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Prof. Darren Rivett

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 9
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL 0.5
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 2.3

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced Proposed
Completion
Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 2017 M Philosophy (Physiotherapy) Co-Supervisor An Investigation of the Relationship Between Shoulder Impingement and Thoracic Spine Posture
2013 2017 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor Cervical Zygapophyseal Joint Meniscoids: Their Potential Role in Neck Pain and its Management.
2010 2015 PhD (Environ & Occupat Hlth) Principal Supervisor The Perceptions and Experiences of the Return to Work Coordinator in Relation to Their Role and Training
2009 2013 M Philosophy (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor An Investigation into the Relationship Between Clinical Reasoning and the Use of Clinical Prediction Rules in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
2009 2017 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor The Identification and Treatments of Patients with Cervicogenic Dizziness and Pain
2006 2013 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor Minimising Risk Factors for Cervical Spine Manipulation
2005 2013 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor Diagnostic Criteria for Frozen Shoulder/Adhesive Capsulitis
2005 2012 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor The Validity of Clinical Tests for Craniovertebral Instability
2003 2011 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor Chronic Low Back Pain

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2012 M Philosophy (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor The Association between the Static Posture of the Cervical Spine and Cervicogenic Headache
2012 M MedSc (Physiotherapy) [R] Principal Supervisor Training, Injury and Treatment Patterns of Australian Ironman Triathletes
2012 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor A Balance-Training Exercise Programme for Community-Dwelling Rural Older People: Evaluation by a Mixed Methods Design
2009 M MedSc (Physiotherapy) [R] Principal Supervisor Pattern Recognition is a Clinical Reasoning Process in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
2008 PhD (Physiotherapy) Principal Supervisor Performance of Cervical Spine Mobilisation
2006 M MedSc (Physiotherapy) [R] Principal Supervisor Validity of the Doppler Velocimeter as a Pre-Manipulative Screening Tool for Vertebral Artery Blood Flow
2005 M MedSc (Physiotherapy) [R] Principal Supervisor Are Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides an Effective Treatment for Cervicogenic Dizziness
2005 PhD (Behavioural Science) Co-Supervisor Promoting the musculoskeletal health of Indigenous Australians living in rural Communities. Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands
2004 M MedSc (Physiotherapy) [R] Principal Supervisor Factors Related to Thumb Pain in Physiotherapists
2004 M MedSc (Physiotherapy) [R] Principal Supervisor Surface Electromyographic Muscle Activation Patterns in Lateral Epicondylalgia