Sean Tweedy

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Professor

Sean Tweedy

Email: : s.tweedy@uq.edu.au

Phone: : +61 7 336 56638

Positions

Associate Member of Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing : Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Chair in Physical Activity and Disability : School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Affiliate of Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation : Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Overview

Background

Professor Sean Tweedy leads the Para Sport and Adapted Physical Activity Research Group in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. Through his applied research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to pursue self-directed goals through safe, effective engagement in sport and physical activity. Sean’s research addresses three main areas of need:

People with disabilities are among the most inactive people in society and consequently have a disproportionately high incidence of preventable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes mellitus. Sean’s research program aims to develop evaluate and translate evidence-based methods for increasing physically active behaviour among community dwelling adults with disabilities.
Para athletes have impairments which adversely affect sports performance, but the extent to which performance is affected varies greatly with some athletes having impairments that cause severe disadvantage in sport and others that cause relatively minor disadvantage. To ensure that competition is fair and that athletes who succeed are not simply those that have less severe impairments, Para athletes compete in classes, each comprising athletes who have impairments that cause a similar amount of disadvantage in sport. Methods for allocating class are not well established and Sean is Principal Investigator for the International Paralympic Committee’s Classification Research and Development Centre (physical impairments) which aims to develop best practice and evidence-based methods for allocating athletes to classes;
In Australia, the right of people with disability to participate in sport and recreation is protected but only if the accommodations they require - equipment and/or expertise - are deemed to be "reasonable”. Unfortunately people with severe disabilities and high support needs often require equipment and/or expertise which cannot reasonably be expected of community sport and recreation providers. Sean’s research program aims to develop, evaluate and translate methods for safe, effective engagement in physically demanding, competitive sport for people with severe disabilities and high support needs. ParaSTART is his flagship program in this area - https://habs.uq.edu.au/parastart

Availability

Professor Sean Tweedy is: : Available for supervision : Media expert

Fields of research

Health Sciences Sports science and exercise

Qualifications

Bachelor of Human Movement Science, The University of Queensland
Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research impacts

Professor Tweedy developed the Adapted Physical Activity Program (APAP), a theory-driven physical activity promotion program for community dwelling people disabilities. A controlled clinical trial demonstrated its efficacy in people with acquired brain injury, providing impetus for its implementation into the Acquired Brain Injury-Transitional Rehabilitation Service, Queensland’s primary rehabilitation service for people with brain injury. APAP also runs on a cost recovery basis from UQ and each year more than 100 community dwelling adults with a wide range of disabilities are referred. To refer a client visit - https://hmns.uq.edu.au/apap/.

Our research group developed the Maximum Allowable Standing Height (MASH) rule for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) which is the international standard used to ensure the prosthetics used by bilateral lower limb amputees are anatomically proportional. In 2019 Mr Blake Leeper (USA), a bilateral transtibial amputee and elite 400 m sprinter, applied to World Athletics (WA, Previously IAAF)to run at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games (i.e., against non-disabled runners). In support of his application Mr Leeper provided a scientific report which claimed to show that his prosthetics did not provide him with a competitive advantage. Our group were engaged by WA to evaluate the scientific merit of Mr Leeper's application. We assessed Mr Leepers report and a range of other scientific evidence and advised WA that, on the balance of probabilities, Mr Leepers prosthetics did confer an advantage his application should be rejected. Mr Leeper contested the decision but on 26.10.21 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in support of our assessment (CAS2020/A/6807). In December 2020 Mr Leeper challenged the CAS decision on the grounds that the scientific evidence provided by our group was racially discriminatory. However, on 11.6.21, CAS once again ruled in our favour and found our methods were not racially discriminatory (decision announced, grounds pending).

