STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Barbara Polus
Position:
Adjunct Principal Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
Email:
barbara.polus@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
- Innovation Connections Project - Smart glove for training and monitoring chiropractic spinal adjustive therapy. Funded by: Innovation Connections grant - Cat 1 from (2022 to 2023)
- Whole person benefits of chiropractic care in a voluntary healthcare clinic serving disadvantaged communities. Funded by: Chiropractors' Association of Australia (Scholarship funding) from (2018 to 2020)
- Using muscle thixotropy to model the chiropractic subluxation, its role in kinaesthetic acuity. Funded by: Australian Spinal Research Foundation Grant pre-2014 from (2013 to 2018)
- RMIT Foundation International Visiting Fellowship - Dr. Charlotte Paterson. Funded by: RMIT Foundation from (2010 to 2011)
- Chiropractic 'subluxation' model for human research neck muscle thixotropic behaviour exploitation. Funded by: Australian Spinal Research Foundation Grant 2014 from (2009 to 2009)
9 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions
Somatosensory inputs from the neck and postural control, somatoautonomic reflexes in awake humans, surface electromyography to determine status of back muscles.
- Ngo, Q.,McConnell, N.,Motin, M.,Polus, B.,Bhattacharya, A.,Raghav, S.,Kumar, D. (2024). NeuroDiag: Software for Automated Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease Using Handwriting In: IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 12, 291 - 297
- Marthick-Hone, D.,Doyle, K.,Kennedy, G.,Vindigni, D.,Polus, B. (2022). The importance of setting and therapeutic relationships when delivering chiropractic care to those living with disadvantage In: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 30, 1 - 14
- Monshipouri, M.,Aliahmad, B.,Ogrin, R.,Elder, K.,Anderson, J.,Polus, B.,Kumar, D. (2021). Thermal imaging potential and limitations to predict healing of venous leg ulcers In: Scientific Reports, 11, 1 - 11
- Harman, S.,Zheng, Z.,Kendall, J.,Vindigni, D.,Polus, B. (2021). Does My Neck Make Me Clumsy? In: Frontiers in Pain Research, 2, 1 - 25
- Kendall, J.,Vindigni, D.,Polus, B.,Azari, M.,Harman, S. (2019). Effects of manual therapies on stability in people with musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review In: Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 28, 1 - 10
- Vindigni, D.,Polus, B.,Cleary, S.,Doyle, K. (2017). Chiropractors' experience and readiness to work in Indigenous Australian Communities: a preliminary cross-sectional survey to explore preparedness, perceived barriers and facilitators for chiropractors practising cross-culturally In: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 25, 1 - 9
- Charity, M.,Britt, H.,Walker, B.,Gunn, J.,Forsdike, K.,Polus, B.,French, S. (2016). Who consults chiropractors in Victoria, Australia?: Reasons for attending, general health and lifestyle habits of chiropractic patients In: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 24, 1 - 9
- Charity, M.,French, S.,Forsdike, K.,Britt, H.,Polus, B.,Gunn, J. (2013). Extending ICPC-2 PLUS terminology to develop a classification system specific for the study of chiropractic encounters In: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 21, 1 - 4
- French, S.,Charity, M.,Forsdike, K.,Gunn, J.,Polus, B.,Walker, B.,Chondros, P.,Britt, H. (2013). Chiropractic Observation and Analysis Study (COAST): Providing an understanding of current chiropractic practice In: Medical Journal of Australia, 199, 687 - 691
- Polus, B.,Paterson, C.,van Rotterdam, J.,Vindigni, D. (2012). Embedding chiropractic in Indigenous health care organisations: applying the normalisation process model In: BMC Health Services Research, 12, 1 - 9