Physical Activity and Ageing Research Projects

• Gait Analysis & Rehabilitation Across the Lifespan.
• Preventing falls and improving mobility in people with Parkinson
  disease
• Effects of home based rehabilitation in Parkinson disease.
• Dual task interference in Parkinson's disease
• Recovery of walking after stroke using treadmill training
  
  Clinical and economic measures to evaluate disease status and
  progression in Parkinson disease
• Reducing length of stay by increasing physical activity in older adults receiving hospital based rehabilitation
  
  

Gait Analysis & Rehabilitation Across the Lifespan.
This is part of a $2,000,000  National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Centre  Grant for Research Excellence (CCRE) in Clinical Gait Analysis and Gait Rehabilitation (ID 264597).  Chief investigators: K Graham, M Morris, R Iansek, R Baker, R Wolfe, M Pandy.

"Preventing falls and improving mobility in people with Parkinson disease"
This is a $820,000 Michael J Fox Clinical Discovery Grant. M Morris (Meg Morris Chief investigator). Co-investigators: R Iansek, F Huxham, J McGinley, H Menz, J Watts.

Effects of home based rehabilitation in Parkinson disease. This program evaluates the effects of home based rehabilitation programs for people with Parkinson disease and is supported by a $720,000 NHMRC Project grant to ME Morris, H Menz, N Taylor, F Huxham, C Martin.
 
Dual Task Interference in Parkinson’s Disease
This is a project led by Sandra  Brauer, Meg  Morris & Marjorie Woollacott, funded by the Australian Brain Foundation and a $320,000 NHMRC project grant.

Recovery of walking after stroke using treadmill training.
This is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant. Chief investigators: Louisa Ada, Meg Morris, Catherine Dean. M. Morris CIB. $335,125 (ID 402679)

Clinical and economic measures to evaluate disease status and progression in Parkinson disease $110,000 US National Parkinson Foundation. R Iansek, M Morris, D Jolley, D Campbell, J Watts. M.

Reducing length of stay by increasing physical activity in older adults receiving hospital based rehabilitation:
This project is led by Dr Catherine Said, Michael Woodward, Meg Morris, Julie Bernhardt and Keith Hill and is supported by an Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation grant.

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