Dr Lee Barber

Maharaj, Jayishni N., Barber, Lee, Walsh, Henry P.J. and Carty, Christopher P. (2020) Flip-flops do not alter the neuromuscular function of the gastrocnemius muscle and tendon during walking in children. Gait and Posture, 77 83-88. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.12.032

Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn N., Carty, Christopher P. and Barber, Lee A. (2019) The effect of combined functional anaerobic and strength training on treadmill gait kinematics and kinetics in ambulatory young adults with cerebral palsy. Gait and Posture, 70 323-329. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.03.023

Frisk, Rasmus Feld, Lorentzen, Jakob, Barber, Lee and Nielsen, Jens Bo (2019) Characterization of torque generating properties of ankle plantar flexor muscles in ambulant adults with cerebral palsy. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 119 5: 1127-1136. doi:10.1007/s00421-019-04102-z

Chan, Dara V., Thorpe, Deborah E., Trost, Stewart G., Boyd, Roslyn N., Faldowski, Richard A., Barber, Lee, Levin, Ilana, Carroll, Amanda and Bagatell, Nancy (2019) Novel approaches to measuring community integration in adults with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-12. doi:10.1080/09638288.2019.1577500

Obst, Steven, Heales, Luke, Hrelja, Zachary, Ishri, Prashneveet, Wesche, Johanna and Barber, Lee (2019) The effect of deloading tape on medial gastrocnemius muscle fascicle behaviour during dynamic exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37 16: 1874-1883. doi:10.1080/02640414.2019.1600225

Barber, L., Alexander, C., Shipman, P., Boyd, R., Reid, S. and Elliott, C. (2019) Validity and reliability of a freehand 3D ultrasound system for the determination of triceps surae muscle volume in children with cerebral palsy. Journal of Anatomy, 234 3: 384-391. doi:10.1111/joa.12927

Pingel, Jessica, Barber, Lee, Andersen, Ida Torp, Von Walden, Ferdinand, Wong, Christian, Dossing, Simon and Nielsen, Jens Bo (2019) Systemic inflammatory markers in individuals with cerebral palsy. European Journal of Inflammation, 17 205873921882347. doi:10.1177/2058739218823474

Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2018) Functional capacity in adults with cerebral palsy: Lower limb muscle strength matters. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 99 5: 900-906.e1. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2018.01.020

Willerslev-Olsen, Maria, Choe Lund, Mai, Lorentzen, Jakob, Barber, Lee, Kofoed-Hansen, Mathilde and Nielsen, Jens Bo (2018) Impaired muscle growth precedes development of increased stiffness of the triceps surae musculotendinous unit in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 60 7: 672-679. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13729

Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2018) Functional anaerobic and strength training in young adults with cerebral palsy. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50 8: 1-1557. doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001614

Fox, Aaron S., Carty, Christopher P., Modenese, Luca, Barber, Lee A. and Lichtwark, Glen A. (2018) Simulating the effect of muscle weakness and contracture on neuromuscular control of normal gait in children. Gait and Posture, 61 169-175. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.01.010

Verschuren, Olaf, Smorenburg, Ana R. P., Luiking, Yvette, Bell, Kristie, Barber, Lee and Peterson, Mark D. (2018) Determinants of muscle preservation in individuals with cerebral palsy across the lifespan: a narrative review of the literature. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 9 3: 453-464. doi:10.1002/jcsm.12287

Obst, Steven J., Boyd, Roslyn, Read, Felicity and Barber, Lee (2017) Quantitative 3-D Ultrasound of the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 43 12: 2814-2823. doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.08.929

Baque, Emmah, Sakzewski, Leanne, Trost, Stewart G. , Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee (2017) Validity of accelerometry to measure physical activity in children with brain injury.. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 29 4: 322-329. doi:10.1097/PEP.0000000000000439

Read, Felicity A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2017) Longitudinal assessment of gait quality in children with bilateral cerebral palsy following repeated lower limb intramuscular Botulinum toxin-A injections. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 68 35-41. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2017.07.002

