ASPAH JOURNAL CLUB
ASPAH Journal Club is a new bi-monthly initiative, free for members of the Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH).
We are looking forward to fruitful, in-depth discussions with the authors of the latest in performing arts research.
Meetings are due to take place throughout 2024.
SEPTEMBER MEETING
Wednesday 4 September 2024
12.30pm – 1.30pm (AEST)
Hosted by ASPAH for ASPAH Members, the September edition of our Journal Club will be a Pointe Readiness Roundtable.
Discuss recently published “Effects of Dancer-Specific Biomechanics on Adolescent Ballet Dancers’ Posture En Pointe and Factors Related to Pointe Readiness: A Cross-Sectional Study” (Veirs, 2023).
Join a collaborative conversation about pointe readiness in the industry. How do we best prepare young dancers to take this leap with their training?
All disciplines welcome (clinicians, educators, dancers – anyone who is passionate about the health of dancers en pointe)!
JUNE MEETING
Wednesday 12 June 2024
12.30pm – 1.30pm (AEST)
Join ASPAH and authors Dr Joanna Nicholas and A/Prof Sara Grafenauer to discuss their recent publication ‘Investigating pre-professional dancer health status and preventative health knowledge’ (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38130445/)
Dr Joanna Nicholas is a lecturer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
A/Prof Sara Grafenauer is the Program Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of NSW.
Read Dr Joanna Nicholas and A/Prof Sara Grafenauer’s paper here
APRIL MEETING
Tuesday 30 April 2024
8.00pm – 9.00pm (AEST)
Join ASPAH and author Dr Charlotte Ganderton as we discuss “Musculoskeletal Injury in Australian Professional Musical Theatre Shows: A 5-Year Retrospective Observation Study of 2,249 Medical Attention Injuries” (MPPA Journal, March 2024).
Read Dr Charlotte Ganderton’s paper here
Dr Charlotte Ganderton has a PhD in greater trochanteric pain syndrome, B.HltSci and M.PhysioPrac (Hons) from La Trobe University. She has received numerous awards for her research and has published papers and presented at national conferences in the musculoskeletal management of the hip and shoulder. Charlotte is passionate about implementation science and strives to lead research in areas where direct improvements to clinical practice are possible. Charlotte aims to, through research, improve the healthcare knowledge and management of circus performers. Her clinical career has included working with Matilda the Musical, Western Bulldogs VFL, Hockey Victoria, Mill Park Physiotherapy, LifeCare Sports Medicine, Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk – The First Flight, and SIX the Musical. Charlotte is a current Senior Lecturer at RMIT University in Physiotherapy and works in the Hip and Groin Clinic at Melbourne Orthopaedic Group Sports Medicine and is a Clinical Advisor for Worksafe.
