Research Project
Daina Sturnieks
Current Appointments
Senior Research Scientist (Conjoint)Key Research Areas
Dr Sturnieks has a PhD in human biomechanics (UWA). She is Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at UNSW Medicine and Conjoint Senior Research Scientist at NeuRA. Her research focuses on understanding biomechanical, sensorimotor and neurocognitive contributions to balance and falls in older people and clinical groups, and randomised controlled trials of novel interventions to prevent falls involving balance, stepping and cognitive training. Dr Sturnieks is active in translating research findings into community, aged care and hospital settings and is Executive Board Member of the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society.
Publications
2024, 16 Feb
A custom-built step exergame training programme to prevent falls in people with multiple sclerosis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1168922810
2024, 11 Feb
Effect of cognitive training on cognitive function in community‐dwelling older people with mild‐to‐moderate dementia: A single‐blind randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13283
2024, 13 Jan
Poor mobility and lower limb weakness are associated with three distinct depressive symptom trajectories over 6 years in older people
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13273
2024 Jan
Exergame and cognitive training for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people: a randomized controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02739-0
2024 Jan
Treadmill induced belt-accelerations may not accurately evoke the muscle responses to obstacle trips in older people
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1168187533
2024
Falls
View full book-chapter on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1168534909
2023, 01 Dec
Prefrontal and Motor Planning Cortical Activity during Stepping Tasks Is Related to Task Complexity but Not Concern about Falling in Older People: A fNIRS Study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1166701755
2023, 01 Oct
Combined Reactive and Volitional Step Training Improves Balance Recovery and Stepping Reaction Time in People With Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1165131080
2023, 01 Jun
Risk Factors for Falls and Fall-Related Fractures in Community-Living Older People with Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1158592970
2023, 01 May
The effects of optic flow on postural stability: Influence of age and fall risk
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1156291041