Dr Maria Constantinou - Nat Sch Physiotherapy (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Accreditation in-progress - Supervisor is eligible to co-supervise with another fully accredited supervisor (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Maria Constantinou (PhD, MPhSt(Sports), BPhty, GradCertEd) is an Academic and an Australian registered physiotherapist with extensive clinical, teaching and research experience. She is the Secretary on the Executive Board of the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy and a National Sports Physiotherapy Australia committee member. Maria has extensive clinical experience, having worked as a Sports Physiotherapist at a number of major sporting events including the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the Vancouver Winter 2010 Olympic Games, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and the Port Moresby 2015 Pacific Games. Maria was the Polyclinic and Team Physiotherapy Programs Coordinator for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Her interests comprise the prevention and management of sports injuries, sports and therapeutic taping, reflective practice in health education and gait and function in hip osteoarthritis, which was the focus of her PhD studies. Maria's publications include the book Therapeutic Taping for Musculoskeletal Conditions (Elsevier) which has been translated into several languages.
Contact
 : | 7590 (Brisbane) |
 : | Maria.Constantinou@acu.edu.au |
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Research Interests
Hip Osteoarthritis ; Gait biomechanics ; Sports Injuries: Prevention and Management ; Sports and therapeutic taping ; Reflective Practice ;
Methods Expertise
Prospective studies ; Systematic Reviews ; Observational cohort studies ; Scholarship of learning ;
Research Projects
Selected Publications
2019
A 12-month prospective exploratory study of muscle and fat characteristics in individuals with mild-to-moderate hip osteoarthritis, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Individuals with mild-to-moderate hip osteoarthritis exhibit altered pelvis and hip kinematics during sit-to-stand, in Gait and Posture
2018
Individuals with mild-to-moderate hip osteoarthritis have lower limb muscle strength and volume deficits, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
2017
Hip joint mechanics during walking in individuals with mild-to-moderate hip osteoarthritis, in Gait and Posture
2016
Hip joint contact loads in older adults during recovery from forward loss of balance by stepping, in Journal of Biomechanics
2014
Spatial-temporal gait characteristics in individuals with hip osteoarthritis: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis, in Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
2013
Physiotherapy students find guided journals useful to develop reflective thinking and practice during their first clinical placement: a qualitative study, in Physiotherapy
2010
Therapeutic Taping for Musculoskeletal Conditions, in Elsevier