Sean is first author on the IPC Position Stand – Background and Scientific Principles of Classification in disability sport which is among the most highly cited scientific papers in the field (263 citations) and which has also been incorporated verbatim into the IPC Handbook (Chapter 4.4), the common repository for all guiding documents for the Paralympic movement

Works

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All (130) Journal Article (85) Other Outputs (3) Conference Publication (31) Book Chapter (11)

Featured

2020

Journal Article

Competitive sport, therapy, and physical education: voices of young people with cerebral palsy who have high support needs

Enright, Eimear, Beckman, Emma M., Connick, Mark J., Dutia, Iain Mayank, Macaro, Angelo, Wilson, Paula J., O'Sullivan, Jennifer, Lavalliere, Jean-Michel, Block, Turner, Johnston, Leanne M., Panagoda, Gaj and Tweedy, Sean M. (2020). Competitive sport, therapy, and physical education: voices of young people with cerebral palsy who have high support needs. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55 (10), bjsports-2020. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102276

Competitive sport, therapy, and physical education: voices of young people with cerebral palsy who have high support needs

Featured

2018

Journal Article

The adapted physical activity program: A theory-driven, evidence-based physical activity intervention for people with brain impairment

Clanchy, Kelly M., Tweedy, Sean M. and Trost, Stewart G. (2018). The adapted physical activity program: A theory-driven, evidence-based physical activity intervention for people with brain impairment. Brain Impairment, 20 (01), 81-95. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2018.16

The adapted physical activity program: A theory-driven, evidence-based physical activity intervention for people with brain impairment

Featured

2017

Journal Article

Cluster analysis of novel isometric strength measures produces a valid and evidence-based classification structure for wheelchair track racing

Connick, Mark J, Beckman, Emma, Vanlandewijck, Yves, Malone, Laurie A, Blomqvist, Sven and Tweedy, Sean M (2017). Cluster analysis of novel isometric strength measures produces a valid and evidence-based classification structure for wheelchair track racing. British journal of sports medicine, 52 (17), bjsports-2017. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097558

Cluster analysis of novel isometric strength measures produces a valid and evidence-based classification structure for wheelchair track racing

Featured

2016

Journal Article

Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise and spinal cord injury

Tweedy, Sean M., Emma Beckman, Tim Geraghty, Daniel Theisen, Claudio Perret, Lisa A Harvey and Yves C Vanlandewijck (2016). Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise and spinal cord injury. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20 (2), 108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.02.001

Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise and spinal cord injury

Featured

2011

Journal Article

International Paralympic Committee position stand-background and scientific principles of classification in Paralympic sport

Tweedy, S. M. and Vanlandewijck, Y. C. (2011). International Paralympic Committee position stand-background and scientific principles of classification in Paralympic sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 45 (4), 259-269. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.065060

International Paralympic Committee position stand-background and scientific principles of classification in Paralympic sport

2025

Journal Article

An analysis of people with disabilities in Australia by age, sex, disability type and severity – Implications for leveraging the 2032 Paralympic games to increase physical activity participation

Tweedy, Sean, Fortnum, Kathryn, Thomas, George, Cole, Damien, Demetriou, Bridget, Dutia, Iain, Hill, Jessica, Cairney, John and Beckman, Emma (2025). An analysis of people with disabilities in Australia by age, sex, disability type and severity – Implications for leveraging the 2032 Paralympic games to increase physical activity participation. JSAMS Plus, 6 100110, 100110. doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2025.100110

An analysis of people with disabilities in Australia by age, sex, disability type and severity – Implications for leveraging the 2032 Paralympic games to increase physical activity participation

2025

Journal Article

Support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise (SNAT-SE): Usability and acceptability testing

Hill, Jessica, Clanchy, Kelly, Trost, Stewart, Fleming, Jennifer, Beckman, Emma, Tweedy, Sean, Dutia, Iain and Gomersall, Sjaan (2025). Support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise (SNAT-SE): Usability and acceptability testing. JSAMS Plus, 6 100111, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2025.100111

Support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise (SNAT-SE): Usability and acceptability testing

