Therapeutic Interventions and Practices
Health interventions that people want and need 
The aim of this stream is to develop, apply and measure effective practices, techniques and technologies that support early intervention, prevention, optimise community participation and improve quality of life for people with disability. It includes evaluation and implementation of complex interventions related to biomedical and clinical therapeutic techniques, clinical assessment, screening practices and tools, psychosocial strategies, and family and group based programs.
- New and adapted rehabilitation practices addressing clinical challenges, innovation and early intervention across of key populations: State wide Spinal Injury population, Statewide Brain Injury Population, Musculoskeletal health Persistent pain, Amputees, Early Childhood, Cardiac disability, Degenerative disability.
- Person-centered practice looks at respectful and dignified practices for all.
- Musculoskeletal Health and Persistent Pain Research Lab.
Research Stream Leaders:
Academic Lead: Clinical Lead:
Professor Michel Coppieters Kerrin Watters
Contact them at hopkinscentre@griffith.edu.au
Featured Projects
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The International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) Project
Published 30th September 2020
Validity testing of a new conceptual framework for rehabilitation, post spinal cord injury
Published 5th June 2017
Nutrition Prescription: Healing Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury
Published 30th September 2020
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Singing Cords: Peer led group singing to enhance breathing, voice and wellbeing
Published 14th July 2017
ROAMM: Restoring Occupations And coMMunity participation
Published 4th December 2019
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Published 1st February 2019
Effective pain management in everyday life: Developing a model of peer support for persistent pain
Published 20th July 2018
Adapted Physical Activity Program (APAP)
Published 28th June 2017
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Assault and Brain Injury (Aabi) Project
Published 1st July 2013
Potential of smartphone apps to assist people with spinal cord injury
Published 24th April 2018
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Clinical Guides: Supporting children on the Autism Spectrum with minimal verbal language
Published 20th November 2019
Published 30th August 2018
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Brain plasticity in spinal cord injury pain
Published 4th February 2020
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Accelerating technology uptake during a pandemic: enabling and extending delivery of rehabilitation
Published 7th October 2020
Musculoskeletal Health and Persistent Pain Research Lab
Published 29th January 2020
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Published 7th March 2019
Understanding family workload following traumatic injury
Published 17th May 2018
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Published 6th February 2020
Understanding family workload and capacity following catastrophic injury
Published 29th June 2017
HabITec: The sociotechnical space
Published 25th October 2018
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Published 6th February 2020
Community access and participation following acquired brain injury
Published 14th May 2020
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Profiles of Vocalisation Change in Children with Autism receiving Early Intervention
Published 17th July 2018
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Innovative Accommodation for individuals with ABI
Published 20th November 2020
Understanding neuropathic pain following breast cancer treatment
Published 6th February 2020
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Predictors of Self-Rated Health Post-Injury: Findings from claimants in Queensland
Published 17th July 2018
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Virtual reality study to combat persistent pain
Published 6th February 2020
HCQ Consumer Engagement Evaluation
Published 19th March 2019
Published 1st February 2019
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Published 15th May 2020
CHLD Network: Child Health, Learning and Disability
Published 30th September 2020
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Communication Partner Training Project
Published 30th September 2020
The impact of the introduction of the HabITec Lab at the Princess Alexandra Hospital
Published 7th October 2020
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Published 7th October 2020
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) Clinical Trial
Published 6th February 2020
Featured Publications
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Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design
Published 8th August 2017
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End-of-life care in hematology: Update from Australia
Published 21st August 2013
Music, Health and Wellbeing: Exploring Music for Health Equity and Social Justice.
Published 17th January 2019
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Designing integrative learning on placement: A study of student experiences
Published 1st May 2018
Trunk stiffness decreases and trunk damping increases with experimental low back pain
Published 28th September 2020
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A profile of Australian occupational therapy academic workforce job satisfaction
Published 5th July 2020
'We don't have anyone with dementia here': A case for better intersectoral collaboration
Published 26th May 2012
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Published 8th February 2020
A qualitative study of high level wellness, health and happiness
Published 4th December 2017
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Validity of the Apple Watch® for monitoring push counts in people using manual wheelchairs
Published 27th February 2019
Published 21st August 2013
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Understanding Dysphagia Care in the Community Setting
Published 7th January 2019
Published 5th November 2018
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Spatially-defined motor deficits in people with unilateral complex regional pain syndrome
Published 14th July 2017
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Exercise and sports science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise and spinal cord injury
Published 9th March 2016
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What is known about sexual health after pediatric acquired brain injury: A scoping review
Published 14th October 2017
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Early Vocational Rehabilitation After Serious Injury or Illness: A Systematic Review
Published 3rd October 2020
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Receptivity: An important factor impacting on supportive care provision
Published 21st August 2013
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What constitutes back pain flare? A cross sectional survey of individuals with low back pain
Published 31st August 2017
The Assessment and Prediction of Prospective Memory after Stroke
Published 12th June 2020
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Published 15th September 2011
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Early Intervention: Perceptions of Family-Centered Practice
Published 5th October 2020
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Published 19th September 2019
The dishes can wait: A young mother's reflection post-PhD
Published 26th May 2012
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Factor Structure of the Social Communication Questionnaire in Preschool Aged Autistic Children
Published 30th August 2019
Experiences of Australian men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer: a qualitative study
Published 17th February 2018
Choice of a suicide method: Trends and characteristics
Published 15th November 2017
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Published 11th December 2018
Reading assessment in children with autism spectrum disorder
Published 4th July 2016
Verbal learning and memory following stroke. Brain injury
Published 15th July 2014
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Coordinated care: What does that really mean?
