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Dr

Daina Sturnieks


Current Appointments

Senior Research Scientist (Conjoint)
Conjoint Senior Research Scientist, NeuRA
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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