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DR SALLIE MELISSA COWAN



Contact Details

Organization: Physiotherapy
Position: NH&MRC SENIOR FELLOWSHIP
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Homepage: http://www.physioth.unimelb.edu.au/about/school/people/sc.html
Work: 8344 0422
Fax: 8344 3771
Level: 01
Building: 202-206 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
The relationship between motor control at the hip and the vasti. Knee pain Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Applied Science La Trobe University 31-Dec-1992
Graduate Diploma in Manipulative Therapy La Trobe University 31-Dec-1996
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2002

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Physiotherapy Association 01-Jan-1993
Member Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia 01-Jan-1997
Member Sports Medicine Australia 01-Jun-2006

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Sports Medicine Australia 25-Oct-2003
Prize International Federation Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists 01-Nov-2000
Scholarship Melbourne research Scholarship 01-Jun-1998
Prize Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia 01-Oct-2001
Prize Department of Sport and Recreation 01-Oct-2002
Prize Australian physiotherapy Association 01-Oct-2000
Other (Award) National Health and Medical Research Council Part time Research Training Fellow 01-Jan-2003

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 motor control of the hip disrupted in individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome? Chief Investigator NHMRC Australian Part-time Research Fellowship 01/01/2003
CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS: A PILOT STUDY Chief Investigator ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF AUST Grants in Aid 01/01/2007

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

  • Effect of patellar taping on vasti onset timing, knee kinematics, and kinetics in asymptomatic individuals with a Delayed Onset of Vastus Medialis Oblique
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Research
    Volume: September 2006
    Page numbers: 1854-1860
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  • Patellar taping does not change the amplitude of electromyographic activity of the vasti in a stair stepping task
    Year: 2006
    Journal: British Journal of Sports Medicine
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 30-34
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Age-related changes in electromyographic quadriceps activity during stair descent
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Research
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 322-326
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Physical Therapy improves knee flexion during stair ambulation in patellofemoral pain
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 176-183
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Quadriceps muscle function is impaired in response to knee pain
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 4
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Analysis of outcome measures for persons with patellofemoral pain: which are reliable and valid?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Volume: 85
    Page numbers: 815-822
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • Delayed onset of transversus abdominus in long-standing groin pain
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2040-2045
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  • Knee flexion during stair ambulation is altered in individuals with patellofemoral pain
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Research
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 267-274
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Is the method of application of patellar tape important for individuals with patellofemoral pain?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 444-445
    Publisher: Sports Physical Therapy Section
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  • Simultaneous feedforward recruitment of the vasti in untrained postural tasks can be restored by physical therapy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Research
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 553-558
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Abnormal knee joint position sense in individuals with patellofemoral pain syndrome
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Research
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 208-214
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  • Altered vastii recruitment when people with patellofemoral pain syndrome complete a postural task
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Volume: 83
    Issue: July
    Page numbers: 989-995
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  • Physical therapy alters recruitment of the vasti in patellofemoral pain syndrome
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
    Volume: 34
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1879-1885
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  • Physical therapy for patellofemoral pain: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial
    Year: 2002
    Journal: American Journal of Sports Medicine
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 857-865
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  • Therapeutic patellar taping changes the timing of vastii muscle activation in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 339-347
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Anticipatory activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus occurs simultaneoulsy in voluntary heel and toe raises
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Physical Therapy in Sport
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 71-79
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Leith Walkedinburgh)
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  • Delayed onset of electromyographic activity of vastus medialis obliquus relative to vastus lateralis in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Volume: 82
    Issue: Feb
    Page numbers: 183-189
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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