Perth Shoulder Rehabilitation was established in 2018 to manage the growing number of people with shoulder pain and disability in Perth and rural Western Australia.
Clinical Experience:
Dr Alison Thorpe has extensive experience in assessing and treating all shoulder problems. She also provides second opinion shoulder reviews for orthopaedic surgeons, sport and exercise physicians, general practitioners, physiotherapists and insurers. She has worked with a variety of elite, national and Olympic athletes, attending national and international competitions as a member of a multidisciplinary sports medicine team.
Academic Appointment:
Alison has an academic role at Curtin University where she is a postgraduate lecturer in the Master of Clinical Physiotherapy program. She was responsible for developing the current curriculum for the Sports Physiotherapy Course at Curtin University and recruited a team of highly qualified sports physiotherapists to assist in coordination and teaching roles for the course.
More information about her academic role can be found HERE.
Research History:
Alison has recently completed her PhD thesis investigating current trends for shoulder surgery in Western Australia, exploring the current evidence for shoulder surgery decision-making, and the association of psychological factors with shoulder pain and outcome after shoulder surgery. A number of papers from her thesis have been published in peer review journals.
Publications:
Time to change how we assess and manage shoulder pain HERE
Rising trends in surgery for rotator cuff disease HERE
Rotator cuff disease: opinion regarding surgical criteria and likely outcome HERE
Are psychologic factors associated with shoulder scores after rotator cuff surgery? HERE
Assessing the efficacy of a specific physiotherapy intervention for the prevention of low back pain in female adolescent rowers: a field study HERE
The effect of counterforce bracing on grip strength in tennis players with painful elbows HERE
Conference Presentations:
Dr Alison Thorpe has presented papers at a number of national and international conferences.