Program 4
In Vivo Assessment of Upper Limb Movements, Physiology and Rehabilitation
This program will create a functional movement database that encompasses objective multilevel measures of joint and segmental motion (kinematics and kinetics) and muscular activation. This will provide an essential multidimensional reference for design of implants, the evolution of new surgical procedures, the shaping of post-surgical rehabilitation, and evaluation of treatment success. This program will improve the understanding around biomechanical and physiological basis of upper limb movement to allow for biomechanically consistent and individualised rehabilitation exercises.
Prof Graham Kerr
Exercise and Nutrition Sciences QUT Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
Program Participants
PHD Student
Amy Ma
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“Transcranial magnetic stimulation and neuromuscular control of the shoulder.”
Amy is a PhD student in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in the Faculty of Health & Behavioural Science at the University of Queensland and has a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Canberra. Her current research is focused on using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electromyography (EMG) data, to explore the central mechanisms of neuromuscular control in patients with healthy and/or pathological shoulders.
PHD STUDENT
Anna Thomson
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Shoulder kinematics and muscle function pre and post- reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a 3D motion capture and electromyographic study to guide clinical practice
Anna joins the team with a strong physiotherapy background working for the Queensland Orthopaedic Clinic based at Greenslopes Private Hospital. Her project at the centre will provide essential understanding of effectiveness of shoulder arthroplasty surgery. This is essential knowledge for guiding clinical practice from surgery to rehabilitation.
PHD STUDENT
Arthur Fabre
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Arthur is a PhD student within the School of Nutrition and Exercising Science in the Faculty of Health at QUT.
He obtained his Master of Engineering and Human Movement Sciences from the University of Paris-Saclay. His current research focuses on the development and validation of an Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) system to assess the kinematics of the shoulder and upper limb. This technology aims to better evaluate and understand upper limb movement deficiencies and explore the efficiency of approaches to reduce these impairments.
POST-DOC FELLOW
Eric Su
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Mr. Eric Yung-Sheng Su is a near-completion PhD candidate in Sports Biomechanics at UQ. His PhD research aims at understanding how human interacts with external constraints to maximize power output within limits imposed in the dynamic tasks. His research techniques involve 3D marker-based and markerless motion capture technology, computer simulation and modelling, and surface electromyography. He recently joins QUT as a post-doctoral research fellow with the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. Mr. Eric Yung-Sheng Su is looking forward to undertaking research into upper limb motor control mechanism related to proprioceptive feedback control and illusive kinaesthetic. His research might also involve collaborative effort within the Centre or the School.
PHD STUDENT
Giacomo Nardese
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“Neurophysiological adaptations to shoulder injuries: cortical function of shoulder muscles and motor control implications”
Giacomo graduated with a Master of Science in Sciences and Techniques of Preventive and Adapted Physical Activities at University of Bologna (ITA) and with a Mater of Research in Spinal Pain at University of Birmingham (UK).
His last project focused on understanding whether experimental pain associated to movement might elicit different kinematic and muscular adaptations in healthy participants when compared to a constant experimental pain.
His current project will focus on mapping shoulder’s muscles in people with and without shoulder pathologies using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and whether differences in those heatmaps might be related to shoulder’s motor control.
POST-DOC FELLOW
Dr Wolbert Van Den Hoorn
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Wolly is Research Fellow at the ARC Training Centre for Joint Biomechanics, Queensland Unit for Advanced Shoulder Research, and part of the Movement Neuroscience and Injury Prevention groups within the School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences at the Queensland University of Technology. His research aims to optimise shoulder rehabilitation after surgical interventions by analysing complex data sets that probe underpinnings of biomechanical and neuromotor changes in musculoskeletal disorders with shoulder issues.
