Rate My Professor Stephanie Parkinson

Stephanie Parkinson serves as Clinical Supervisor in Physiotherapy and Exercise Medicine at Curtin University, with affiliations to the Curtin School of Allied Health and the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences. She earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy, Graduate Diploma in Neurorehabilitation, Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education, and Master of Clinical Physiotherapy. Her involvement with Curtin University spans research and clinical education contributions from 2013 onward, including employment as Clinical Supervisor since 2015.

Her research specializations center on neurological rehabilitation, encompassing lateropulsion and pusher behaviour assessment in stroke patients, balance prediction using the Berg Balance Scale, gait propulsion strategies in primary school children, lumbar segmental movement during sit-to-stand, shoulder characteristics following acute stroke, hand function in Rett syndrome, and the efficacy of powered standing wheelchairs for adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Key publications include 'Observational Study Exploring the Efficacy and Effectiveness of a New Model of Peer-Assisted Simulation-Based Learning Clinical Placement' (2022), 'Rasch analysis of the Burke Lateropulsion Scale (BLS)' (2021), 'Berg Balance Scale Score as a Predictor of Independent Walking at Discharge among Adult Stroke Survivors' (2021), 'Benefits of powered standing wheelchair devices for adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the first year of use' (2020), 'Powered standing wheelchairs promote independence, health and community involvement in adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy' (2019), 'Reliability and Validity of the Four-Point Pusher Score: An Assessment Tool for Measuring Lateropulsion and Pusher Behaviour in Adults after Stroke' (2019), 'Characteristics of the shoulder in patients following acute stroke: a case series' (2019), 'Propulsion strategy in the gait of primary school children; the effect of age and speed' (2016), 'A study of the development of normal and abnormal gait in primary school aged children using clinical gait analysis' (2015), 'Upper and lower lumbar segments move differently during sit-to-stand' (2013), and 'Perspectives on hand function in girls and women with Rett syndrome' (2013). These works have advanced clinical tools and rehabilitation practices in physiotherapy.