All of our physiotherapists have postgraduate qualifications and advanced neurological and respiratory skills. We are also widely published, having made key contributions to improving acute spinal cord injury care.
Agostinello J, Battistuzzo CR, Batchelor PE. Early clinical predictors of pneumonia in critically ill spinal cord injured individuals: a retrospective cohort study. Spinal Cord. 2019;57(1):41-48.
Agostinello J, Masters thesis ‘Reducing acute respiratory complications in thoracolumbar spinal cord Injury’ completed July 2018, The University of Melbourne.
Agostinello J, Battistuzzo CR, Skeers P, Bernard S, Batchelor PE. Early Spinal Surgery Following Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury: Process of Care From Trauma to Theater. Spine. 2017;42(10):E617-E23.
Battistuzzo CR, Smith K, Skeers P, Armstrong A, Clark J, Agostinello J, Cox S, Cox S, Bernard S, Freeman BJC, Dunlop SA, Batchelor PE. Early Rapid Neurological Assessment for Acute Spinal Cord Injury Trials. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2016;33(21):1936-1945.
Battistuzzo CR, Armstrong A, Clark J, Worley L, Sharwood L, Lin P, Rooke G, Skeers P, Nolan S, Geraghty T, Nunn A, Brown DJ, Hill S, Alexander J, Millard M, Cox SF, Rao S, Watts A, Goods L, Allison GT, Agostinello J, Cameron PA, Mosley I, Liew SM, Geddes T, Middleton J, Buchanan J, Rosenfeld JV, Bernard S, Atresh S, Patel A, Schouten R, Freeman B, Dunlop SA, Batchelor PE. Early decompression following cervical spinal cord injury: examining the process of care from accident scene to surgery. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2015;33(12):1161-1169.
