Physiotherapist & PhD Candidate at The University of Melbourne. Interest in ankle sprains & chronic ankle instability in netball.

Joined September 2021
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🚨 New paper out in @MSSEonline In 102 adolescents, those with patellofemoral pain had lower knee extension strength than pain-free controls. Among adolescents with PFP, higher pain was also associated with lower knee extension strength. ovid.com/10.1249/MSS.0000000…
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🚨New paper: the long-term consequences of the 'netballer's ankle' In 1,872 netballers: 🧒54% first sprained their ankle before age 15 🦵89% persistent symptoms 🔁66% recurrent sprains ⚠️75% perceived instability Prevention must start in junior netball ➡️doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2026.…
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New 🚨 in The American Journal of Sports Medicine: in 51 adolescents with patellofemoral pain, running in minimalist shoes (vs motion-control) cut peak patellofemoral joint force by 7.5% and lateral patellar force by 7.8%. Gastrocnemius force ↑ 26.6% journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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🚨 What is the prevalence & impact of chronic ankle instability in female sport? 🦶 Our latest publication led by @LForsyth_PhD explores chronic ankle instability in high-risk sports & it's impact on ankle disability & health-related quality of life. ➡️bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biome…
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✨Over the last months of 2024, we are thrilled to highlight the Best Abstract Founder Award winners from @IAS10_2024 The first recipient we congratulate is Patrick Rowe from Victoria University & the University of Melbourne (Australia). Congrats, Patrick! 👏 @patrickrowe94
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🤨 Are we challenging our athletes adequately in their ankle rehab? With such a high recurrence of lateral ankle sprains, it does beg the question!👇
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Closing 2 days in 2 min lapse time video! #IAS10_2024 was a blast
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⏲️The countdown to #IAS10_2024 is on!! Looking forward to seeing all the outstanding ankle research in 10 short days! Be sure to share your posts using the symposium hashtag, and tag @AnkleConsortium and @IAS10_2024 !
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📦 Do you use a Box Drop in your battery of tests post ankle sprain? 👍 It can be a nice tool to help you estimate how quickly your athlete will return to sport when used a couple of weeks after their initial injury.
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🚨New Publication Alert 🚨 The economics of a national anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention program for amateur football players: a Markov model analysis (nih.gov) Thanks @peek_kerry @joosydyr @evpappas @marneemac @Nathardaker @FigtreePhysio A 🧵
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FREE intial 90 min physio/osteo student consults over July in Melbourne city centre Don't worry the students are supervised! 👇👇👇👇
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Excellent example of how uni can work with our industry partners. Wonderful ACL return to play session led by the VU Physio team @reesthomas5,@patrickrowe94 @AndrewRoss82. Thank you Symmetry Physiotherapy for attending.
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Our year in review - take a look at CHESM's 2023 Annual Report at: go.unimelb.edu.au/u2u8 This report showcases some of the incredible achievements of our staff & students last year👏 Highlights include: -83 research publications -14 awards received -15 new research grants
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🏀🎾🏸 New Study in @AJSM_SportsMed! 🏀🎾 🏸 Lateral Ankle Joint Injuries in Indoor and Court Sports: A Systematic Video Analysis of 445 Nonconsecutive Case Series 🔗Read the full paper here! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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I’m happy to share the final publication of my PhD “Do foot type classifications differ between male and female netball players? A cluster analysis”. Link to article - tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… More details below ⬇️🧵1/8
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Our survey is only live for another week! If you are female and play netball, soccer, basketball, or volleyball at any level please click the link: stratheng.eu.qualtrics.com/j…… Please RT and share, thank you! #basketball #volleyball #soccer #netball #ankle
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A couple of years ago, I travelled around Australia scanning thousands of feet of netball players. You can read all about the findings in my recent publication “Do the feet of male and female netball players differ in shape? Implications for shoe design”. 1/8 ⬇️🧵
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12 DAYS LEFT!! Our survey is only live for another 12 days. If you are female and play netball, soccer, basketball, or volleyball at any level please click the link: stratheng.eu.qualtrics.com/j… Please RT and share! #ankle #anklehealth #anklesprain #ankleinstability #womenssport
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Excellent systematic review and meta-analysis from @Nathardaker investigating injury between male and female athletes. The 84% increased risk of sports related concussion in females is particularly concerning.
New paper on injury patterns in male and female athletes across sport. Published with @SpringerNature in @SportsMedicineJ @ProfPatria @summerstack 🙌🤸‍♀️⛹️‍♂️ link.springer.com/epdf/10.10…
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