Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Clinical Gait Analysis and Gait Rehabilitation
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PhD Projects: Helping People Walk After Stroke
Thai academic Pagamas Piriyaprasarth won a prestigious scholarship from the Thai Government to complete her PhD with the Gait CCRE.
A physiotherapist with Thammasat University, Pagamas specialises in neurology and has a particular interest in gait disorders caused by stroke, which led her to join Professor Meg Morris' team at The University of Melbourne.
Her doctoral research looks at factors influencing knee control during walking after stroke. She has already analysed the walking patterns of 25 stroke patients from the Kingston Centre and Caulfield General Medical Centre. Her findings are expected to help physiotherapists manage knee control deficits more effectively.
Pagamas is looking forward to maintaining links with her Australian Gait CCRE partners when she returns to Thailand in 2007.