Published 20th May 2015
The Assessment of Social Problem-Solving Ability Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Published 2nd June 1997
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Assessment of individual patient preferences to inform clinical practice
Published 8th June 2017
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Can Older Women Self-Select Walking Speeds Congruent With Optimal Health Outcomes?
Published 4th March 2019
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Illusion-enhanced Virtual Reality Exercise for Neck Pain : A Replicated Single Case Series
Published 14th February 2020
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Relating exercise-induced desaturation and gas-exchange in pulmonary artery hypertension.
Published 23rd July 2018
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Experiences of communication changes following spinal cord injury: a qualitative analysis
Published 29th January 2019
Diagnostic accuracy of patient interview items and clinical tests for cervical radiculopathy
Published 28th July 2020
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The gender of damages and compensation
Published 9th April 2019
Understanding people’s experiences of using the SaeboFlex® following a stroke
Published 9th September 2020
The new Millennium Development Goals and Inclusive Development
Published 21st August 2012
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Automated e-Coaching System Architecture Framework for Promoting Physical Activity.
Published 18th October 2018
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Developing an evidence-based reading intervention for early brain injury rehabilitation
Published 9th July 2020
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Environmental social work: A concept analysis
Published 22nd June 2016
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First-line oxygen therapy with high-flow in bronchiolitis is not cost saving for the health service
Published 17th June 2020
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HabITec: A Sociotechnical Space for Promoting the Application of Technology to Rehabilitation
Published 5th November 2019
Self-reported prospective memory after stroke
Published 1st June 2020
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Group Singing Has Multiple Benefits in the Context of Chronic Pain: An Exploratory Pilot Study
Published 5th September 2019
Occupation-based group programs in the inpatient hospital rehabilitation setting: a scoping review
Published 15th September 2020
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Published 30th November 2020
The use of virtual reality tools in the clinic
Published 1st October 2019
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Exploring stroke survivors’ experiences and understandings of occupational therapy
Published 14th October 2020
“What is the work of Recovery Oriented Practice? A systematic literature review”
Published 3rd May 2016
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Distorted distance perception to reachable points in people with chronic shoulder pain
Published 7th May 2019
Exploring self-management within hospital-based stroke care: current and future opportunities
Published 14th October 2020
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Intercultural communication challenges confronting female Sudanese former refugees in Australia
Published 26th May 2010
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Practice-based chronic condition care coordination: challenges and opportunities
Published 26th May 2011
Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Partnerships and Collaboration.
Published 20th May 2009
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Nurses' perceived barriers to bedside handover and their implication for clinical practice
Published 31st July 2017
Published 14th January 2020
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Are Hearing Voices Networks Compatible with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis?
Published 8th January 2017
Properties of Spoken Persuasive Language Samples from Typically Developing Adolescents
Published 3rd February 2020
Health Care Practice in Australia: Policy, Context and Innovations.
Published 16th January 2009
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Psycho-sensory relationships in chronic pain
Published 27th June 2020
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Young people’s safety beliefs after a spinal cord injury health promotion and awareness presentation
Published 25th September 2017
Estimating Movement Smoothness from Inertial Measurement Units
Published 2nd May 2020
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Practicing in a person-centred environment – self-help groups in psycho-social rehabilitation
Published 16th July 2020
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Generating mutual recovery in creative spaces.
Published 20th August 2018
Learning to predict pain: differences in people with persistent neck pain and pain-free controls
Published 23rd June 2020
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The questions we ask – differences between the peer and allied health workforces
Published 6th February 2020
Improving policy and practice responses for men sexually abused in childhood
Published 26th May 2012
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Published 2nd February 2017
Published 3rd January 2019
Chinese Parents’ Understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Published 10th November 2019
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Effects of Probiotics in Preterm Infants: A Network Meta-analysis
Published 9th September 2020
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Description and psychometric properties of a prototype to test tactile acuity in the neck
Published 14th September 2020
How do teachers support their students on the autism spectrum in Australian primary schools?
