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Daina Sturnieks
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Associate Professor UNSW
Conjoint Senior Research Scientist, NeuRA
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Dr Sturnieks has a PhD in human biomechanics (UWA). She is Associate Professor 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
2026, 01 Aug
Predictive accuracy of gait speed for falls: An individual participant data meta-analysis
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1202960383
2026, 01 Jul
Corrigendum to “Understanding adherence and its impact on function in a six-month step exergame intervention for people” [Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Volume 107, 106948, March 2026] (Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (2026) 107, (S2211034825006868), (10.1016/j.msard.2025.106948))
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1201393763
2026, 01 Apr
Cortical activity during supported and unsupported choice-stepping reaction time tasks in young and older people: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1197553129
2026, 01 Apr
The impact of age on muscle and kinematic responses following an unpredictable forward slip while walking
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1197905691
2026 Apr
THE EFFECT OF 4-WEEK COMBINED VOLITIONAL AND REACTIVE STEP TRAINING IN REDUCING FALLS RISK IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER FALLERS: A RAN-DOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
2026 Apr
THE EFFECT OF 4-WEEK COMBINED VOLITIONAL AND REACTIVE STEP TRAINING IN REDUCING FALLS RISK IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER FALLERS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
2026, 01 Mar
Understanding adherence and its impact on function in a six-month step exergame intervention for people with multiple sclerosis
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1196651656
2026
Fall Prevention
View full book-chapter on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1202701852
2025 Sep
Self-reported risk taking predicts handrail use on a stepladder in older adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2025.06.025
2025, 01 Jun
Impact of age on muscle and kinematic responses to an obstacle trip while walking
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1186725106
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