Student Profiles

View the research project title, research group affiliation, and supervisor details for current students.

Osman Ahmed

The development and effectiveness of an early educational intervention programme for players with a concussive brain injury and their significant others on the management of the injury.

Research Group:SPEX

Supervisors: Professor S. John Sullivan, Dr A. G. Schneiders, Associate Professor P.McCrory

Suliman Al-Mansi

Effectiveness of pedometer-driven walking program to treat chronic low back pain

Research Group:AMOCK

Supervisors: Assoc Prof Stephan Milosavljevic, Prof. David Baxter, Paul Hendrick

Ashokan Arumugam

Effects of pelvic compression on torque and muscle activity during isokinetic strength testing of the knee

Research Group:AMOCK

Supervisors: Dr Gisela Sole, Assoc Prof Stephan Milosavljevic, Dr Stephanie Woodley

Cathy Chapple

Development of a clinical prediction rule to determine those patients with knee osteoarthritis most likely to respond to physiotherapy

Research Group:AMOCK

Supervisors: Prof. Helen Nicholson, Dr J. Haxby Abbott, Prof. David Baxter

Lynne Clay

Psychosocial risk factors for quad bike accident among NZ rural workers

Research Group:AMOCK

Supervisors: Assoc Prof Stephan Milosavljevic, Dr Gareth Treharne, Dr Jean Hay-Smith

Abdul-Kareem Diab

Body composition, strength, and balance in older people with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease

Research Group:REAL

Supervisors: Assoc Prof Leigh Hale, Dr Debra Waters, Dr Margot Skinner

Kim Hébert-Losier

Raising the standards of the calf-raise test

Research Group:SPEX

Supervisors: Prof. John Sullivan, Dr Tony Schneiders, Dr Richard Newsham-West

Jessie Jansen

Building research capacity in a clinical setting

Research Group:REAL

Supervisors: Assoc Prof Leigh Hale, Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch and Assoc Prof Tony Harland

Prasath Jayakaran

Postural responses to functional tasks in unilateral transtibial amputees with Diabetes and Peripheral vascular disease

Research Group:AMOCK / SPEX

Supervisors: Dr Gill Johnson, Prof. John Sullivan

Ramakrishnan Mani

Exploring how occupational whole-body vibration affects balance and control of trunk movement. Is this a neurophysiological disturbance that creates risk of low back injury?

Research Group:AMOCK

Supervisors: Assoc Prof Stephan Milosavljevic and Prof. John Sullivan

Nidhi Mehta

Spinal pain and the lifestyle factors of nutrition, smoking and physical activity in New Zealand adolescent females

Research Group:AMOCK

Supervisors:Dr Margot Skinner, Dr Gill Johnson

Jaya Pal

Development of validation of methodologies and data collection tools to determine incidence and associated risk factors for falls in adults with intellectual disability in New Zealand

Research Group:REAL

Supervisors:Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Assoc Prof Leigh Hale, Dr John Dockerty