Clinical Gait Analysis and Gait Rehabilitation [ 2005 - 2009 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Herbert Graham (Principal investigator) ,  Prof Marcus Pandy ,  Prof Meg Morris ,  Prof Richard Baker ,  Prof Robert Iansek
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Brief description Substantial portions of the Australian population have some difficulty walking. People affected include children with cerebral palsy, people who've had injuries playing sport and older people with Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis or who have had a stroke. The cost of managing arthritic conditions alone was estimated at $2.2 Billion for 2001. Gait analysis uses high technology video cameras, force transducers, muscle activity sensors and computers to record how people walk and is now being used more and more commonly across Australia. The technology is very similar to that now being used to capture how people move for the movie industry. The technology allows us a better understanding of how people are moving and therefore of what treatments they are likely to benefit from. Melbourne now has four Gait Analysis facilities working with different patient groups and each with an international reputation for its work. These groups have combined to form the CCRE in Gait Analysis and Gait Rehabilitation under the leadership of Professor H Kerr Graham (Royal Children's Hospital) and Professor Bob Iansek (Kingston Centre, Southern Health).

Funding Amount $AUD 2,000,000.00

Funding Scheme Centre for Research Excellence

Notes Centre of Clinical Research Excellence