Staff profile

Dr Michael Dillon

Senior Lecturer, Post Graduate Coordinator

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics

HS2-430, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

B.P&O (Hons) La Trobe, PhD Queensland University Technology

Membership of professional associations

President, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) Australia

Area of study

Prosthetics and Orthotics

Brief profile

Dr Michael Dillon is a Senior Lecturer at the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics and an affiliate of the Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University. Michael has worked as an academic for about 10 years following his initial teaching post at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. With expertise in transfemoral prosthetics and in particular, ischial containment socket designs, Michael has taught this clinical speciality to both undergraduates and experienced clinicians both in Australia and abroad. Michael has previously work in interim prosthetic programs and private practice.

 

Michael's research has focused on the gait of persons with partial foot amputation and the influence of prosthetic intervention. This research program has made important contributions to dispelling many of the common misconceptions about how the effects of prosthetic intervention. The need for such improvements in the evidence base is becoming increasingly important as the numbers of persons undergoing partial foot amputation increase.

 

Michael currently serves as President of ISPO Australia following roles as Chair of the Scientific and Education Committee (2004-2010), the Annual Scientific Meeting Liaison Committee (2010-) and Vice President (2005-2011). Michael has been instrumental in the establishment of the ISPO Australia Research Grant and numerous courses and conferences which have been the backbone of ISPO Australia's mission to further education and research.

 

Research interests

Prosthetics and Orthotics

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Rehabilitation

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Recent publications

 Publications from 2006-

Peer reviewed journal publications.

 

Dillon, M.P. & Fatone, S. (2013) Deliberations about the functional benefits and complications of partial foot amputation: do we pay heed to the purported benefits at the expense of minimising complications? Invited submission, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In press.

 

Dillon, M.P., Laux, S. & Fernandez, R. (2013) Prediction of the skeletal ML dimension using non-invasive anthropometric measurements for the provision of ischial containment sockets: a pilot study. Prosthetics and Orthotics International. In press.

 

Dillon, M. P., Fatone, S., & Hansen, A. (2011). The effect of prosthetic design on the centre of pressure excursion in partial foot prostheses. Journal Rehabilitation Research and Development, 48(2), 161-178.

 

Kohler, F., Stucki, G., Geertzen, J. H. B., Burger, H., Dillon, M. P., Schiappacasse, C., et al. (2008). Developing Core Sets for persons following amputation based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a way to specify functioning Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 33(2), 117-129.

 

Dillon, M., Fatone, S., & Hansen, A. (2008). Influence of marker models on ankle kinematics in persons with partial foot amputation: an investigation using a mechanical model. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 45(4), 567-576.

 

Dillon, M. P., & Barker, T. (2008). Comparison of gait of persons with partial foot amputation wearing prosthesis to matched control group: an observational study. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 45(9), 1317-1334.

 

Dillon, M. P., Barker, T., & Pettet, G. (2008). Effect of inaccuracies in anthropometric data and linked-segment inverse dynamic modeling on kinetics of gait in persons with partial foot amputation. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 45(9), 1303-1316.

 

Dillon, M. P., Fatone, S., & Hodge, M. C. (2007). Biomechanics of ambulation after partial foot amputation: a systematic literature review. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 19(8), 2-61.

 

Dillon, M. P., & Barker, T. M. (2006a). Can partial foot prostheses effectively restore foot length? Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 30(1), 17-23.

 

Dillon, M. P., & Barker, T. M. (2006b). Preservation of residual foot length in partial foot amputation: a biomechanical analysis. Foot & Ankle International, 27(2), 110-116.

 

Letters

 

Dillon, M.P., & Fatone, S. (2012) RE: Selection of an above or below-ankle orthosis for individuals with neuropathic partial foot amputation: a pilot study by Spaulding et al. (2012) [Prosthetics & Orthotics International 2012:36:2,217-224]. In press.

 

Dillon, M. P., & Ratcliffe, J. (2010). RE: Cost-effectiveness of C-leg compared with non-microprocessor controlled knees: a modeling approach by Brodtkorb et al. (2008)  [Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008:89, 24.30]. Archives Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, 91(4), 633.

 

Dillon, M. P. (2010). RE: An interim prosthetics program for lower limb amputees: comparison of public and private models of service by Gordon et al., (2010) [Prosthetics and Orthotics International 2010:34:2,175-183]. Prosthetics & Orthotics International, 34(4), 495-497.

 

Dillon, M. P., & Bach, T. (2009). Re: Gait and balance of transfemoral amputees using passive mechanical and microprocessor controlled prosthetic knees by Kaufman et al. [Gait and Posture 20 (2007) 489-493]. Gait and Posture, 29, 161-162.

 

Evidence note

 

Dillon, M. P., & Fatone, S. (2009). Evidence Note: The Biomechanics of Ambulation of Ambulation after Partial Foot Amputation. Washington CD: American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists.

 

Book chapters, texts 

 

Dillon, M. P. (2010) Partial foot amputation: aetiology, incidence, complications, prosthetic intervention and a characterisation of gait. In: JH Stone, M Blouin. (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation. Buffalo, NY.: Centre for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange Health Sciences Library.

 

 Dillon, M., & Uchida, M. (2008). Ischial containment socket for transfemoral amputees. A manual for assessment, casting, modification and fitting (M. Uchida, Trans.). Kobe, Japan: Jekei Group. ISBN: 978-4-915617-10-2.

 

Dillon, M. P. (2006). Ischial containment socket for transfemoral amputees. A manual for assessment, casting, modification and fitting (First ed.). Melbourne: National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics, La Trobe University. ISBN: 192094852x

 

Edited works

 

Mackenzie, R., Dillon, M.P. & Ridgewell, E. (Eds) (2011) Proceedings of the 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Australian National Members Society. Sydney, NSW.  Conference Action Pty. Ltd.

 

Mackenzie, R., Dillon, M. P., Foss, S., & Mckay, S. (Eds.). (2009). Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Australian National Members Society. Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise. QLD: ICMS Australasia. Pty Ltd.

 

Dillon, M. P., Mackenzie, R., Cavenett, S., & Clarke, L. (Eds.). (2008). Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of ISPO ANMS. Glenelg South Australia: DC Conferences.

 

Dillon, M. P. (Ed.). (2006d). Proceedings of the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of ISPO Australia. Freemantle, Western Australia: Keynote Conferences.

 

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Research projects

Projects current being undertaken include:

  1. Incidence of lower extremity amputation in Australian hospitals from 2000-2010
  2. Prediction of the skeletal ML dimension using non-invasive anthropometric measurements for the provision of ischial containment sockets.
  3. A mixed method comparison of quality of life in persons with partial foot and transtibial amputation.
  4. Experience of persons undergoing sequential partial foot and transtibial amputation: a narrative enquiry.
  5. Geographic variation in the incidence, and characteristics, of persons undergoing lower extremity amputation In Australia.