Beryl Haynes Memorial Fund 2021 Research Grants

The Beryl Haynes Memorial Fund was established in 1992 by the Tasmanian Branch Council to support Tasmanian physiotherapy research in memory of Beryl, a pioneering leader in the Tasmanian health system over decades.

A key partnership is funding a study that aims to improve the independence of people seriously injured in road traffic accidents to ensure insurance premiums remain affordable.

Your recent study published in the Journal of Physiotherapy investigated the use of exercise to prevent low back pain from reoccurring. Isn’t it already established that exercise does reduce the risk of recurrence?

Is smoking becoming more or less common over time?

In Australia, the prevalence of regular smoking (defined as smoking tobacco at least once a day and includes manufactured (packet) cigarettes, roll-your-own cigarettes, cigars or pipes) has reduced over the decades.

You recently published a trial involving women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Why is this an important condition to identify and manage?

1. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity and quality of life and reduces breathlessness in people with chronic lung disease

PR is one of the most important things that somebody with a chronic lung disease can do to improve their health.

This surge in digital connectivity is uniting physiotherapists, researchers and patients like never before. The use of telehealth to provide group exercise classes for those with Parkinson’s disease has proved an invaluable tool for clinician and patient, writes Denis Giguere.

Wei-Ju Chang wants to know why—why people who undergo a total knee joint replacement experience weakness in the quadriceps despite intensive physiotherapy rehabilitation.

Why, despite improvement in function, around 20–30 per cent of these people still have ongoing pain and weakness in the thigh muscle.

What can I do to help my patients to quit smoking?

Smoking cessation advice and support offered by health professionals can play an important role in motivating people to quit.

Cellulitis is a common and painful bacterial skin infection, contributing to about 130,000 emergency department presentations per year, with about 70,000 of those requiring admission to hospital.

These are startling statistics, says Elizabeth Webb, APAM, who three years ago initiated research to test whether compression therapy could prevent recurrent cellulitis of the leg.