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The manual handling of people (MHP) is a core activity for care workers in residential aged care聽and is known to be associated with high incidence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).聽
Promoting patient mobility within the manual handling (MH) interaction is an endorsed MHP risk control intervention strategy that should reduce risk exposure for staff聽and may also benefit the patient through increased independence and autonomy. However, while staff MHP intervention outcomes聽have been extensively investigated, evidence of the impact on patient outcomes, including mobility, is limited.聽聽
This project investigated the nature and extent of environment related MHP interventions that may聽have聽influenced聽patient mobility outcomes through聽a聽review of the literature, trial of an existing PH assessment tool and subsequent development of the Pro-Mobility Patient/Person Handling Assessment Tool or Pro-Mob for this specific purpose.
Category: Injury聽outcomes
Researcher: Dr Robyn Coman
Supervisor: Dr Carlo聽Caponecchia聽
Level: PhD
Status: Completed聽
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Serious head injuries are a major concern in light passenger vehicle rollover crashes. There are efforts in the USA聽and Australia to assess the feasibility of developing a dynamic rollover test to evaluate the crashworthiness of a vehicle in a rollover.
However, detailed information about the characteristics of serious head injuries in single-vehicle,聽single-event, ie.聽pure聽rollover crashes, and regarding the capabilities of the dynamic rollover test devices chosen for the separate USA聽and Australian investigations,聽is lacking.聽
To address this knowledge gap, two crash databases are investigated to describe the characteristics of head injuries and associated crash factors for pure rollover crashes in Australia and the USA.聽
Results from 80 dynamic rollover tests are聽analysed聽to evaluate the effects various test methods have on replicating and measuring ATD head response associated with serious head injury. The structural and kinematic responses of 48 vehicles in 83 tests conducted using the Jordan Rollover System (JRS) are evaluated.聽
Logistic regression analysis is used to assess the relationship between the structural response of JRS-tested vehicles聽and the occurrence of incapacitating or fatal injury in single-vehicle rollover crashes.聽
Finally, a human body finite element model is subjected to impact conditions identified from dynamic rollover tests to demonstrate the effect of rollover-related impact parameters on a pattern of head and spine injury observed in crash data.
Category:聽Injury outcomes
Researcher:聽Dr Garrett Mattos
Supervisor:聽Professor Raphael聽Grzebieta
尝别惫别濒:听笔丑顿
厂迟补迟耻蝉:听颁辞尘辫濒别迟别诲
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Concussion is prevalent in collision and contact sports and聽an injury of specific interest. Laboratory and epidemiological research in football codes, in which headgear is not mandatory, has demonstrated the limited effectiveness of headgear in preventing concussion.聽
To further understand the biomechanics of concussion and develop effective prevention methods, it was necessary to investigate the dynamics of head impacts in sport.
Category:聽Injury outcomes
Researcher:聽Dr Declan Patton
Supervisor:聽Professor Raphael Grzebieta
尝别惫别濒:听笔丑顿
厂迟补迟耻蝉:听颁辞尘辫濒别迟别诲