Udari Colombage recently received a funding boost of $10,000 to assist with her research into comparative pelvic floor health in women with or without breast cancer.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in Australia, yet routine screening and management of pelvic floor dysfunction are not a part of standard breast cancer care.

1. High-intensity aerobic exercise may provide disease-modifying effects in people with early PD

People with early PD benefit from regular, high-intensity aerobic exercise to improve their fitness and potentially optimise brain health.

The very first day that physiotherapist Jennifer Hewitt began working in an aged care facility she fell in love with the older population—and she has never looked back. However, frustration at the funding model for physiotherapy in the aged care setting led her to conduct some ground-breaking research.

Whether it is at home, in residential aged care or in the hospital setting, older Australians are at risk of experiencing a life-changing fall every day.

PAT COSH FUND A valuable online resource with a community of practice is set to help physiotherapists prescribe exercise to people with cancer. 

For the past decade, clinician and researcher Dr Amy Dennett, APAM, has been helping treat people with cancer and leading the development of oncology rehabilitation programs in Victoria.

Investigating falls in children and adolescents is the latest focus of Dr Rachel Kennedy’s work in paediatric neuromuscular diseases and physical disability.

Her forthcoming research project recently received a funding boost with a $10,000 Seeding Grant from the Physiotherapy Research Foundation, one of seven awarded to APA members late last year.

MJ ROSEN FUND Since 2001, Western Australian-based graduates have been supported to attend conferences to present research findings from their honours or thesis projects. The three 2019 recipients share how the fund has helped them.

Hannah Brien, APAM, The University of Notre Dame Australia

I presented my honours research in a platform presentation at the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress in Geneva, Switzerland.