Dr Susan Hillier |
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| Position: | Senior Lecturer | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Health Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Health Sciences | |
| Campus: | City East Campus | |
| Office: | C7-65 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 22544 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 22766 | |
| Email: | Susan_dot_Hillier_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Susan.Hillier | |
Dr Susan Hillier is an academic and clinician with research interests in the broad field of neuroscience and rehabilitation. She also works for the Centre for Allied Health Evidcence at UniSA -examples of past projects include: • NHMRC Evidence Guidelines review – formulation of grades of evidence documents • DECS – Systematic review - children with coordination difficulties • DECS – Systematic review – Educators within multi-disciplinary frameworks • Queensland Health – Best Practice sheets – Upper limb stroke rehabilitation(2005); Lower limb and mobility rehabilitation (2008) • Queensland Health – Outcomes compendium for Community Rehabilitation (2007) • NHMRC – GAR – past Advisor for National Stroke Foundation Rehabilitation and Acute Stroke Guidelines.
Teaching interests
- Neuroscience
- Biomechanics
- Kinaesiology
- Rehabilitation studies
I teach the following courses
| REHB 2010 | Neuroscience |
| BIOL 1033 | Anatomy and Biomechanics 100 |
| BIOL 1034 | Anatomy and Biomechanics 101 |
| REHB 3011 | Rehabilitation |
| REHB 5065 | Motor Control GE |
Professional associations
Member of The Australian Feldenkrais Guild Inc
Member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Health Science)
Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)
Research interests
- Motor control and motor learning
- Rehabilitation
- Neuroplasticity
- Recovery from neurolgical insult
Research publications
Hillier SL, Metzer J (1997) Awareness and perceptions of recovery post traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury 7: 525-536.
Hillier SL, Hiller JE, Metzer J (1997) Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury 9: 649-659.
Hillier SL, Sharpe MH, Metzer J (1997) Outcomes five years post acquired brain injury, with further reference to neurophysical impairment and disability. Brain Injury 9:661-675.
Uy J, Ridding MC, Hillier S, Thompson PD, Miles TS (2003) Does induction of plastic change in motor cortex of chronic stroke patients improve leg function? Neurology 61: 982-984.
Hillier S. Community-based rehabilitation improves function of patients with traumatic brain injury. Aust J Physiother. 2003;49(4):277. (invited commentary).
Hillier S. Traditional Chinese acupuncture does not improve outcomes from post-stroke motor rehabilitation. Aust J Physiother. 2003;49(1):74. (invited commentary).
Hillier S, Masters R (2005) Does taping control the foot during walking for people who have had a stroke? Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. 12: 72-77.
Grimmer K, Suarez C, Agcaoli J, Chipchase L, Hillier S, McEvoy M, Milanese S (2005). Teaching Filipino Physiotherapists On-Shore: An Australian - Filipino Collaborative Postgraduate Health Education Initiative. Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice. The Journal of The Network: Towards Unity for Health.
Grimmer K, Bialocerkowski A, Milanese S, Kumar S, Mulley B, Deenadayalaan Y, Neumann P, Dryden L, Maddison T, Hillier S (2005) CAHE outcomes calculator: An allied health initiative to improve practice. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. Vol 3, No:4.
Edwards I, Jones M, Hillier S (2006) The interpretation of experience and its relationship to body movement: A clinical reasoning perspective. Manual Therapy, 11: 2-10.
English, C, Hillier S, Stiller, K, Warden-Flood A, (2006) The sensitivity of three commonly used outcome measures to detect change amongst patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation post-stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation 20 (1): 52-55.
McDonnell M, Hillier SL, Ridding M, Miles TS (2006) Impairments in precision grip correlate with functional measures in adult hemiplegia. Clinical Neurophysiology. 117: 1474-1480.
Hillier SL, Dunsford AF. (2006) A pilot study of sensory retraining for the hemiparetic foot post stroke. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. 29(3): 237-242.
McDonnell M, Hillier SL, Thompson P, Miles TS, Ridding M. (2007) "Influence of combined afferent stimulation and task-specific training following stroke: a pilot randomised controlled trial" Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 21: 435-443
English C, Hillier SL, Stiller K, Warden-Flood A. (2007) Circuit class therapy versus individual physiotherapy sessions during inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 88 (8): 955-963.
Hillier SL. (2007) Intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Science and Practice. 5 (3).
Lynch EA, Hillier SL, Stiller KS, Campanella RR, Fisher PH. (2007) Sensory retraining of the lower limb after acute stroke: A randomised controlled pilot trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 88: 1101-1107.
Hillier SL, Hollohan V. Vestibular rehabilitation for unilateral peripheral vestibular dysfunction. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD005397. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005397.pub
Dryden L, Hillier SL (2008) The Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire and Movement ABC as a diagnostic method in Australian children. Pediatric Physical Therapy . 20(1):39-46.
English C, Hillier S and Stiller K (2008) Incidence and severity of shoulder pain does not increase with the use of circuit class therapy during inpatient stroke rehabilitation Australian Journal of Physiotherapy 54: 41-46.
Coffee J, Hillier S. (2008) Teaching Pre-cursor Clinical Skills Using an Online Audio-visual Tool: An Evaluation Using Student Responses. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. 4.
Hillier SL, Louw QA, Morris-Smith L, Uwimana J, Statham S (2008) Massage therapy for people with HIV/AIDS (Cochrane protocol). The Cochrane Library, Issue 4.
Schabrun S, Hillier SL (2009) Evidence for the retraining of sensation after stroke: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation (Accepted for publication August 2008).
Burgess RJ, Hillier S, Keogh D, Kollmitzer J, Oddsson L. (2009) Multi-segment trunk kinematics during a loaded lifting task for elderly and young subjects. Ergonomics. (accepted Sept 2008).
Elson T, English C, Hillier SL (2009) How Much Physical Activity Do Persons Recovering from Stroke Do During Physiotherapy Sessions? International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation.16 (2): 78-84.
Foley A, Hillier S, Barnard R (2009) Evaluation of a geriatric day rehabilitation centre, in terms of subjective and objective outcomes in community-dwelling older adults referred for musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Australian Journal of Public Health. (accepted Dec 2008).
English C, Hillier SL (2009) Circuit class therapy for improving mobility after stroke (Cochrane protocol) The Cochrane Library, Issue 1.
Research Degree Supervisor
Dr Susan Hillier has research interests within the general field of movement science. In particular she has researched and published in the area of movement impairment and disability in patient populations (particularly traumatic brain injury and stroke) and is involved in research investigating neuroplasticity in the sensori-motor cortex. Because of her background in clinical practice she has a keen interest in linking this primary research with current and emerging knowledge in the applied setting. She is also involved in the promotion of best practice using available evidence in systematic review and guide line production.Dr Hillier has supervised five PhD candidates to completion and currently has six candidates.
Current Projects:
An RCT investigating environmental versus child-focussed interventions for DCD in the pre-school
| See Pridham et al |
| See Ward et al |
| An investigation of the effects of foot orthotics on children with both DCD and pronated feet. |
| See Dryden et al |
| An investigation of the effects of sensory strategy (re)training on hemiplegic feet, in particular its effect on postural sway. See Lynch et al and Hillier et al |
| see Hillier et al |
| See English et al |
| A clinical trial into the use of peripheral stimulation and the resultant electrophysiological and functional effects in a group of people post stroke. |
| An investigation into the use of the Fscan (plantar pressure measuring device)in assessing and training gait in people post stroke. |
| An investigation into electrophysiological and functional effects of sensory and perceptual training of the intact upper limb. |
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