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MR ANDREW BRIGGS



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Organization: Medicine - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy) with first class honours by research Curtin University of Technology 11-Dec-2001

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Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

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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

Book Chapters

  • Subregional bone mineral density measurement in the lumbar spine using DXA: potential for the application to osteoporosis and vertebral fractures
    Year: 2009
    Book: Osteoporosis: etiology, diagnosis and treatment
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Bone health and back pain: What do we know and where should we go?
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 209-219
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Enhancing patient engagement in chronic disease self-management support initiatives in Australia: the need for an integrated approach


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 189
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: S9-S13
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  • Postural taping decreases thoracic kyphosis but does not influence trunk muscle electromyographic activity or balance in women with osteoporosis


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Manual Therapy
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 249-257
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Radiographic measures of thoracic kyphosis in osteoporosis: Cobb and vertebral centroid angles


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Skeletal Radiology
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 761-767
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  • Balance impairment is related to vertebral fracture rather than thoracic kyphosis in individuals with osteoporosis.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 543-51
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  • Paraspinal muscle control in people with osteoporotic vertebral fracture
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Spine Journal
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 1137-1144
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  • Postural taping decreases thoracic kyphosis but does not influence trunk muscle electromyographic activity or balance in women with osteoporosis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Manual Therapy
    Volume: Epub ahead of print
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • The vertebral fracture cascade in osteoporosis: a review of aetiopathogenesis.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 575-584
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  • Thoracic kyphosis affects spinal loads and trunk muscle force
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Physical Therapy
    Volume: 87
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 595-607
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • The effect of osteoporotic vertebral fracture on predicted spinal loads in vivo


    Year: 2006
    Journal: European Spine Journal
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 1785-1795
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  • The electromyographic activity of thoracic paraspinal muscles identified as abnormal with palpation


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 437-447
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  • Bone mineral density distribution in thoracic and lumbar vertebrae: an ex vivo study using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Bone
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 286-288
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Cervical erector spinae and upper trapezius muscle activity in children using different information technologies
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Physiotherapy
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 119-126
    Publisher: Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
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  • In Vivo Intrarater and Interrater Precision of Measuring Apparent Bone Mineral Density in Vertebral Subregions Using Supine Lateral Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Densitometry
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 314-319
    Publisher: Humana Press(New Jersey)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A review of anatomical and mechanical factors affecting vertebral body integrity
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Medical Sciences
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 170-180
    Publisher: Ivyspring International Publisher
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