Staff profile

Professor Keith Hill

Adjunct Professor

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Physiotherapy

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

B. App. Sc. (Physio) 1980, Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria. - Grad. Dip. Physio. (Neuro) 1987, Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria. - PhD 1998 - School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria.

Membership of professional associations

Board member, Arthritis Victoria (2008-), Chair of Organising Committee, 2011 Asia / Oceania Regional Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology (Melbourne, October 2011)

Area of study

Physiotherapy

Recent publications

 

(In Press) Bird ML, Hill K, Williams A, Ball M.  Effects of resistance and flexibility exercise interventions on balance and related measures in older adults.  Journal on Ageing and Physical Activity. 

 (In Press) Lamoureux E, Fenwick E, Moore K, Klaic M, Borschmann K, Hill K. Impact of distance and near vision impairment on depression and vision-specific quality of life in older people living in residential care.  Investigative Opthalmology and Vision Sciences

 (In Press)  Sims J, Hill K, Hunt S.  Physical activity recommendations for older Australians.  Australasian Journal on Ageing.

(In Press) Williams S, Brand C, Hill K, Hunt S, Moran H.  Feasibility and outcomes of a home based exercise program on improving balance and gait stability in women with lower limb osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis: A pilot study.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

 (In Press)  Hill K, Fearn M, Williams S, Mudge L, Walsh C, McCarthy P, Walsh M, Street A.  Effectiveness of a balance training home exercise program for adults with haemophilia: A pilot study.  Haemophilia  

Paterson K, Hill K, Lythgo N, Maschette W.  2009  Young and older women exhibit less gait variability during continuous walking.  Age and Ageing   Sep 1. [Epub ahead of print]  

Petty J, Hill K, ElHaber N, Paton L, Lawrence K, Berkovic S, O’Brien T, Wark J.  2009  Chronic anti-epileptic medication (AED) use is associated with reduced balance – an AED-discordant twin and sibling matched pair study.  Epilepsia.  Aug 8. [Epub ahead of print] 

Vrantsidis F, Hill K, Moore K, Webb R, Hunt S, Dowson L.  2009  Getting Grounded Gracefully©: Effectiveness and acceptability of Feldenkrais in improving balance related outcomes for older people: a randomised trial.  Journal on Aging and Physical Activity  17: 57-76.

Basic D, Khoo A, Conforti D, Rowland J, Vrantsidis F, Hill K, Harry J, Lucero K, Prowse R.  2009.  The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS), the MMSE and the GPCOG in a multicultural cohort of community-dwelling older persons with early dementia.  Australian Psychologist  44:1; 40-53.

Russell M, Hill K, Blackberry I, Gurrin L, Dharmage S, Day L.  2009.  Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool.  Age and Ageing  38(1):40-6.

Batchelor F, Hill K, Mackintosh S, Said C, Whitehead C.  2009  The FLASSH study:  protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating falls prevention after stroke and two sub-studies. BMC Neurology. 9(1):14.

Hill K.  2009   Invited commentary: Don’t lose sight of the importance of the individual in falls prevention interventions.  BMC Geriatrics 9:13. 

Hill AM, Hill KD, Brauer S, Oliver D, Hoffmann T, Beer C, McPhail S, Haines TP.  2009  Evaluation of the effect of patient education on rates of falls in older hospital patients:  Description of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatrics 9:14. 

Hill AM, McPhail S, Hoffman T, McKenna K, Hill K, Oliver D, Beer C, Brauer S, Haines T.   2009   A randomized trial of DVD versus written delivery of patient education materials for the provision of falls prevention education.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 57(8):1458-63.

Hill K, LoGiudice D, Lautenschlager N, Said C, Dodd K, Suttanon P.  2009   Effectiveness of balance training exercise in people with mild to moderate severity Alzheimer’s disease: Protocol for a randomised trial.  BMC Geriatrics 9:29. 

Basic D, Rowland J, Conforti D, Vrantsidis F, Hill K, LoGiudice D, Harry J, Lucero K, Prowse R.  2009   The validity of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) in a multicultural cohort of community-dwelling older persons with early dementia.  Alzheimer’s disease and associated disorders  23(2):124-9.

Mackintosh S, Fryer C, Hill K.  2009   Telephone and Face-to-Face Interviews to Generate Similar Falls Circumstances Information from Community-Dwelling Adults with Stroke: test – retest design.  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health  33(3):295-6. 

Stapleton C, Hough P, Bull K, Hill K, Greenwood K, Oldmeadow L.  2009  A 4-item falls-risk screening tool for sub-acute and residential care: The first step in falls prevention. Australasian Journal on Ageing  28(3): 139-143.

El Haber N, Erbas B, Hill K, Wark J.   2008  The relationship between age and measures of balance, strength and gait:  Linear and non-linear analyses   Clinical Science.  114: 719-727.

Hill K, Moore K, Dorevitch M, Day L.  2008   Effectiveness of falls clinics: an evaluation of outcomes and client adherence to recommended interventions.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  56: 600-608.

Yang XJ, Haralambous B, Angus J, Hill K.  2008   Older Chinese Australians understanding of falls and falls prevention: Exploring their needs for information.  Australian Journal of Primary Health.   14: 36-42.

Russell M, Hill K, Blackberry I, Gurrin L, Day L, Dharmage S.  2008  The reliability, sensitivity and specificity of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) assessment tool.  Age and Ageing  37(6):634-9.

Dow B, Moore K, Scott P, Ratnayeke A, Wise K, Sims J, Hill K.  2008  Rural carers on line: A feasibility study.   Australian Journal of Rural Health.  16: 221-5.

Paterson K, Hill K, Lythgo N, Maschette W.  2008   Systematic bias and reliability of single and steady-state walking protocols for the basic gait parameters in young and older adult females.   Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  89:2360-5.

Murray K, Hill K, Phillips B, Waterston J. 2007. The influence of otolith dysfunction on the clinical presentation of people with a peripheral vestibular disorder. Physical Therapy. 87(2):143-52.

Hill K, Smith R, Fearn M, Rydberg M, Oliphant R. 2007. Physical and psychological outcomes of a supported physical activity program for older carers. Journal of Ageing and Physical Activity. 15: 257-71.

Hill K, Vu M, Walsh W. 2007. Falls in the acute hospital setting - impact on resource utilization. Australian Health Review. 31 (3): 471-477.

Haines T, Hill K, Walsh W, Osborne R. 2007. Design-Related Bias in Hospital Fall Risk Screening Tool Predictive Accuracy Evaluations: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 62: 664-672.

Menz H, Hill K. 2007. 'Podiatry involvement in multidisciplinary falls prevention clinics in Australia'. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 97: 377-84.

Sims J, Hill K, Davidson S, Gunn J, Huang N. 2007. A snapshot of the prevalence of physical activity amongst older, community dwelling Victorians: Patterns across the 'young-old' and the 'old-old'. BMC Geriatrics. 23; 7:4.