2025

Journal Article

Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion and persisting post‐concussion symptoms: new guidelines to support evidence‐based assessment and management in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Barlow, Karen M., Ponsford, Jennie L., Theodom, Alice, Cowen, Gill, Davis, Gavin A., Anderson, Vicki, Babl, Franz E., Cole, David, Cullen, Jennifer, Dalziel, Stuart R., Fitzgerald, Melinda, Flavell, Howard, Yates, Caroline, Kimble, Rebecca, Olver, John H., Orr, Rhonda, Ralfe, Mark, Rose, Michael, Rushworth, Nick, Treleaven, Julia, Browne, Gary, Delang, Nathan, Harris, Sarah, Mitchell, Gary and Tweedy, Sean (2025). Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion and persisting post‐concussion symptoms: new guidelines to support evidence‐based assessment and management in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Medical Journal of Australia, 223 (9), 446-449. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70082

Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion and persisting post‐concussion symptoms: new guidelines to support evidence‐based assessment and management in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

2025

Journal Article

A Physical Activity Clinical Practice Guideline for People With Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Hassett, Leanne, Johnson, Liam, Williams, Gavin, Ashpole, Rhys, Bauman, Adrian, Carty, Catherine, Chagpar, Sakina, Clanchy, Kelly, Haynes, Abby, Heine, Kate, Munn, Zachary, Okely, Anthony, Rushworth, Nick, Scheinberg, Adam, Sherrington, Catherine, Simpson, Grahame, Tiedemann, Anne, Tweedy, Sean, Vassallo, Gabrielle, Wang, Belinda, West, Kerry, Wolfenden, Luke and the BRIDGES Guideline Development Group members (2025). A Physical Activity Clinical Practice Guideline for People With Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Clinical and Public Health Guidelines, 2 (4) e70035. doi: 10.1002/gin2.70035

A Physical Activity Clinical Practice Guideline for People With Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

2025

Journal Article

Evaluation of an inpatient sports program to guide post-discharge physical activity participation among people with brain and spinal cord injury – a cross-sectional study

Daniel, Hannah, Bray, Emily A., Beckman, Emma M., Smith, Kathryn, Kendall, Melissa, Tweedy, Sean, Geraghty, Timothy, Richardson, James, Verner-Wren, Glenn, Tonks, Peter, Peach, Jai and Gane, Elise (2025). Evaluation of an inpatient sports program to guide post-discharge physical activity participation among people with brain and spinal cord injury – a cross-sectional study. Disability and Rehabilitation, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2527354

Evaluation of an inpatient sports program to guide post-discharge physical activity participation among people with brain and spinal cord injury – a cross-sectional study

2025

Journal Article

Comparing trajectories of sport participation for autistic- and non-autistic-youth: a group-based multi-trajectory modelling approach

O’Flaherty, Martin, Hill, Jessica, Bourke, Matthew, Gomersall, Sjaan, Tweedy, Sean and Cairney, John (2025). Comparing trajectories of sport participation for autistic- and non-autistic-youth: a group-based multi-trajectory modelling approach. Autism, 29 (10) 13623613251345345, 13623613251345345-2587. doi: 10.1177/13623613251345345

Comparing trajectories of sport participation for autistic- and non-autistic-youth: a group-based multi-trajectory modelling approach

2025

Journal Article

A systematic review of sample representativeness and homogeneity in exercise trials using group designs for people with cerebral palsy

Tweedy, S.M., Dutia, I.M., Caughey, L., Demetriou, B., Beckman, E.M. and Cairney, J. (2025). A systematic review of sample representativeness and homogeneity in exercise trials using group designs for people with cerebral palsy. JSAMS Plus, 5 100103, 100103. doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2025.100103

A systematic review of sample representativeness and homogeneity in exercise trials using group designs for people with cerebral palsy

2025

Journal Article

Community-based physical activity promotion confers broad-spectrum benefits for military veterans with chronic and complex conditions: evidence from 4 years of rehabilitation consultant referrals

