generate new evidence on police force training loads to enable co-development of new entrance standards and better prepare recruits for academy training.

Principal investigator: Myles Murphy
Funded by: NHMRC (Investigator Grant)
Funding: $608,092

Co-designing and implementing a sustainable injury prevention program for Police Force recruits

Police recruits experience higher rates of injury than civilian occupations. This project will create a sustainable injury prevention program for the Police Force, increasing the health of their workforce and reducing the healthcare costs.

Principal investigator: Myles Murphy
Funded by: NHMRC (Partnership Project)
Funding: $1,224,607.31
Co-funded by: WA Department of Health (Major Research and Innovation Application Scheme)
Co-funding: $600,000

Harnessing 'brainpower' to reduce the burden of hip osteoarthritis.

Non-invasive electrical brain stimulation, specifically an electrical current being sent through the brains motor cortex, can elicit pain reduction and improved function in people with chronic pain. This randomised controlled trial investigates a non-invasive electrical brain stimulation intervention to improve pain, function and quality of life in people with hip osteoarthritis.

Principal investigator: Myles Murphy
Funded by: Raine Medical Research Foundation
Funding: $238,000

Improving outcomes in women and girls following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction

This project looks to explore the role of dexterity as an overlooked factor in the rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament injury, with a specific focus on women athletes who experience knee injury.

Principal investigator: Myles Murphy
Funded by: Orthopaedic Research Foundation of WA
Funding: $84,000

Blinded by gender: Are our assessments of perceived risk of injury influenced by knowledge of participant gender?

This project explores whether sports medicine and science practitioners demonstrate gender bias when rating subjective anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk, specifically quantifying the practitioners accuracy, reliability and perceived confidence.’

Principal investigator: Daniel Kadlec
Funded by: Exercise and Sport Science Australia
Funding: $25,000

Neural motor drive impairments following hamstring and calf injury.

Poor rehabilitation outcomes and high recurrence following muscle and tendon injury persist in athletes despite considerable research advancements. This research is the first to explore impairments in the drive from the brain and spinal cord following muscle and tendon injuries of the hamstring and calf muscles.

Principal investigator: Molly Coventry
Funded by: Australian Physiotherapy Association
Funding: $11,936

Contact us

For enquiries about the externally funded projects in the Centre, contact ihr@nd.edu.au.