Research Project
Dr
Daina Sturnieks
Current Appointments
Senior Research Scientist (Conjoint)
Conjoint Senior Research Scientist, NeuRA
Key Research Areas
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Dr Sturnieks has a PhD in human biomechanics (UWA). She is Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at UNSW Medicine and Conjoint Senior Research Scientist at NeuRA. Her research focuses on understanding biomechanical, sensorimotor and neurocognitive contributions to balance and falls in older people and clinical groups, and randomised controlled trials of novel interventions to prevent falls involving balance, stepping and cognitive training. Dr Sturnieks is active in translating research findings into community, aged care and hospital settings and is Executive Board Member of the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society.
Publications
2024, 01 Jun
Brain and brawn in balance: Central processing speed and muscle torque development speed are independently associated with the ability to recover balance with feet-in-place
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1170615377
2024, 01 Apr
A custom-built step exergame training programme to prevent falls in people with multiple sclerosis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1168922810
2024, 01 Apr
Treadmill induced belt-accelerations may not accurately evoke the muscle responses to obstacle trips in older people
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1168187533
2024 Apr
Cognitive and physical declines and falls in older people with and without mild cognitive impairment: a 7-year longitudinal study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610223000315
2024, 11 Feb
Effect of cognitive training on cognitive function in community‐dwelling older people with mild‐to‐moderate dementia: A single‐blind randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13283
2024, 13 Jan
Poor mobility and lower limb weakness are associated with three distinct depressive symptom trajectories over 6 years in older people
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13273
2024 Jan
Exergame and cognitive training for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: a randomized controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02739-0
2024
Falls
View full book-chapter on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1168534909
2023, 01 Dec
Prefrontal and Motor Planning Cortical Activity during Stepping Tasks Is Related to Task Complexity but Not Concern about Falling in Older People: A fNIRS Study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1166701755
2023, 01 Oct
Combined Reactive and Volitional Step Training Improves Balance Recovery and Stepping Reaction Time in People With Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1165131080
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