Clanchy, Kelly, Hill, J., Fenning, M. and Tweedy, S. (2025). Community-based physical activity promotion confers broad-spectrum benefits for military veterans with chronic and complex conditions: evidence from 4 years of rehabilitation consultant referrals. BMJ Military Health, 171 (2) e002375, 105-109. doi: 10.1136/military-2023-002375

Community-based physical activity promotion confers broad-spectrum benefits for military veterans with chronic and complex conditions: evidence from 4 years of rehabilitation consultant referrals

2025

Journal Article

The long road back to physical activity: the experience of people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury

Haynes, Abby, Johnson, Liam, Ashpole, Rhys, Mamo, Anthony, Chagpar, Sakina, Williams, Gavin, Clanchy, Kelly, Waters, Nick, Vassallo, Gabby, Scheinberg, Adam, Sherrington, Catherine, Tweedy, Sean, West, Kerry and Hassett, Leanne (2025). The long road back to physical activity: the experience of people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47 (19), 5077-5088. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2459338

The long road back to physical activity: the experience of people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury

2024

Conference Publication

Development of a support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise

Hill, J., Fleming, J., Beckman, E., Tweedy, S., Trost, S., Dutia, I., Clanchy, K. and Gomersall, S. (2024). Development of a support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise. 2024 SMA & ACSEP Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.105

Development of a support needs assessment tool for people with disability wanting to participate in sport and exercise

2024

Journal Article

Single case experimental design: a rigorous method for addressing inequity and enhancing precision within Para sport and exercise medicine research

Tweedy, Sean, Dutia, Iain Mayank, Cairney, John and Beckman, Emma (2024). Single case experimental design: a rigorous method for addressing inequity and enhancing precision within Para sport and exercise medicine research. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58 (21) 108587, 1242-1243. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108587

Single case experimental design: a rigorous method for addressing inequity and enhancing precision within Para sport and exercise medicine research

2024

Journal Article

The influence of water and air temperature on elite wheelchair triathlon performance

Borg, David N., Gibson, Alexander D., Bach, Aaron J.E., Beckman, Emma M., Tweedy, Sean M. and Stewart, Ian B. (2024). The influence of water and air temperature on elite wheelchair triathlon performance. Temperature, 11 (4), 363-372. doi: 10.1080/23328940.2024.2391170

The influence of water and air temperature on elite wheelchair triathlon performance

2024

Journal Article

Perceptions and beliefs of community-based fitness professionals working with people with disability: a qualitative study

Hill, Jessica, Gaukroger, Kate, Gomersall, Sjaan, Tweedy, Sean, Gullo, Hannah and Beckman, Emma (2024). Perceptions and beliefs of community-based fitness professionals working with people with disability: a qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47 (6), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2375062

Perceptions and beliefs of community-based fitness professionals working with people with disability: a qualitative study

2024

Journal Article

The power of Para sport: the effect of performance-focused swimming training on motor function in adolescents with cerebral palsy and high support needs (GMFCS IV) – a single-case experimental design with 30-month follow-up

Dutia, Iain Mayank, Connick, Mark, Beckman, Emma, Johnston, Leanne, Wilson, Paula, Macaro, Angelo, O'Sullivan, Jennifer and Tweedy, Sean (2024). The power of Para sport: the effect of performance-focused swimming training on motor function in adolescents with cerebral palsy and high support needs (GMFCS IV) – a single-case experimental design with 30-month follow-up. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58 (14) bjsports-2023-107689, 777-784. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107689

The power of Para sport: the effect of performance-focused swimming training on motor function in adolescents with cerebral palsy and high support needs (GMFCS IV) – a single-case experimental design with 30-month follow-up

2024

Journal Article

Physical exercise training to increase cardiorespiratory fitness in people with spinal cord injury (protocol)

