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Dr Louise Pearce
KEY PUBLICATIONS​
BAppSc (Phty)(Hons), PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Louise Pearce is an early career researcher with a background as a physiotherapist. The majority of her clinical work has been in rehabilitation, delivering physiotherapy services in public health services (Australia and the UK) and to NDIS participants with a range of disabilities, predominantly neurological. Louise completed her PhD in 2024 on the implementation of digital health interventions in rehabilitation. She has experience using a diverse range of research methodologies and enjoys both quantitative and qualitative research. Louise has a particular interest in implementation science and partnering with people with lived-experience as co-researchers, with the overall aim of reducing evidence-practice gaps to improve health and rehabilitation outcomes for people with disabilities.
Key Research Projects
The BRIDGES (BRain Injury: Developing GuidElineS for physical activities) project developed a clinical practice guideline to support the decision making of health professionals working with people with moderate to severe TBI (msTBI). This guideline provides 10 recommendations for physical activity interventions for children, adolescents, adults and older adults with msTBI. We are now working collaboratively with people with msTBI, health professionals and other interested people and organisations to implement these guidelines into clinical practice to improve access and opportunities to physical activity for people with msTBI in Australia.
The ComeBACK trial (n=512) is a three-arm randomised controlled trial which aims to test and compare the effects of physical activity interventions (health coaching, text-messaging and wait-list control) on physical activity participation for people with mobility limitations.