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Dr. Mark Creaby

Senior Lecturer
School of Behavioural & Health Sciences

Areas of expertise: biomechanics; gait; injury; ageing

Phone: (07) 3623 7587

Email: mark.creaby@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Brisbane Campus

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7959-7203

Dr Mark Creaby is an exercise scientist and biomechanist with expertise in the mechanics of walking and running, and the development of advanced analysis tools to accurately quantify and 'retrain' movement patterns. He has used this expertise to address problems of injury and disease in multiple populations ranging from stress fracture injuries in military training to falls and knee osteoarthritis in the ageing population. Dr Creaby's current studies include the use of real-time feedback to change movement patterns and reduce falls risk in older adults, and the development and validation of a movement quality scoring system for use in rehabilitation following an ACL tear.

Select publications

• Bregenhof, B., Aagaard, P., Nissen, N., Creaby, M. W., Thorlund, J. B., Jensen, C., Torfig, T., & Holsgaard-Larsen A. (2022). The effect of targeted exercise on knee muscle strength and function in participants with persistent hamstring deficiency following ACL reconstruction - a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, In Press.
• McMaster, K., Cole, M. H., Chalkley, D., & Creaby, M. W. (2022). Gait biofeedback training in people with Parkinson's disease: a pilot study. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 19(1), 72.
• Cronström, A., Cole, M. H., Chalkley, D., Van Andel, S., Pepping, G-J., & Creaby, M. W. (2021). Acute effect of traditional and adaptive metronomes on gait variability in older individuals with a history of falls. Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research, 34(6), 1349-1356.
• Cronström, A., Creaby, M. W., & Ageberg, E. (2020). Do knee abduction kinematics and kinetics predict future anterior cruciate ligament injury risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 21, 563.
• Wolski, M., Thorlund, J. B., Stachowiak, G. W., Holsgaard-Larsen, A., Creaby, M. W., Jørgensen, G. M., Englund, M., & Podsiadlo, P. (2020). Early tibial subchondral bone texture changes after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in knees without radiographic OA: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 38, 1819-1825.
• Creaby, M. W. & Cole, M. H. (2018). Gait characteristics and falls in Parkinson's Disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 57, 1 - 8.
• Creaby, M. W., Le Rossignol, S., Conway, Z., Ageberg, E., Sweeney, M., & Franettovich Smith, M. M. (2017). Frontal plane kinematics predict three-dimensional hip adduction during running. Physical Therapy in Sport, 27, 1 - 6.
• Creaby, M. W., Honeywill, C., Franettovich Smith, M. M., Schache, A. G., & Crossley, K. M. (2017). Hip biomechanics are altered in male runners with Achilles Tendinopathy. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 49, 549 - 554.

Projects

• Holsgaard-Larsen, A., Nissen, N., Aagaard, P., Jørgensen, U., & Creaby, M. W. (2014-2016). Can targeted exercise improve knee function in patients with hamstring deficiency following ACL-reconstruction? - a randomized controlled trial. Odense University Hospital: DKK 109,000 (~AU$21,000).
• Thorlund, J. B., Lohmander, S., Englund, M., Holsgaard-Larsen, A., & Creaby, M. W. (2012-2014). Arthroscopic meniscus surgery for degenerative tears - the road to poor knee function and osteoarthritis? Danish Medical Research Council, Denmark. Project grant: DKK 1,600,000 (~AU$270,000).
• Thorlund, J. B., Lohmander, S., Englund, M., Creaby, M. W., Holsgaard-Larsen, A., & Christensen, R. (2010-2013). Exercise and training as prevention for knee osteoarthritis - the role of muscle function and knee joint load. IMK Almene Fond, Denmark. Project grant: DKK 500,000 (~AU$90,000).
• Creaby, M. W., Bennell, K. L., & Wrigley, T. V. (2006). The Role of Tibial Subchondral Bone Density in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Novel Approach using pQCT Technology. The William Buckland Foundation (ANZ Trustees), Medical Research & Technology in Victoria Grant: AU$11,500.

Appointments and Affiliations

• Senior Lecturer, School of Behavioural & Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, 2010 - .
• Research Fellow, Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine, University of Melbourne, 2005 - 2010.