Ilha, Jocemar, Glinsky, Joanne V, Chu, Jackie, Bye, Elizabeth A, Tweedy, Sean and Harvey, Lisa A (2024). Physical exercise training to increase cardiorespiratory fitness in people with spinal cord injury (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024 (2) CD014476. doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd014476

Physical exercise training to increase cardiorespiratory fitness in people with spinal cord injury (protocol)

Funding

Current funding

2024 - 2027

AI-Empowered and Video-Based uplift of Paralympic classification systems (AQIRP project administered by Follow Me AI)

Follow Me AI Pty Ltd

Open grant - 2024 - 2029

Implementation of the Australian Physical Activity Clinical Practice Guideline for people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (an MRFF TBI grant administered by University of Sydney)

University of Sydney

Open grant - 2024 - 2027

Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a consumer co-designed exercise program in paediatric survivors of sarcoma

World Cancer Research Fund International

Open grant - 2023 - 2027

Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities

NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Effective Treatments and Therapies

Open grant

Past funding

2024

The safety, feasibility and acceptability of a performance focused sports training program for previously able-bodied athletes with recently acquired spinal cord injuries

Queensland Academy of Sport

Open grant - 2022 - 2025

Transforming the World Para Swimming Classification System with sEMG.

Manchester Metropolitan University

Open grant - 2021 - 2023

From injury to long-term physical activity for people living with traumatic brain injury (MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission Grant administered by University of Sydney)

University of Sydney

Open grant - 2018 - 2020

Classification in wheelchair tennis

Loughborough University

Open grant - 2018 - 2020

Classification of runners with hypertonia, axtaxia or athetosis - improving the current system and evaluation of new methods

International Paralympic Committee

Open grant - 2017 - 2018

Towards evidence-based classification for sprinters with neurological impairment in World Para Athletics

Exercise and Sports Science Australia Ltd

Open grant - 2017 - 2020

Evaluating the effects of a performance-focused swimming training program on health, fitness, and functioning in people with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy

Research Donation Generic

Open grant - 2015 - 2018

Does a high-volume, performance-focused swimming program elicit meaningful, therapeutic change in people with cerebral palsy? A proof-of-concept study

Swimming Australia Limited

Open grant - 2015 - 2022

A longitudinal intervention study evaluating physical and psychosocial responses to performance focused sports training for people with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy

Queensland Academy of Sport

Open grant - 2015 - 2020

Does a high-volume, performance-focused swimming program elicit meaningful, therapeutic change in people with cerebral palsy? A proof-of-concept study

Australian Paralympic Committee

Open grant - 2014 - 2018

Evaluation of training responses of patients following megaprosthesis bone replacement surgery

Queensland Orthopaedic Research Trust

Open grant - 2014 - 2015

Improving reliability and validity of current classification methods in classes FT5-FT8 and t35-T38

The Agitos Foundation

Open grant - 2013 - 2021

IPC Classification Research and Development Centre

International Paralympic Committee

Open grant - 2013 - 2014

Evaluation of the impact of neuromusculoskeletal impairment on running performance in Kenyan Athletes

International Paralympic Committee

Open grant - 2012

An instrumented treadmill for understanding the forces responsible for walking and running under different conditions in both normal and clinical populations.

UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

Open grant - 2010 - 2011

Towards Evidence-based classification in Paralympic Athletics: Methods for assessing level of training and intentional misrepresentation of abilities in Paralympic athletes

UQ FirstLink Scheme

Open grant - 2009 - 2015

Longitudinal growth, nutrition and physical activity in young children with Cerebral Palsy

NHMRC Project Grant

Open grant - 2007

Evaluating the impact of neuromusculoskeletal impairment on the execution of athletic skills

UQ FirstLink Scheme

Open grant - 2003 - 2004

Development and Evaluation of a Unified Classification System disability athletics (running, wheelchair racing, throws and jumps)

