Honours Project List - School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences - University of Queensland

Click on the topics below to find available research projects:

Biomechanics

Project Title	Supervisor/s	Contact email
How Far Can Your Hip Move? Exploring AI-Based Tools to Measure Hip Mobility	Dr Patricio Pincheira, Dr Paige Treherne	uqppinch@uq.edu.au
Stand Up Smarter: Can AI Accurately Track Sit-to-Stand Movement?	Dr Patricio Pincheira, Dr Paige Treherne	uqppinch@uq.edu.au
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed (DOCX, 72.6 KB). Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project.

Exercise Physiology

Project Title	Supervisor/s	Contact email
The Effect of Exercise Training Intensity on Cerebrovascular and Peripherovascular Function In Late Perimenopause*	Jenna Taylor; Conan Shing	conan.shing@uq.edu.au
Physiological and Subjective Responses to Exercise Snacks*	Jeff Coombes	jcoombes@uq.edu.au
Neurophysiological measures for Paralympic classification*	Tim Carroll and Emma Beckman	e.beckman@uq.edu.au
Cardiac Rehabilitation in partnership with First Nations Australians	Kai Wheeler and Jenna Taylor	kwheeler@uq.edu.au
Heart rate response to high intensity resistance training	Professor Jeff Coombes and Dr Riley Brown	jcoombes@uq.edu.au
Fatty liver disease in First Nations communities	Dr Kai Wheeler and Dr Shelley Keating	kwheeler@uq.edu.au
Exercise and Gynaecological Cancer Survivorship: Assessing Changes in Fitness and Quality of Life	Brent Cunningham Alex Boytar Professor Sandie McCarthy	uqbcunn6@uq.edu.au
Exercise and Cancer Survivorship: Assessing Changes in Physiological and Psychological Wellbeing	Jamie Chong; Jennifer Nicol	jamie.chong@uq.edu.au
Virtual Reality High Intensity Interval Training using Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment via Biofeedback: A Feasibility Cross-Over Randomised Pilot Study	Riley Brown, Shelley Keating, Jeff Coombes	riley.brown@uq.edu.au
Reliability and Agreement of the Muscular Fitness Index	Jeff Coombes	jcoombes@uq.edu.au
Breathing Made Simple: Comparing Traditional and AI-Based Systems for Chest Wall Monitoring	Dr Patricio Pincheira, Dr Paige Treherne	uqppinch@uq.edu.au
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed (DOCX, 72.6 KB). Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project.

Motor Control

Project Title	Supervisor/s	Contact email
Do we need the motor cortex to make ultra-fast reaches to visual targets?	Tim Carroll and Eugene Poh	timothy.carroll@uq.edu.au
How different types of errors affect learning when we acquire motor skills?*	Tim Carroll and Eugene Poh	timothy.carroll@uq.edu.au
From Apathy to Action: New methods to study sensitivity to rewards and efforts in neurological conditions like stroke and TBI.	Tim Carroll and Eugene Poh	timothy.carroll@uq.edu.au
Movement control in virtual worlds	Guy Wallis and Ken McAnally	gwallis@uq.edu.au

Nutrition and Dietetics

Physical Activity and Health

Project Title	Supervisor/s	Contact email
Enhancing Volunteer Engagement in Sport: A Review of State and National Sport Organisations	George Thomas, Genevieve Healy	george.thomas1@uq.edu.au
Understanding activity patterns of office workers*	Genevieve Healy, George Thomas, Bronwyn Clark	g.healy@uq.edu.au
Barriers and enablers to supporting desk workers to sit less and move more*	Professor Genevieve Healy, Dr Ana Goode	g.healy@uq.edu.au
Systematic review of using technology to influence physical activity over the last 50 years	Nick Gilson	n.gilson1@uq.edu.au
How the social determinants impacts the health of people presenting to LHL	Genevieve Healy, Sjaan Gomersall	g.healy@uq.edu.au
Aetiology, incidents, prevention and management of pressure sores in manual wheelchair users	Sean Tweedy and Emma Beckman	s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
Aetiology, incidence and prevention of pressure sore for manual wheelchair users	Sean Tweedy and Emma Beckman	s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
Physical activity environments and behaviours in Outside School Hours Care*	Michalis Stylianou, James Woodforde	m.stylianou@uq.edu.au
Validation of a single-item 24-h movement behaviour question for adults	Genevieve Healy; George Thomas; Bronwyn Clarke	uqghealy@uq.edu.au
UQ Rugby health behaviour survey	Bronwyn Clark, Steve Rynne, Andrew Fraser (UQ Rugby)	b.clark3@uq.edu.au
Mapping Adolescent Sport and Physical Activity Opportunities in Greater Springfield	Dr James Woodforde, Dr Michalis Stylianou, Dr Leigh Sperka, Professor Lauren Ball	j.woodforde@uq.edu.au
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed (DOCX, 72.6 KB). Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project.

Sports Coaching and Development

Sports Medicine

Project Title	Supervisor/s	Contact email
A scoping review of the reported prevalence of Osgood Schlatter Disease, patellar tendinopathy, and Sinding Larsen Johansson Syndrome in adolescents.	A/Prof Michelle Smith, Mr Chris Zillmann	c.zillmann@uq.edu.au
Clinical Assesments in Total Knee Joint Replacement Patients * Students participating in this project will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed. Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project.	Craig Engstrom, Jon Anderson (PhD candidate)	craig@hms.uq.edu.au
One Jump Ahead: Predicting Knee Injury Risk with Markerless Motion Capture	Dr Patricio Pincheira, Dr Paige Treherne	uqppinch@uq.edu.au
A scoping review of the reported physical and psychosocial characteristics of adolescents who have Osgood Schlatter Disease, patellar tendinopathy, Sinding Larsen Johansson Syndrome, or patellofemoral pain.	A/Prof Michelle Smith, Mr Chris Zillmann	c.zillmann@uq.edu.au

Sports Science

Project Title	Supervisor/s	Contact email
Relationship between sport experiences and health and Wellbeing - Volleyball QLD*	George Thomas & Veronique Richard	george.thomas1@uq.edu.au
Performance analysis of a team ball sport	Dr Kai Wheeler Emily Hall	kwheeler@uq.edu.au
Creativity in Motion (netball): Evaluation of a training program aiming at enhancing creativity in netball players	Veronique Richard	v.richard@uq.edu.au
Physical qualities of female athletes - determining benchmarks still a possibility?	Georgia Black	g.black@uq.edu.au
Identification and description of clinical reasoning and critical thinking processes to enhance Para sport Classification	Sean Tweedy and Emma Beckman	s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
Review of Minimum impairment criteria across para sport- where is the line?	Emma Beckman	e.beckman@uq.edu.au
Relationship between sport experiences and health and Wellbeing - Volleyball QLD*	George Thomas & Veronique Richard	george.thomas1@uq.edu.au
Changes in anthropometric and physical qualities across competitive season in female team sport athletes	Georgia Black	g.black@uq.edu.au
Optimal resistance training load for bone health in female athletes - what is the perfect dose?	Georgia Black	g.black@uq.edu.au
* Students participating in these projects will be required to sign a Student IP and Confidentiality Deed (DOCX, 72.6 KB). Students unwilling to do so, will need to consider participating in another project.