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PROF MARY GALEA



Contact Details

Organization: Physiotherapy
Position: CHAIR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY (CLINICAL)
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Homepage: http://www.physioth.unimelb.edu.au/about/school/people/mg.html
Work: 8344 4565
Mobile: 0418 173 521
Fax: 8344 4188
Room: 143
Level: 01
Building: 200 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1987
Bachelor of Applied Science - Physiotherapy Lincoln 31-Dec-1978
Diploma in Physiotherapy Lincoln 31-Dec-1972
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Trials Management University of Canberra 31-Dec-2000
Graduate Diploma in Neurosciences Lincoln 31-Dec-1986
Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy (Neurology) Lincoln 31-Dec-1987
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1992
Graduate Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of Melbourne 13-Apr-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Pelvic floor muscle training for the management of urinary incontinence in elderly women: a randomized controlled trial. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
CCRE Program - Neurosciences: Cross-Discipline Enhancement of Clinical Research and Education Chief Investigator NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) 01/01/2003
Dynamic balance intervention to improve gait and balance in people recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis: a pilot study Chief Investigator MS AUSTRALIA Seeding Grants 12/11/2003
Predicting the need for surgery in children with Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy Chief Investigator NHMRC Health Professional Research Training Fellowships 01/01/2004
Treadmill training following stroke: the more the better? Chief Investigator NHMRC Health Professional Research Training Fellowships 01/01/2004
A targeted strengthening program for patients following total hip replacement Chief Investigator ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF AUST Grants in Aid 30/07/2004
Assessment of motor function in infants and young children Chief Investigator ANZ EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEE COMPANY LTD Alfred Felton Bequest (ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS) 01/01/2005
Measurement of trunk movement in children with a disability using the seated lateral reach test (SitLRT) Principal Supervisor PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH FOUNDATION Seeding Research Grants 01/09/2005
Regenerate: a strength-training program to enhance the physical and mental health of chronic post stroke patients with depression. Chief Investigator BEYONDBLUE Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants 01/11/2005
EXERCISE INDUCED GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE Chief Investigator BETHLEHEM GRIFFITHS RESEARCH FOUNDATION Medical Research Grants 01/01/2006
ROBOTICS IN STROKE REHABILITATION Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Medical Research and Technology Grants 01/01/2007
Physiotherapy for prolapse Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
Functional electrical stimulation-assisted hand exercise for people with chronic tetraplegia Chief Investigator VICTORIAN NEUROTRAUMA INITIATIVE Project Grant 02/01/2008
SCIPA (SPINAL CORD INJURY & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY): INTENSIVE EXERCISE FROM ACUTE CARE TO THE COMMUNITY Chief Investigator VICTORIAN NEUROTRAUMA INITIATIVE,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Program Grant (VICTORIAN NEUROTRAUMA INITIATIVE) 31/07/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
SPINAL CORD INJURY & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: HANDS ON AND FULL ON Chief Investigator LIFETIME CARE AND SUPPORT AUTHORITY OF NSW 29/07/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Whole-body vibration alters leg blood flow
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 53-59
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A targeted home and centre-based exercise program for people after total hip replacement: a randomized clinical trial.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Volume: 89
    Issue: August
    Page numbers: 1442-1447
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  • Ankle flexors produce peak torque at longer muscle lengths after whole-body vibration
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1977-1983
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  • Bilateral activation of the abdominal muscles induces longer reaction time
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Clinical Neurophysiology
    Volume: 119
    Page numbers: 1147-1152
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  • Concurrent excitation of the opposite motor cortex during transcranial magnetic stimulation to activate the abdominal muscles
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    Volume: 171
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 132-139
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  • Pelvic organ prolapse physiotherapy (POPPY)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 50-51
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  • Physical activity by elderly patients undergoing inpatient rehabilitation is low: an observational study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 209-213
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  • Reorganization of the motor cortex is associated with postural control deficits in recurrent low back pain
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Brain
    Volume: 131
    Page numbers: 2161-2171
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  • Skin movement errors in measurement of sagittal lumbar and hip angles in young and elderly subjects
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Gait and Posture
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 264-270
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  • Treadmill training after spinal cord injury improves motor recovery in mice.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Neurotrauma
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 449-465
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Hand-held dynamometry for muscle strength measurement in children with cerebral palsy.


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 106-111
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  • A review of the effects of sleep position, play position, and equipment use on motor development in infants.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 858-867
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  • Group-based task-related training for children with cerebral palsy: A pilot study..
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 43-65
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  • Impairment of muscle performance before and following total hip replacement
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 55-62
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  • Mobility on discharge from an aged care unit.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Physiotherapy Research International
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 72-81
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  • Outcome assessments in children with cerebral palsy
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 165
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  • Quantitative Characterization of Regenerating Axons after End-to-Side and End-to-End Coaptation in a Rat Brachial Plexus Model: A Retrograde Tracer Study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Neurotrauma
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 864-875
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Gait and balance impairment in early multiple sclerosis
    in the absence of clinical disability