Australian Sports Commission

Open grant - 2003

Mobile Exercise Science Laboratory

Australian Sports Commission

Open grant - 2001

Reliability of a community based protocol for measurement of oxygen cost of locomotion in people with acquired brain injury (ABI)

GF Finch Bequest

Open grant - 2001

The efficacy of a community based physical activity intervention in improving the health of people with acquired brain injury

Princess Alexandra Hospital R&D Foundation

Open grant - 1997 - 2019

Motor Accident Insurance Commission Queensland Teaching and Community Service Rehabilitation Research Fellowship in Physical Activity and Disability

Motor Accident Insurance Commission

Open grant

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Supervision

Availability

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Available projects

Does a high-volume, performance-focused swimming program elicit meaningful, therapeutic change in people with cerebral palsy? A proof-of-concept study

In the general population, the dose-response relationship between exercise volume and relative disease-risk is curvilinear with an inflection at 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week: below this volume (i.e., lower frequency, intensity and/or duration) relative disease-risk increases rapidly; and above this volume, disease-risk continues to decrease, but less rapidly. Importantly, there is no obvious upper threshold. This dose-response relationship is believed to apply to people with cerebral palsy (CP), although research in this population to date has focused almost exclusively on low-volume exercise. The benefits of high-volume exercise have not been investigated and anecdotal evidence indicates that high-volume exercise, such as is undertaken by Paralympic swimmers, elicits clinical outcomes that significantly exceed those conferred by lower volumes. This proof-of-concept study will apply Talent Identification/Talent Development methods from elite sport to identify untrained, people with CP with moderate-to-severe impairments, but with physical and psychological attributes known to be advantageous in competitive swimming. Half of the sample will complete a 12-week, high-volume, performance-focused swimming program. The effect of this exercise dose on participants’ health, fitness and functioning will be compared with the effects of a 12-week intervention aimed at assisting a control-group to accrue 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Doctor Philosophy

##### an evaluation of the impact of performance focused sports training on clinical outcomes in individuals with high support needs

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman - Doctor Philosophy

##### Development and Evaluation of Medical Screening and Management Procedures for People with Disabilities and High Support Needs Commencing Competitive Sport

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman, Dr Jessica Hill - Doctor Philosophy

##### Development and evaluation of a Best Practice Classification Framework for current and prospective Paralympic sports

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman, Dr Leigh Sperka - Doctor Philosophy

##### Evaluating the effect of a performance-focused sports training program on the functional independence and mobility in people with neuromusculoskeletal high support needs impairments.

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman - Doctor Philosophy

##### Building a systems level, evidence informed approach to increasing sport and physical activity among people with a disability

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Georgina Clutterbuck, Associate Professor Emma Beckman - Doctor Philosophy

##### Human Posture Recognition Applied to Physical Activity

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Xin Yu - Master Philosophy

##### Time cost and fatigue associated with sports participation for athletes with and without severe to profound disability and high support needs, a comparative analysis

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Dr George Thomas, Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall - Doctor Philosophy

##### Prospective analysis of para swimming- investigating talent identification, talent development and the impact on impairment and performance.

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman - Doctor Philosophy

##### Implementation and scale-up of ParaSTART, a performance focused sports training and applied research program for people with high support needs disabilities.

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman - Doctor Philosophy

##### Examining the Efficacy of Attentional Focus Instruction on Typically and Atypically Developing Young Learners Performing a Postural Control Task

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Gregore Iven Mielke, Professor John Cairney - Doctor Philosophy

##### Developing new approaches to pressure injury mitigation for athletes with spinal cord injury

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman, Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall, Dr Jessica Hill - Doctor Philosophy

##### Understanding and influencing sedentary time in workers with a disability

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Ana Goode, Dr Jessica Hill, Professor Genevieve Healy - Doctor Philosophy

##### Developing a Motor Assessment Tool that is Feasible for Autistic Children with High Support Needs

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor John Cairney, Associate Professor Emma Beckman - Doctor Philosophy

##### Para Sport coach development- a prospective longitudinal study