Research stories

Research stories

Below are some of the stories from grant recipients that have completed their research and how their findings have helped develop the physiotherapy profession.

Graduate workplace readiness

Cherie Wells

Enhancing the readiness of new graduate physiotherapists for private practice
PRF
Persistent low back pain

Kevin Wernli

Understanding the relationship between contributing factors and low back pain
PRF
The perceptions and experiences of children with lymphoedema and their families

Nicholas Henschke

The perceptions and experiences of children with lymphoedema and their families
Grant received 2011
Effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on exercise capacity in people with COPD

Joshua Bishop

Effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on exercise capacity in people with COPD
Grant received 2017
Evaluating training program to improve residents’ mobility care in nursing homes

Janice Taylor

Evaluating training program to improve residents’ mobility care in nursing homes
Grant received 2015
Contracture after spinal cord injury

Dr Joanna Diong

Contracture after spinal cord injury
Grant received 2009