Obst, Steven J., Barber, Lee, Miller, Ashton and Barrett, Rod S. (2017) Reliability of achilles tendon moment arm measured in vivo using freehand three-dimensional ultrasound. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 33 4: 300-304. doi:10.1123/jab.2016-0261

Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne, Ware, Robert and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2017) Characteristics associated with physical activity capacity and performance in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 31 5: 1-7. doi:10.1080/02699052.2017.1291990

Barber, Lee, Carty, Chris, Modenese, Luca, Walsh, John, Boyd, Roslyn and Lichtwark, Glen (2017) Medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscle-tendon unit, fascicle, and tendon interaction during walking in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59 8: 843-851. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13427

Sartori, M., Fernandez, J. W., Modenese, L., Carty, C. P., Barber, L. A., Oberhofer, K., Zhang, J., Handsfield, G. G., Stott, N. S., Besier, T. F., Farina, D. and Lloyd, D. G. (2017) Toward modeling locomotion using electromyography-informed 3D models: application to cerebral palsy. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, 9 2: e1368. doi:10.1002/wsbm.1368

Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn N (2016) Reproducibility in measuring physical activity in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury.. Brain Injury, 30 13-14: 1-7. doi:10.1080/02699052.2016.1201594

Gillett, Jarred G., Boyd, Roslyn N., Carty, Christopher P. and Barber, Lee A. (2016) The impact of strength training on skeletal muscle morphology and architecture in children and adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 56 183-196. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2016.06.003

Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Test–re-test reproducibility of activity capacity measures for children with an acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 30 9: 1-7. doi:10.3109/02699052.2016.1165869

Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn (2016) Randomized controlled trial of web-based multimodal therapy for children with acquired brain injury to improve gross motor capacity and performance. Clinical Rehabilitation, 31 6: 722-732. doi:10.1177/0269215516651980

Barber, Lee A. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Growing muscles in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58 5: 431-432. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12980

Baque, Emmah, Sakzewski, Leanne, Barber, Lee and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Systematic review of physiotherapy interventions to improve gross motor capacity and performance in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 30 8: 1-12. doi:10.3109/02699052.2016.1147079

Barber, Lee A., Read, Felicity, Lovatt Stern, Jacquie, Lichtwark, Glen and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume in ambulant children with unilateral and bilateral cerebral palsy aged 2 to 9 years. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58 11: 1146-1152. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13132

Barber, Lee A. and Boyd, Rosyln N. (2015) Growing muscles in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58 5: 431-432. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12980

Boyd, Roslyn N., Baque, Emmah, Piovesana, Adina, Ross, Stephanie, Ziviani, Jenny, Sakzewski, Leanne, Barber, Lee, Lloyd, Owen, McKinlay, Lynne, Whittingham, Koa, Smith, Anthony C., Rose, Stephen, Fiori, Simona, Cunnington, Ross, Ware, Robert, Lewis, Melinda, Comans, Tracy A. and Scuffham, Paul A. (2015) Mitii™ ABI: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a web-based multi-modal training program for children and adolescents with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). BMC Neurology, 15 140: 140. doi:10.1186/s12883-015-0381-6

Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2015) Erratum: a protocol of a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a 12-week combined Functional Anaerobic and Strength Training programme on muscle properties and mechanical gait deficiencies in adolescents and young adults with spastic type Cerebral Palsy (BMJ Open (2015) 5 (e008059)). BMJ Open, 5 7: . doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008059corr1

Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn .N. and Barber, Lee A. (2015) FAST CP: Protocol of a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a 12-week combined Functional Anaerobic and Strength Training programme on muscle properties and mechanical gait deficiencies in adolescents and young adults with spastic-type cerebral. BMJ Open, 5 6: e008059. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008059

Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2015) FAST CP: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a 12-week combined Functional Anaerobic and Strength Training programme on muscle properties and mechanical gait deficiencies in adolescents and young adults with spastic-type cerebral palsy. BMJ Open, 5 6: . doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008059

Barrett, Rod S., Lichtwark, Glen A., Armstrong, Codie, Barber, Lee, Scott-Young, Matthew and Hall, Richard M. (2015) Fluoroscopic assessment of lumbar total disc replacement kinematics during walking. Spine, 40 7: 436-442. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000000787

