Bill Vicenzino is a physiotherapy scholar who holds a chair in sports physiotherapy at the University of Queensland's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, where he also directs the Sports Injuries Rehabilitation and Prevention for Health research unit.[1] Vicenzino's research focus is in the fields of lower limb musculoskeletal pain and injury, in particular tendinopathy of the elbow, hip, knee, and heel, and knee cap problems or pain (patellofemoral pain). His publications include works on the effectiveness of cortisone shots for tennis elbow,[2][3] and diagnostics for gluteal tendinopathy, a type of hip tendon injury caused by overuse.[4]
Vicenzino did his undergraduate education at University of Queensland, where he also has a master's degree; he has graduate diplomas in sports physiotherapy and manipulative therapy from the Curtin University, and a PhD in physiotherapy from the University of Queensland.[1]
Vicenzino is a coauthor, with Wayne Hing, Toby Hall, and Darren Rivett, of the book Mobilisation with Movement: The Art and the Science (Elsevier, 2011).[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Professor Bill Vicenzino". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Reynolds, Gretchen (27 October 2010). "Do Cortisone Shots Actually Make Things Worse?". The New York Times.
- ^ "Shot in arm plus physical therapy doesn't help tennis elbow: Study". CNN. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
- ^ Doyle, Kathryn (28 September 2016). "In-office tests may detect hip tendon problems before MRI". Reuters.
- ^ Reviews of Mobilisation with Movement: The Art and the Science:
- Hendrick, Paul (July 2011). "Review". New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy. 39 (2): 102.
- Mercer, Chris (December 2011). Manual Therapy. 16 (6): e6. doi:10.1016/j.math.2011.06.005.
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External links
edit- Profile at University of Queensland
- Bill Vicenzino publications indexed by Google Scholar
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