Mr Ben Metcalf BSc (Hons)

Ben completed his Honours Degree for a Bachelor of Science in 1999, majoring in Physiology. He was employed the following year as a research assistant at the School of Physiotherapy, working under Associate Professor Kim Bennell in the Physiotherapy for Knee Pain Group. In addition he has also worked as a Project Co-ordinator for an Osteoporosis drug trial at the Department of Medicine under Professor John Wark in 2002 and recently has been working on a research project for people following Hip Replacement under Professor Mary Galea.

Contact details:

• Telephone: +613 8344 8127
• Facsimile: +613 8344 3771
• Email form: click to contact

Field of Expertise:

• Research tools and databases
• Subject recruitment
• Lab testing protocols and equipment

Research Interests:

• Patellar tendinopathy
• Knee osteoarthritis
• Total hip replacement

Member of Research Groups:

• Knee pain research group
• Physiotherapy for Patients following Total Hip Replacement group

Community Association:

• Member of the Faculty of Medicine, Equal Opportunity and Career Development Committee.

Selected Publications:

Bennell KL. Hinman RS. Metcalf BR. Association of sensorimotor function with knee joint kinematics during locomotion in knee osteoarthritis. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 83(6):455-63; quiz 464-6, 491, 2004 Jun.

Bennell KL. Hinman RS. Metcalf BR. Crossley KM. Buchbinder R. Smith M. McColl G. Relationship of knee joint proprioception to pain and disability in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 21(5):792-7, 2003 Sep.

Hinman RS. Bennell KL. Metcalf BR. Crossley KM. Balance impairments in individuals with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a comparison with matched controls using clinical tests. Rheumatology. 41(12):1388-94, 2002 Dec.

Hinman RS. Bennell KL. Metcalf BR. Crossley KM. Temporal activity of vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 81(9):684-90, 2002 Sep.

Hinman RS. Bennell KL. Metcalf BR. Crossley KM. Delayed onset of quadriceps activity and altered knee joint kinematics during stair stepping in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 83(8):1080-6, 2002 Aug.