Published 2nd July 2019
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Perceived Evidence and Use of Autism Intervention Strategies in Early Intervention Providers
Published 20th February 2019
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Factors associated with graduated return to work following injury in a road traffic crash
Published 8th August 2018
A scoping review of interventions for adults with dysarthria following traumatic brain injury
Published 1st February 2020
Published 31st January 2018
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Published 27th November 2019
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The Chemo Club: Insights on facilitating participation in an exercise club for cancer patients
Published 21st August 2012
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Orthopaedic Podiatry Triage: Process outcomes of a skill mix initiative.
Published 21st August 2013
The effect of childhood sexual abuse on psychosexual functioning during adulthood
Published 26th May 2011
Understanding Dysphagia Care in the Community Setting
Published 7th January 2019
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Post-disaster social work research: A scoping review of the evidence for practice
Published 21st April 2020
A biomechanical analysis of the stand-up paddle board stroke: a comparative study
Published 1st November 2019
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Moral outrage: social workers in the Third Space
Published 11th March 2016
Incorporating Demoralization into Social Work Practice
Published 31st January 2019
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Procedural care for adult bone marrow aspiration: Qualitative findings from Australia
Published 21st August 2013
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Fermented foods: fad or favourable addition to the diet?
Published 1st January 2019
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Published 21st August 2012
Profiles of vocalization change in children with autism receiving early intervention
Published 7th March 2019
Brain activity, underlying mood and the environment: A systematic review
Published 6th July 2019
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Virtual Reality Body Image Training for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Single Case Report
Published 14th September 2020
‘Chemo brain’: Research findings indicate the need for caution
Published 26th May 2011
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Inspiring hope through social work practice
Published 23rd May 2017
Navigating Ethical Challenges in Social Media: Social Work Student and Practitioner Perspectives
Published 1st March 2018
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Published 13th November 2019
Published 16th October 2020
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Published 20th December 2019
A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss
Published 20th September 2019
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Published 18th December 2019
Evaluation of a Template for Countering Misinformation—Real-world Autism Treatment Myth Debunking
Published 18th December 2018
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Life in 90 words: opportunities for person-centred care amidst COVID-19
Published 9th December 2020
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Acute cervical spinal cord injury and extubation failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 12th March 2019
Clinimetric properties of sacroiliac joint mobility tests: A systematic review
Published 9th November 2019
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Low back pain: Can we mitigate the inadvertent psycho-behavioural harms of spinal imaging?
Published 24th September 2018
Employee experience of workplace supervisor contact and support during long-term sickness absence
Published 17th December 2018
Can health partnerships re-orientate health care toward prevention?
Published 26th May 2011
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Relational processing following stroke. Brain and cognition
Published 5th June 2013
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Core competencies of Community Rehabilitation
Published 26th May 2010
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The safety and efficacy of prolonged use of one-way speaking valves
Published 13th November 2020
Using Smart Socks to Detect Step-count at Slow Walking Speeds in Healthy Adults
Published 13th December 2018
Relational processing following stroke
Published 21st August 2013
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Published 16th January 2018
Preparing Social Work Graduates for Digital Practice: Ethical Pedagogies for Effective Learning
Published 11th December 2016
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Health status after traumatic injury
Published 13th August 2012
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The use of augmented reality for rehabilitation after stroke: a narrative review
Published 14th July 2020
Utilising a Post-Placement Critical Assessment Task to Consolidate Interprofessional Learning
Published 26th February 2019
Occupational Therapy Interventions and Outcomes Measured in Residential Care: A Scoping Review
Published 31st January 2020
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Measuring airway clearance outcomes in bronchiectasis: a review
Published 29th April 2020
Educational needs and workplace opportunities of allied health assistants: A qualitative pilot
Published 4th December 2018
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Telehealth in trauma: A scoping review
Published 26th July 2020
Prognostic value of early leukocyte fluctuations for recovery from traumatic spinal cord injury
Published 27th October 2020
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Compassion in rehabilitation nurses who provide direct patient care: principles to pragmatics.
Published 15th April 2019
Shared Book Reading Behaviors of Parents and Their Verbal Preschoolers on the Autism Spectrum
Published 17th February 2020
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Randomized trial of three strategies to promote physical activity in general practice
Published 13th August 2009
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Sensory Profiles in School-Age Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Published 23rd March 2020
System and method for treating and monitoring Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Published 20th August 2020
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Making sense of change: patients’ views of diabetes and GP-led integrated diabetes care
Published 5th December 2014
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Published 23rd September 2016
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A biomechanical analysis of the stand-up paddle board stroke: a comparative study
Published 1st November 2019
Risk Feeding: An Australian Pediatric Palliative Care Perspective
Published 24th April 2020
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Role-based goal setting in catastrophically brain injured individuals: A new paradigm
Published 1st August 2020
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Translating research to practice in prelinguistic communication
Published 6th May 2016