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Multiple Sclerosis
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 620-628
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  • Comparison of visual and objective quantification of elbow and shoulder movement in children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 5
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  • Correction of Severe Crouch Gait in Patients with Spastic Diplegia with Use of Multilevel Orthopaedic Surgery
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: American Volume
    Volume: 88
    Page numbers: 2653-2664
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  • Correction of sever crouch gait in patients with Spastic Diplegia with use of multilevel orthopaedic surgery
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: American Volume
    Volume: 88
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2653-2664
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  • Effect of test position on pelvic floor muscle assessment
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Urogynecology Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 365-371
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  • EphA4 Regulates Central Nervous system vascular formation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 497
    Page numbers: 864-875
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  • Reliability of pelvic floor muscle strength assessment using different test positions and tools.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Neurourology and Urodynamics
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 236-242
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  • Reliability of the v-scope system in the measurement of arm movement in chidlren with obstetric brachial plexus palsy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 913-917
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Diagnostic ultrasound to visualise the pelvic floor muscles
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 167-170
    Publisher: Australian Physiotherapy Association(St Kilda)
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  • Investigation of the timed "Up & Go" test in children
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 518-524
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Investigation of transabdominal real-time ultrasound to visualise the muscles of the pelvic floor
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 171-174
    Publisher: Australian Physiotherapy Association(St Kilda)
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  • Mini-Mental State Examination
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 198
    Publisher: Australian Physiotherapy Association(St Kilda)
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  • Sagittal spine and lower limb movement during sit-to-stand in healthy young subjects
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Gait and Posture
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 338-345
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  • Survey of clinical practice: pre- and postoperative physiotherapy for pelvic surgery
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
    Volume: 84
    Page numbers: 412-418
    Publisher: Blackwell Munksgaard(Copenhagen)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Neural plasticity and learning: the potential for change
    Year: 2004
    Book: Management of the motor disorders of children with cerebral palsy
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Journal Articles

  • Axonal regeneration and lack of astrocytic gliosis in EphA4-Deficient mice
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 45
    Page numbers: 10064-10073
    Publisher: Society of Neuroscience(Washington DC)
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  • Functional outcome following Botulinum toxin A injection to reduce spastic equinus in adults with traumatic brain injury
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Brain Injury
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 57-63
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(London)
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  • Sagittal gait patterns in spastic diplegia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, British Volume
    Volume: 86
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 251-258
    Publisher: The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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  • Segmental degeneration in the cervical spine and associated changes in dorsal root ganglia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Clinical Anatomy
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 468-477
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Measures of muscle and joint performance in the lower limb of children with cerebral palsy.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 664-670
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Role of EphA4 in defining the position of a motoneuron pool within the spinal cord
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 458
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 98-111
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  • Uptime as a measure of recovery in children postappendectomy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgery
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1822-1825
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • Uptime normative values in children aged 8 to 15 years.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 189-193
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Variability in the measurement of uptime in children: a preliminary study.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Clinical Rehabilitation
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 499-503
    Publisher: Arnold Hodder Headline(London)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Neuroanatomy of the nociceptive system
    Year: 2002
    Book: Pain: a textbook for therapists
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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Journal Articles

  • Comparing the efficacy of two fluorescent retrograde tracers in labeling the motor and sensory neuron populations of the rat sciatic nerve
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    Volume: 114
    Page numbers: 159-164
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Digital nerve anaesthesia decreases EMG-EMG coherence in a human precision grip task
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Experimental Brain Research
    Volume: 145
    Page numbers: 207-214
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Lumbofemoral rhythm during hip flexion in young adults and children
    Year: 2002
    Journal: SPINE
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: E432-E440
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Philadelphia)
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  • Muscle spindle distribution, morphology, and density in longus colli and multifidus muscles of the cervical spine
    Year: 2002
    Journal: SPINE
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 694-701
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Philadelphia)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Early intensive task-specific sensory and motor training of the upper limb following acute stroke: a pilot study
    Year: 2002
    Event name: 3rd World Congress on Neurological Rehabilitation
    Conference Publication: Neurological Rehabilitation: Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress
    Page numbers: 247-251
    Publisher: Monduzzi Editore(Bologna)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Comparative histochemical composition of muscle fibres in a pre- and a postvertebral muscle of the cervical spine
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Anatomy
    Volume: 199
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 709-716
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • Development and reorganization of corticospinal projections in EphA4 deficient mice
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 436
    Page numbers: 248-262
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Editorial: Listing on MEDLINE: a new milestone for the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 159-160
    Publisher: Australian Physiotherapy Association(St Kilda)
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  • Post-stroke depression: prevalence and management
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Physical Therapy Reviews
    Publisher: Maney Publishing
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  • Quadriceps muscle wasting persists 5 months after total hip arthoplasty for osteoarthritis of the hip: a pilot study
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 7-14
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Thumb invariance during prehension movement: effects of object orientation
    Year: 2001
    Journal: NeuroReport
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 2185-2187
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • What is the functional outcome for the upper limb after stroke?
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-27
    Publisher: Australian Physiotherapy Association(St Kilda)
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