Barber, Lee, Hastings-Ison, Tandi, Baker, Richard, Graham, H. Kerr, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2013) The effects of botulinum toxin injection frequency on muscle growth in young children with spastic cerebral palsy: a 12 month prospective study. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 7 5: 425-433. doi:10.1007/s11832-013-0503-x

Barber, Lee A., Barrett, Rod S., Gillett, Jarred G., Cresswell, Andrew G. and Lichtwark, Glen A. (2013) Neuromechanical properties of the triceps surae in young and older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 48 11: 1147-1155. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2013.07.007

Barrett, Rod S. and Barber, Lee (2013) Impaired muscle growth in spastic cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 55 3: 202-202. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12073

Barber, Lee, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2012) Medial gastrocnemius muscle fascicle active torque-length and Achilles tendon properties in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of Biomechanics, 45 15: 2526-2530. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.018

Barber, Lee, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2011) Passive muscle mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of Biomechanics, 44 13: 2496-2500. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.06.008

Barber, Lee, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2011) Validity and reliability of a simple ultrasound approach to measure medial gastrocnemius muscle length. Journal of Anatomy, 218 6: 637-642. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01365.x

Barber, Lee, Hastings-Ison, Tandy, Baker, Richard, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2011) Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume and fascicle length in children aged 2 to 5 years with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53 6: 543-548. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03913.x

Barber, L, Barrett, R and Lichtwark, G (2009) Validation of a freehand 3D ultrasound system for morphological measures of the medial gastrocnemius muscle. Journal of Biomechanics, 42 9: 1313-1319. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.005

Hubinger, Lyle, Mackinnon, Laurel Traeger, Barber, Lee, Mccosker, Jane, Howard, Alf and Lepre, Frank (1997) Acute effects of treadmill running on lipoprotein(a) levels in males and females. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 29 4: 436-442. doi:10.1097/00005768-199704000-00003

Redd, Christian B., Barber, Lee A., Boyd, Roslyn N., Varnfield, Marlien and Karunanithi, Mohan K. (2019). Development of a Wearable Sensor Network for Quantification of Infant General Movements for the Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. In: , , (7134-7139). . doi:10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857377

Baque, E., Barber, L., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. N. (2016). Randomised controlled trial of web-based multimodal therapy for children with acquired brain injury to improve gross motor capacity and performance. In: 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, (24-24). 30 March- 2 April 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13069

Barber, Lee A., Baque, Emmah, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016). Randomised controlled trial of a web-based multi-modal training program on gross motor capacity and performance for children with an acquired brain injury. In: 28th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD), 5th International Conference of Cerebral Palsy (ICPC) and 1st Meeting of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD). International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities, Stockholm, Sweden, (26-26). 1-4 June 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13315

Baque, E., Barber, L., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. (2016). Systematic review of physiotherapy interventions to improve gross motor capacity and performance in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury. In: 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide Australia, (67-67). 30 March- 2 April 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13070

Baque, E., Barber, L., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. N. (2016). Validation of the ActiGraph accelerometer to measure physical activity in children with an acquired brain injury. In: 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, (24-25). 30 March- 2 April 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13069

Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn (2015). Validity of accelerometry to measure physical activity in children with acquired brain injury. In: Abstracts of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 69th Annual Meeting. Annual Meeting American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Austin, TX, United States, (77-78). 21-24 October 2015. doi:10.1111/dmcn.4_12886

Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn (2015). Randomised controlled trial of a web-based multimodal training program on activity capacity and performance for children with an acquired brain injury. In: Abstracts of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 69th Annual Meeting. Annual Meeting American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Austin, TX, United States, (62-62). 21-24 October 2015. doi:10.1111/dmcn.101_12887

Baque, E. J., Barber, L. A., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. N. (2014). Test-retest reliability of two mobility assessments for children with an acquired brain injury. In: Abstracts of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. AusACPDM 2014: 7th Biennial Scientific Conference, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia, (50-51). 11-14 March, 2014. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12368

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