Research Project
Dr
Daina Sturnieks
Current Appointments
Senior Research Scientist (Conjoint)
Conjoint Senior Research Scientist, NeuRA
Key Research Areas
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Dr Sturnieks has a PhD in human biomechanics (UWA). She is Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at UNSW Medicine and Conjoint Senior Research Scientist at NeuRA. Her research focuses on understanding biomechanical, sensorimotor and neurocognitive contributions to balance and falls in older people and clinical groups, and randomised controlled trials of novel interventions to prevent falls involving balance, stepping and cognitive training. Dr Sturnieks is active in translating research findings into community, aged care and hospital settings and is Executive Board Member of the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society.
Publications
2023, 01 Jun
Risk Factors for Falls and Fall-Related Fractures in Community-Living Older People with Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1158592970
2023, 01 May
The effects of optic flow on postural stability: Influence of age and fall risk
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1156291041
2023, 01 May
Training reactive balance using trips and slips in people with multiple sclerosis: A blinded randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1156094143
2023, 20 Apr
Cognitive and physical declines and falls in older people with and without mild cognitive impairment: a 7-year longitudinal study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000315
2023, 01 Mar
Correlations between reach, lean and ladder tipping risk
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1155535202
2022, 01 Dec
An interactive step training system to reduce falls in people with multiple sclerosis: A multi-centre randomised controlled trial
2022, 01 Dec
An interactive step training system to reduce falls in people with multiple sclerosis: A multi-centre randomised controlled trial
2022 Dec
The rising cost of falls – Health researchers are calling for action
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13157
2022, 01 Nov
Visuospatial working memory and obstacle crossing in young and older people
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1151071757
2022 Nov
139 Preventing falls with motor-cognitive training: a 12-month randomised controlled trial
View full conference-paper on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1153973959
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