Dr Sallie Cowan B App Sc (Physio), Grad Dip (Manip Ther), PhD

Dr Cowan completed a PhD in 2002 investigating motor control of the patellofemoral joint. She received several awards for her research including the Best Conference Paper at the 7th Scientific Conference of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists and the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia National Reasearch Prize. Following her PhD, she was employed by the University of Melbourne, School of Physiotherapy as a Research Fellow. In 2003, Dr Cowan was awarded a prestigious National Health and Medical Research Foundation Post Doctoral Training Research Fellowship (part time). Her research focuses on investigating the relationship between motor control at the hip and the vasti. She is an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapist who continues clinical practice at a multidisciplinary sports and spinal practice. She has taught in both the undergraduate and post graduate programs in the School of Physiotherapy.

Contact details:

• Telephone: +613 8344 0422
• Facsimile: +613 8344 4188
• Email form: click to contact

Field of Expertise:

• EMG, Musckuloskeletal physiotherapy

Research Interests:

• Knee pain

Member of Research Groups:

• Knee pain group

Selected Publications:

Cowan, S. M., K. L. Bennell, K. M. Crossley, P. W. Hodges, and J. McConnell. Physiotherapy treatment alters the recruitment of the vasti in patellofemoral pain syndrome.Med Sci Sports Exerc. 34:1879-1885, 2002.

Cowan, S. M., K. L. Bennell, and P. W. Hodges. Therapeutic patellar taping changes the timing of vastii muscle activation in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome.Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. 12:339-347, 2002.

Cowan, S. M., K. L. Bennell, P. W. Hodges, K. M. Crossley, and J. McConnell Simultaneous feedforward recruitment of the vastii in untrained postural tasks can be restored by specific training. J Orthop Res. 21:553-558, 2003.

Cowan, S. M., P. W. Hodges, K. L. Bennell, and K. M. Crossley. Altered vasti recruitment when people with patellofemoral pain syndrome complete a postural task. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 83:989-995, 2002.

Cowan, S. M., A. Schache, P. Brukner, K. Crossley, K. Bennell, P. W. Hodges, and P. Coburn. Delayed activation of transversus abdominus in individuals with chronic groin pain. Med Sci Sports Exerc, In press

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