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PROF KIM LOUISE BENNELL



Contact Details

Organization: Physiotherapy
Position: CHAIR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
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Homepage: http://www.physioth.unimelb.edu.au/about/school/people/kb.html
Work: 8344 4135
Mobile: 0417 477 499
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
Stress fractures in athletes, Effects of exercise on bone, Prevention and treatment of sports injuries Osteoporosis, Osteo-athritis, Physiotherapy treatment Australia
Osteoarthritis Knee and hip Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Applied Science - Physiotherapy Lincoln
Doctor of Philosophy La Trobe University

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) AMGEN and Australian Society for Medical Research 01-Jun-2004

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
Disruption and restoration of motor control in musculoskeletal pathology: implications for physiotherapy management Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2002
IMPROVING EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMAN AT RISK OF OSTEOPOROSIS Chief Investigator SWISSE VITAMINS PTY LTD Research Grant 01/09/2002
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy for chronic rotator cuff pathology Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
A hamstring conditioning program to prevent hamstring injuries in Australian football Chief Investigator SPORT & RECREATION VIC Sports Injury Prevention Research Grants 01/01/2004
Effects of laterally wedged insoles on symptoms and disease progression in knee osteoarthritis Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2005
ROLE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS IN CARTILAGE LOSS IN THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERGONE PARTIAL MEDIAL MNISECTOMY Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Project Grants (NHMRC) 01/01/2005
BIOMECHANICAL AND NEUROMUSCULAR CHARACTERISTICS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL FRACTURE Chief Investigator AUST PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOC Seeding Research Grants (PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH FOUNDATION) 31/01/2005
The effect of knee malalignment and quadriceps strengthening on the adductor moment in individuals with medical knee osteoarthritis Chief Investigator PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH FOUNDATION Seeding Research Grants 30/06/2005
THE EFFECT OF WEIGHT LOSS ON THE RISK OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND POTENTIAL MODIFICATION BY BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Project Grants (NHMRC) 01/01/2006
THE ROLE OF TIBIAL SUBCHONDRAL BONE DENSITY IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A NOVEL APPROACH USING PQCT TECHNOLOGY Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Medical Research and Technology Grants 22/11/2006
Slowing progression of knee osteoarthritis Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
Laser acupuncture in patients with chronic knee pain: Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
THE AFFECTS OF THE ASICS PROPRIOCEPTION SHOE ON LOWER LIMB BIOMECHANICS: SHORT AND LONG TERM BENEFITS Chief Investigator ASICS TIGER OCEANIA PTY LTD 22/06/2007

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 2008

Journal Articles

  • Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound for chronic patellar tendinopathy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Rheumatology
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 467-471
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Future directions in physical therapy for knee osteoarthritis.
    Year: 2007
    Book: Osteoarthritis
    Publisher: Mosby International(St Louis)
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  • How should you treat a stress fracture?
    Year: 2007
    Book: Evidence-based Sports Medicine
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Additional exercise for older subacute hospital inpatients to prevent falls: benefits and barriers to implementation and evaluation


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Rehabilitation
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 742-753
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  • 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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  • Does strength training affect the incidence and progression of knee osteoarthritis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 134-135
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  • Effects of laterally wedged insoles on symptoms and disease progression in medial knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 96
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  • Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a physiotherapy program for chronic rotator cuff pathology: a protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 86
    Page numbers: 1-12
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  • Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy following glenohumeral joint distension for adhesive capsulitis: a randomized trial
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Arthritis and Rheumatism
    Volume: 57
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1027-1037
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  • Mechanical loading and subchondral bone density in tibiofemoral osteoarthritis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Biomechanics
    Volume: 40
    Issue: Suppl 2
    Page numbers: S170
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  • Myoelectric manifestations of fatigue in vastus lateralis, medialis obliquus and medialis longus muscles
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
    Volume: Epub ahead of print
    Page numbers: 1-6
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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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  • Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) of tibial subchondral bone in knee osteoarthritis.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Biomechanics
    Volume: 40
    Issue: Suppl 2
    Page numbers: S591
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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 effects of hip muscle strengthening on knee load, pain, and function in people with knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, single-blind controlled trial.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 121
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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

Book Chapters

  • Women and Activity-Related Issues Across the Lifespan
    Year: 2006
    Book: Clinical Sports Medicine
    Publisher: McGraw Hill Australia(Sydney)
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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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  • Hip protector use amongst older hospital inpatients: compliance and functional consequences.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Age and Ageing
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 520-523
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  • Predictors of hamstring injury at the elite level of Australian football


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 7-13
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  • Recurrent events counted in evaluations of predictive accuracy.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1155-1161
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  • The effect of osteoporotic vertebral fracture on predicted spinal loads in vivo