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Chronic pain

Chronic pain is pain which persists beyond three months. For 20 per cent of Australians, this pain is experienced so seriously that it disables them. These numbers are…

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Nerve and spinal cord injury

The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system, carrying messages from your brain to the rest of your body. If the nerve fibres that make up your spinal cord are…

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Neural injury

NeuRA is interested in how the body’s tissues respond to mechanical forces, both as a part of normal function and in injury, such as in physical trauma. A major part of…

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Back pain

Low back pain can be classified as acute (less than three months in duration) and chronic (low back pain lasting three months or longer). It is now widely accepted that…

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Fracture recovery

The most common injuries for people over 65 that require hospitalisation comprise hip fracture, fracture of the leg, fracture of radius, ulna and other bones in the arm…

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Muscle pain

Muscle pain, or myalgia, is very common and can be felt anywhere there is muscle tissue on the body. The pain is usually localised, affects a small number of muscles at…

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Stroke

There is no cure for stroke and rehabilitation is the only method to recover movement of stroke-affected limbs. NeuRA’s research focuses on the recovery of movement…

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Road safety

For more than 20 years NeuRA researchers have played a leadership role in driving improvements in road safety for Australian children and other road users, producing…

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Child injury

Injury is a leading cause of death and disability among children in Australia, and globally. NeuRA currently has a number of research programs examining different…

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Motorcycle safety

As motorcycles and scooters become increasingly popular forms of transport, the number of riders injured and killed in accidents is also increasing. We are looking for…

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Breathing

Breathing is a complex motor task that needs to be coordinated at all times while we eat, speak, exercise and even during sleep. The breathing muscles are controlled…

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High blood pressure

Blood pressure is the amount of force that is exerted on the arterial walls by blood as it is pumped around the body by the heart. High blood pressure, also known as…

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