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La Trobe University
Faculty of Health Sciences, Bundoora
Victoria 3086
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 3 9479 5766
Fax: +61 3 9479 5768 |
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Dr Megan Davidson
Position
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Senior lecturer and
Acting Head, School of Physiotherapy |
Qualifications
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BAppSc(Physio) Curtin, PhD LaTrobe |
Memberships and
affiliations
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Member, Australian Physiotherapy Association (Vic) |
Research
interests
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Outcomes
measurement |
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Evidence-based practice |
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Clinical and professional
supervision |
Current major projects
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"Measuring the impact of low back pain on everyday
activities”. This project aims to develop and
compare an Australian version of the Oswestry
Disability Questionnaire, a metric version of the
Human Activity Profile and the Low-Back version of
the SF-36 Physical Functioning scale. |
Peer reviewing roles
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Reviewer,
Australian Journal of Physiotherapy |
Publications
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PhD thesis
Davidson M. (2004). Measuring activity limitation in
low back pain: A comparison of five questionnaires.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, LaTrobe
University, Melbourne, Australia
Book
chapters
Davidson, M. (2005). Clinical Education and
Evidence-Based Practice. In M.Rose & D. Best,
Transforming practice through clinical education,
professional supervision and mentoring. Edinburgh:
Elsevier.
Davidson, M. & Best, D. (2005). Cognitive bias in
clinical education. In M.Rose & D. Best, Transforming
practice through clinical education, professional
supervision and mentoring. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Journal
publications
Iles R, Davidson
M. Evidence based practice: a survey of
physiotherapists' current practice. Physiotherapy
Research International 2006 Jun;11:93-103.
Keating, JL, Kent, P, Davidson M, Duke R, McKinnon, L, &
De Nardis, R (2005) Predicting short term response and
non-response to neck strengthening exercise for chronic
neck pain. Journal of Whiplash
and Related Disorders (in press).
Davidson, M., Keating,
J.L. & Eyres, S. (2004). A low back specific version of
the SF-36 Physical Functioning scale. Spine,
29(5), 586-594.
Davidson, M. (2002). The interpretation of diagnostic
tests: A primer for physiotherapists. Australian
Journal of Physiotherapy, 48, 227-232.
Davidson, M. & Keating, J.L. (2002). A comparison of
five low back disability questionnaires: Reliability and
responsiveness. Physical Therapy, 82(1), 8-24.
Freeman, J., Morris, M., Davidson, M. & Dodd, K.
(2002). Outcome measures to quantify the effects of
physical therapy for people with multiple sclerosis.
Neurology Report, 26(3), 139-144.
Editorials / letters
Davidson, M. & Keating, J.L. (2002). Author Response to
Letter to the Editor. Physical Therapy, 82(5),
515-517.
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