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DR ILANA ACKERMAN



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: www.crd.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 8344 3143
Fax: 9342 7632
Room: 7 East
Level: 07
Building: Main Block
Campus: Royal Melbourne Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Wellbeing of people undergoing joint replacement surgery Australia
Prevalence and impact of osteoarthritis Australia
Physiotherapy management of osteoarthritis Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Sweden Lund University Research
United Kingdom University of Bristol Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 12-Aug-2006
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) University of Melbourne 07-Dec-1996

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Physiotherapy Association 01-Jan-1997
Member Grants Review Committee, Physiotherapy Research Foundation 01-Jan-2008 31-Dec-2010

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Australian Health Outcomes Conference 10-Nov-2005
Other (Award) CASS Foundation 13-Sep-2006

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
IS POST-OPERATIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER PRIMARY TOTAL HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY? Chief Investigator PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH FOUNDATION Tagged Grants (Thermoskin) 03/10/2006
The consequences of osteoarthritis in Australia: Work productivity loss and health service utilisation Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/07/2007
PUBLIC HEALTH (AUSTRALIA) FELLOWSHIP - THE IMPACT OF SEVERE OSTEOARTHRITIS ON THE LIVES OF AUSTRALIANS. Chief Investigator NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships 01/01/2008

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 2006

Journal Articles

  • Evaluating quality of life in hip and knee replacement: Psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life short version instrument.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Arthritis and Rheumatism
    Volume: 55
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 583-590
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  • Can a disease-specific education program augment self-management skills and improve Health-Related Quality of Life in people with hip or knee osteoarthritis?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 90-100
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Integrating data to facilitate clinical research: a case study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Informatics In Primary Care
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 263-270
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  • Severely compromised quality of life of women and those of lower socioeconomic status waiting for joint replacement surgery
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Arthritis and Rheumatism
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 653-658
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Current Australian practice in pre-operative physiotherapy prior to total knee replacement surgery
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Physiotherapy
    Volume: 90
    Page numbers: 176-182
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  • Does pre-operative physiotherapy improve outcomes from lower limb joint replacement surgery? A systematic review
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 25-30
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