Honours Project List
Click on the topics below to find available research projects:
Biomechanics
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Assessing running performance in elite and recreational runners - effect of fatigue* | Prof Andrew Cresswell, Mr Callum Davies, Prof Glen Lichtwark | |
| * 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 | |
Physiological and Subjective Responses to Exercise Snacks* | Jeff Coombes | |
| Neurophysiological measures for Paralympic classification* | Tim Carroll and Emma Beckman | e.beckman@uq.edu.au |
Indigenising Cardiac Rehabilitation in Australia | 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 |
| Trauma-informed training for exercise professionals | Dr Kai Wheeler and Grace Ike | 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 | |
| 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
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| Reliability and Agreement of the Muscular Fitness Index | Jeff Coombes | jcoombes@uq.edu.au
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| Exercise and nutrition interventions for frailty prevention and management in aged care: a review | Dr Karly Bartrim & Dr Shelley Keating | k.bartrim@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
There are no available projects under this theme at this point in time.
| 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 | |
| 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
There are no available projects under this theme at this point in time.
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Effect of time-restricted eating combined with exercise training physical performance and anthropometric outcomes in physically active and healthy adults: A systematic literature review | Dr Brooke Devlin and Dr Georgia Black | b.devlin@uq.edu.au |
| The diet quality and nutrition knowledge of recreational runners in Australia | Nathan Cook & Brooke Devlin | n.cook1@uq.edu.au |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Examining associations of sedentary behavior and depression in young adults | Bronwyn Clark | |
| 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 | |
Developing a questionnaire to measure sedentary behaviour in mental health research | Bronwyn Clark | |
Physical activity environments and behaviours in Outside School Hours Care* | Michalis Stylianou, James Woodforde | |
Validation of a single-item 24-h movement behaviour question for adults | Genevieve Healy; George Thomas; Bronwyn Clarke | |
Exploring teachers’ attitudes and perspectives of technology use within schools | George Thomas; Michalis Stylianou; Sjaan Gomersall | |
Exploring parents’ awareness and feelings towards Australian screen time guidelines | George Thomas; Sjaan Gomersall | |
Describing patterns of activity and inactivity of people living in a remote Indigenous Australian community* | Bronwyn Clark | |
| * 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
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Coaching at Olympic/Paralympic Games * 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. | Steven Rynne; Jordan Lefebvre | |
UQ Rugby Coaching Projects
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Steven Rynne |
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Sports Medicine
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| 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 | |
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 | |
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 |
Sports Science
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
Relationship between sport experiences and health and Wellbeing - Volleyball QLD* | George Thomas & Veronique Richard | |
| 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 |
Changes in anthropometric and physical qualities across competitive season in female team sport athletes | Georgia Black | g.black@uq.edu.au |
Physical qualities of female athletes - determining benchmarks still a possibility? | 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 |
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 |
| * 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. | ||
Other
| Project Title | Supervisor/s | Contact email |
| Child engagement strategies used within a motor intervention for autistic children with moderate and high support needs (video data analysis) | Lee Svensson, John Cairney | l.svensson@uq.edu.au |
| * Students participating in this project 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. | ||