Research Project
Professor
Kim Delbaere
Current Appointments
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
Research Fellow – Career Development Fellowship (Level 2), NHMRC
Key Research Areas
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Kim Delbaere is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at NeuRA and Director of Innovation & Translation at the Falls, Balance & Injury Research Centre, supported by the Australian NHMRC, and Professor at University of New South Wales, Sydney. She graduated in 2001 as a master in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy at the Ghent University (Belgium) and completed her PhD in 2005 on falls in older people. In 2006, she moved to Australia to work at NeuRA on fear of falling in older people.
Her research has contributed to the understanding of physical, psychological and cognitive factors causing falls. Her multidisciplinary approach incorporates elements from physiotherapy, psychology, brain imaging and software engineering towards preventing falls and promoting healthy ageing. Kim has been successful at developing novel methods of applying technology to healthy ageing for over 10 years, in both healthy older people and a range of chronic diseases. Her contributions to medical research have been recognised through two prestigious NHMRC excellence awards and numerous successful NHMRC applications, including a current NHMRC Investigator grant.
Publications
2025 Apr
The effect of pain on gait in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104758
2025, 03 Mar
A smarter approach to fall prevention: insights for action
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae291
2024, 01 Oct
Prevalence of concerns about falling in people with knee or hip osteoarthritis and the association with pain, function, and psychological factors—a cross-sectional study of 7442 patients treated in primary care
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae224
2024, 01 Oct
Two simple modifications to the World Falls Guidelines algorithm improves its ability to stratify older people into low, intermediate and high fall risk groups
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae192
2024, 06 Aug
Implementation of a digital exercise programme in health services to prevent falls in older people
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae173
2024 Aug
Evaluation of the effectiveness of three different interventions on older driver safety over a 12-month period: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087137
2024
A 10-week intergenerational program bringing together community-living older adults and preschool children (INTERACTION): a pilot feasibility non-randomised clinical trial
View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85185694233&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2024
A systems approach to aid policy action on falls prevention among community-dwelling older people in Australia
View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85190083853&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2024
Brain and brawn in balance: Central processing speed and muscle torque development speed are independently associated with the ability to recover balance with feet-in-place
View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85191579800&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2024
Clinicians’ views on cognitive assessment with Aboriginal Australians
View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85162940827&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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