Emeritus Professor Louise Ada

Biography

Prof Ada has over 140 peer-reviewed articles in both international and national journals. She has published her theoretical work in international journals with high impact such as Brain and Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, her rehabilitation studies in the leading rehabilitation journals such as Clinical Rehabilitation and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and her work of relevance to a physiotherapy audience in the Journal of Physiotherapy, now the leading international physiotherapy research journal. She has also edited 2 books and authored 14 book chapters. Editorial Positions: Clinical Rehabilitation Journal of Neurologic Physical Therpay Positions held: Head of Discipline, Physiotherapy Performance Management and Development Reviewer Team Leader, Neurology Teaching Team in Physiotherapy Team leader, Neurological Rehabilitation Research Team Neurology academic program representative on Discipline of Physiotherapy Clinical Education Advisory Committee

Research Interest

Prof Louise Ada's research career has focused on rehabilitation after stroke. In particular, she has completed high-impact studies examining the contribution of motor impairments to physical disability which have strongly influenced stroke rehabilitation. In addition, her increasing number of randomised controlled trials into rehabilitation of stroke patients have all been included in the NHMRC-approved guidelines Recovery and Rehabilitation after Stroke. She has delivered plenary presentations at international and national conferences, at both physiotherapy and multidisciplinary forums on stroke and neurological rehabilitation..