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Prof Hylton B. Menz
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NHMRC Research Fellow (Clinical Career
Development Award), 2007-2011 |
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Professor, La
Trobe University |
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Director, Musculoskeletal Research
Centre, La Trobe University |
Qualifications
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BPod(Hons) La Trobe,
PhD UNSW |
Awards and distinctions
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David Myers University Medal - highest
Honours year result in the Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe
University, Victoria, 1993 |
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Australian Postgraduate Award (PhD
scholarship), 1998-2002 |
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NHMRC Australian Clinical Research
Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2003-2007 |
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Young Tall Poppy Science award,
Australian Institute of Policy and Science, 2006 |
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NHMRC Clinical Career Development
Award, 2007-2011 |
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Australasian Journal on Ageing
book award, 2008 |
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Best Research Paper Award,
Australasian Podiatry Conference, 2009 |
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British Medical Association book
award, 2009 |
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La Trobe University Excellence in
Research Award, 2009 |
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HonFCPod - Honorary Fellow, College of
Podiatrists (UK), 2010- |
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Fulbright Senior Scholar, 2011 (link) |
Honorary appointments
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Honorary Senior Research Associate,
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, University of New South
Wales (link) |
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Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Medicine,
Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne |
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Visiting Senior Research Fellow,
Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University,
UK |
Memberships and affiliations
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Member, Australian Podiatry
Association (Vic) |
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Member, Australian Association of
Gerontology |
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Member, World Association of Medical
Editors |
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Member, Osteoarthritis Research
Society International |
Research interests
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epidemiology and management of foot disorders in older people |
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osteoarthritis of the foot and ankle |
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balance and gait changes with ageing
in relation to falls |
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plantar pressure assessment |
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falls in people with Alzheimer's
disease and Parkinson's disease |
Current funded projects
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Epidemiology and management of foot
disorders in older people (NHMRC Career Development Award) |
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Preventing falls and improving
mobility in people with Parkinson's
disease (Michael J Fox Foundation grant) |
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Randomised controlled trial of callus
debridement in older people (La Trobe Faculty Grant) |
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Efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronan
(Synvisc) for the treatment of osteoarthritis affecting the first
metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot (hallux limitus): a randomised
placebo controlled trial (Genzyme Australia / La Trobe Faculty
Grant) |
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Randomised controlled trial of a
multifactorial podiatry intervention to improve balance and prevent
falls in older people (NHMRC Primary Care Project Grant) |
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Home based rehabilitation to reduce
falls and disability in Parkinson disease (NHMRC Project Grant) |
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The effectiveness of shoe insoles for
the treatment of Achilles tendinopathy (Prescription Foot Orthotic
Laboratory grant) |
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Falls risk before and after total knee
replacement surgery (Arthritis Foundation of Australia / Clive and
Vera Ramaciotti Foundation) |
Research associates
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Prof Meg E. Morris |
Melbourne School of Health Sciences, University of
Melbourne |
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Prof Stephen R. Lord |
Falls and Balance Research Group,
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia (link) |
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Prof Flavia M. Cicuttini, Dr Anita
Wluka |
Department of Epidemiology and
Preventative Medicine, Monash University (link) |
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Dr Ellen Freiberger |
Institut fur Sportwissenschaft und
Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany (link) |
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Dr Karl Landorf, Dr Shannon Munteanu |
Department of Podiatry, La Trobe
University (link) |
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Prof Peter Croft, Dr Ed Roddy, Dr
Kelvin Jordan |
Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK |
Current research students
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George Murley |
Effect of foot posture, footwear and
foot orthoses on electromyographic activity of lower limb muscles
(La Trobe) |
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Gerard Zammit |
Studies of first metatarsophalangeal
joint osteoarthritis (La Trobe) |
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Karen Mickle |
Foot and footwear risk factors for
falls (U Wollongong) |
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Simon Smith |
Predictors of outcome in hallux valgus
surgery (La Trobe) |
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Martin Spink |
Efficacy of a multifaceted podiatry
intervention to prevent falls in older people (La Trobe) |
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Christian Barton |
Foot function and treatment in
patellofemoral joint pain syndrome (La Trobe) |
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Andrew McMillan |
Injection therapy for plantar heel
pain (La Trobe) |
Publications
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PhD thesis
Menz
HB. Walking stability in young, old and neuropathic
subjects. PhD thesis, School of Physiology and
Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of New
South Wales, 2002. Available to download (PDF) at UNSW
Australian Digital Theses page (link).
Books
Lord SR, Sherrington C, Menz HB.
Falls in older people: risk factors and strategies for
prevention. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
ISBN: 0-521-58964-9 (link).
Lord
SR, Sherrington C, Menz HB, Close JC. Falls in older
people: risk factors and strategies for prevention
(2nd ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
ISBN-13: 9780521680998 (link to
publisher, link to
Amazon). Winner of the Australasian Journal on Ageing
book award, 2008.
Menz HB. Foot problems in older people: assessment and
management. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier,
2008. ISBN 0080450326 / 9780080450322 (link to
blog,
link to
Amazon).
First prize, British Medical Association book competition,
2009.
Book chapters
Menz HB. Common foot problems that can impair performance of
regular physical activity and exercise in older people:
prevention and treatment. In: Morris ME, Schoo AMM (eds.)
Optimizing exercise and physical activity in older people.
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN: 0-750-65479-1. (link)
Menz HB. Foot care. In: Carmody S, Forster S (eds.) Aged
Care Nursing: A Guide to Practice. AusMed Publications,
2003. ISBN: 0-9579876-4-1.
Also available as audio CD. (link)
Lord SR, Menz HB, Sherrington C. Falls in older people. In:
Geusens P, Sambrook PN, Lindsay R (eds.) Osteoporosis in
clinical practice - a practical guide for diagnosis and
treatment. (2nd ed.) Springer Verlag, 2004.
ISBN: 1-85233-757-5. (link)
Menz HB, Lord SR. Optimizing gait in older people with foot
and ankle disorders. In: Hausdorff J, Alexander NB,
(eds.). Gait Disorders: Evaluation and Management.
Marcel Dekker Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 0-82472-393-7 (link).
Lord SR, Sherrington C, Menz HB. Ageing and falls. In:
Haslam R, Stubbs D (eds.).
Understanding and preventing falls. Taylor and
Francis, 2005. ISBN: 0-41525-636-4. (link).
Menz HB. Foot problems in older people. In: Markides SK (ed).
Encyclopedia of Health and Aging. Thousand Oaks: Sage
Publications, 2007. ISBN: 13-978-1-4129-0949-5. (link)
Morris ME, Huxham F, Menz HB, Dobson F, Piriyaprasarth P,
Fok, P, Iansek R. Optimizing Movement and Preventing Falls
in Parkinson’s Disease: Strategies for Patients and
Care-Givers. In: Trail M. Neurorehabilitation in
Parkinson’s disease. Slack, Inc., 2007. ISBN:
1-55642-771-9. (link)
Menz HB. Assessment of older people. In: Yates B (ed).
Assessment of the lower limb. (3rd ed.). London:
Elsevier, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-08-045107-7 (link).
Journal publications (follow link to
PubMed)

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Media
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La Trobe
University podcast: Hylton
Menz on managing walking and foot disorders (MP3,
transcript,
iTunes U) |
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Hylton
Menz interviewed on ABC Radio National's Life Matters program (link) |
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Diagnosis health - Hylton Menz discusses
hallux valgus (link) |
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