Dr Annie Chappell

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Rehabilitation, Disability Sport & Physical Activity

School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

l.chappell@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Dr Annie Chappell is the NIISQ Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Adapted Sport and Physical Activity Research Group in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. Through her group's applied research program she aims to generate knowledge which facilitates safe, effective engagement in sport and physical activity by people with disability. Dr Chappell has over 30 years of clinical experience as a Paediatric Physiotherapist. After a Clinical Masters in Paediatric Physiotherapy she completed a PhD entitled Running in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy - A Biomechanical Analysis and Intervention Study. She then looked at adapting the running intervention to improve running in children with generalised joint hypermobility. Dr Chappell continues to be actively involved in teaching and mentoring physiotherapists who work in paediatrics, with a focus on those in rural and remote locations.

Publications

Journal Articles (13)

Journal Articles

Brown, Laura, Bacon, Amanda, Chappell, Annie, Pacey, Verity, Pates, Nicole and Ilhan, Emre (2026). Educator-led screening to identify 4-year-old children at-risk of motor delay: a mixed methods convergent study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 52 (4) e70314, 1-18. doi: 10.1111/cch.70314

Brown, Laura, Bacon, Amanda, Chappell, Annie, Pacey, Verity, Pates, Nicole and Ilhan, Emre (2026). An Intervention Model for Children with Mild Developmental Delay Using Multi-Stakeholder Co-Design Study and Australia-Wide Survey. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 46 (4), 619-640. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2026.2631557

Hook, Joshua, Kendall, Alyse and Chappell, Annie (2025). Walking and running in people who are hypermobile: A scoping review. Gait & Posture, 122, 58-77. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.06.013

Chappell, Annie, Chen, Lilian, Gibson, Noula, Mentiplay, Benjamin and Williams, Gavin (2025). The effect of a low-load plyometric intervention on running kinematics in youth with cerebral palsy: A randomised controlled trial. Gait & Posture, 115, 64-68. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.11.002

Jobic-Deprez, Clara, Williams, Gavin, Chappell, Annie and Mentiplay, Benjamin F. (2025). Leg stiffness during running in adults with traumatic brain injury: A comparative study with healthy adults. Clinical Biomechanics, 121 106392, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2024.106392

Tinker, M., Betten, A., Morris, S., Gibson, N., Allison, G., Ng, L., Williams, G. and Chappell, A. (2022). A comparison of the kinematics and kinetics of barefoot and shod running in children with cerebral palsy. Gait & Posture, 98, 271-278. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.09.084

Chappell, A., Allison, G.T., Gibson, N., Williams, G. and Morris, S. (2021). The effect of a low-load plyometric running intervention on leg stiffness in youth with cerebral palsy: A randomised controlled trial. Gait & Posture, 90, 441-448. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.09.194

Chappell, A., Allison, G.T., Gibson, N., Williams, G. and Morris, S. (2021). A comparison of leg stiffness in running between typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy. Clinical Biomechanics, 84 105337, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105337

Chappell, A., Allison, G. T., Williams, G., Gibson, N. and Morris, S. (2020). The effect of a running training intervention on ankle power generation in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial. Clinical Biomechanics, 76 105024, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2020.105024

Chappell, A., Gibson, N., Williams, G., Allison, G.T. and Morris, S. (2019). Propulsion strategy in running in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Gait & Posture, 70, 305-310. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.02.018

Chappell, A., Liew, B., Murphy, A. T., Gibson, N., Allison, G. T., Williams, G. and Morris, S. L. (2019). The effect of joint translation constraint on within-participant variability of kinematics and kinetics during running in cerebral palsy. Clinical Biomechanics, 63, 54-62. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.02.003

Gibson, Noula, Chappell, Annie, Blackmore, Amanda Marie, Morris, Susan, Williams, Gavin, Bear, Natasha and Allison, Garry (2018). The effect of a running intervention on running ability and participation in children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (25), 3041-3049. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1367426

Chappell, Annie, Gibson, Noula, Morris, Susan, Williams, Gavin and Allison, Garry T. (2018). Running in people with cerebral palsy: A systematic review. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 35 (1), 15-30. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2018.1434846