B Phty (Hons), B ExSc, GCertHigherEd, PhD
Lecturer
Program Convenor, Bachelor of Exercise Science (Pre-Physiotherapy)
Contact details for Dr Ben Weeks
Research expertise
- Improving musculoskeletal health with physical activity
- Prevention of chronic conditions with exercise
- Osteoporosis interventions
- Gender differences in bone strength
- Measuring physical activity
- Bone-specific Physical Activity Questionnaire and calculator
Current teaching areas
- Practice of Physiotherapy V
- Clinical Conference
Selected publications
- Weeks BK, and Beck BR (2012) Twice weekly, in-school jumping improves lean mass, particularly in adolescent boys, Pediatric Obesity, In Press.
- Weeks BK, and Beck BR (2011). Invited Paper - The bone-specific physical activity questionnaire (BPAQ): Reliability and representative values for men and women across the lifespan. Salud (i)Ciencia, (In Press).
- Weeks BK, and Beck BR (2011). Broadband ultrasound attenuation of the calcaneus is related to physical activity in young adult Caucasian men and women. Gazetta Medica Italiana, 170(4):229-237.
- Weeks BK, and Beck BR (2010). The relationship between physical activity and bone during adolescence differs according to sex and biological maturity. Journal of Osteoporosis, DOI: 10.4061/2010/546593.
- Weeks BK, Young CM, and Beck BR (2008). Eight months or regular in-school jumping improves indices of bone strength in adolescent boys and girls: Results of the POWER PE study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 23(7):1002-11.
- Weeks BK, and Beck BR (2008). The BPAQ: A bone-specific physical activity assessment instrument. Osteoporosis International, 19(11):1567-77.
- Young CM, Weeks BK and Beck BR (2007). Simple, novel physical activity maintains proximal femur bone mineral density, and improves muscle strength and balance in sedentary, postmenopausal Caucasian women. Osteoporosis International, 18(10): 1379-87.