Dr Helen Land ~ Clinical Educator

Dr Helen Land  (BAppSc(Physiotherapy), GradDip Ergonomics, PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Educator in Physiotherapy in the College of Healthcare Sciences at JCU.

Helen Land is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist with more than thirty years’ experience.  Graduating from Curtin University in Western Australia in 1986, Helen operated a successful private physiotherapy practice for over twenty years providing services to both the sporting community and heavy industry. Through her knowledge and skill in Ergonomics she provided site visits to mines, sugar mills and the construction industry.

In 2008 Helen established the JCU Undergraduate Musculoskeletal Clinic to meet the core competency musculoskeletal requirements of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy Degree at JCU. Helen has been a musculoskeletal clinical educator at this clinic since its inception and continues in this role along with performing clinic management and teaching duties.

 

Teaching

• PS2003: Physiotherapy 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• PS3002: Physiotherapy 4 (Level 3; TSV)
• PS3008: International Clinical Experience (Level 3; TSV)
• PS5108: Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice (Level 5; TSV)
• PS5109: Ergonomics (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Helen is a Gold member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and is a current committee member of the National Musculoskeletal Group and The Educator's Group of this Association. Helen is also a member of Sports Medicine Australia.

Research

• Helen completed her PhD in 2018 titled ‘Specific Physiotherapy Management of Subacromial Shoulder Impingement'. Helen's research interests include musculoskeletal interventions, ergonomics and clinical education.

Teaching

• Helen currently coordinates and lectures post graduate Masters in Rehabilitation subjects in Ergonomics and Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice, lectures and coordinates undergraduate Musculoskeletal Subjects PS2003 and PS3002 and presents an ergonomics module to second year physiotherapy students.

Research Disciplines

• Allied health and rehabilitation science (4201)
• Health services and systems (4203)
• Clinical sciences (3202)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Provision of health and support services (2003)
• Evaluation of health and support services (2002)

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Journal Articles

• Grant C, Jones A and Land H (2022) Physiotherapists' perspectives on the use of telehealth for service delivery to children with developmental delays: a qualitative focus group study. Internet Journal of Allied Health Science and Practice, 20 (2).
• Grant C, Jones A and Land H (2022) What are the perspectives of speech pathologists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists on using telehealth videoconferencing for service delivery to children with developmental delays? A systematic review of the literature. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 30 (3). pp. 321-336
• Land H, Gordon S and Watt K (2019) Effect of manual physiotherapy in homogeneous individuals with subacromial shoulder impingement: a randomized controlled trial. Physiotherapy Research International, 24 (2).
• Land H and Gordon S (2017) Clinical assessment of factors associated with subacromial shoulder impingement: a systematic review. Physical Therapy Reviews, 21 (3-6). pp. 192-206
• Land H, Gordon S and Watt K (2017) Isokinetic clinical assessment of rotator cuff strength in subacromial shoulder impingement. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice , 27. pp. 32-39
• Land H, Gordon S and Watt K (2017) Clinical assessment of subacromial shoulder impingement – which factors differ from the asymptomatic population? Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 27. pp. 49-56
• Land H and Gordon S (2011) What is normal isokinetic shoulder strength or strength ratios? A systematic review. Isokinetics and Exercise Science, 19 (4). pp. 231-241

Other research outputs

• Land H, Watt K and Gordon S (2017) Reply to the letter to the editor regarding 'Clinical assessment of subacromial shoulder impingement – which factors differ from the asymptomatic population?'. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 29. pp. e14-e15

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• The use of Outcome Measures of Motor Function via Telehealth; Validity, Reliability and Parent and Clinician experience (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Physiotherapists' perspectives on the use of telehealth for children with developmental delays (2022, Masters , Secondary Advisor)

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• Land, H. (2020) Subacromial impingement dataset. James Cook University