B Exercise Science (Hons), PhD
Senior lecturer
Contact details for Dr Peter Mills
Research expertise
- Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
- Ageing, falls and balance recovery
- Neuro-mechanics of osteoarthritis
- Multi-joint coordination
Current teaching areas
- Fundamental, Applied and Clinical Biomechanics
Selected publications
- Barrett RS, Cronin NJ, Lichtwark GA, Mills PM & Carty CP. (In press). Adaptive recovery responses to repeated forward loss of balance in older adults. Journal of Biomechanics.
- Wang Y, Dempsey AR, Lloyd DG, Mills PM, Wrigley T, Bennell K, Metcalf M, Hanna F, Cicuttini CM. (In press). Patellofemoral and tibiofemoral articular cartilage and subchondral bone health following arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy. Knee Surgery and Sports Traumatology.
- Wolski A, Podsiadlo, P, Stachowiak GW, Dempsey AR, Mills PM, Cicuttini FM, Wang, YY Stoffel KK & Lloyd DG. (2011). Differences in trabecular bone texture detected by plain radiography and variance orientation transform method between knees with and without cartilage defects. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 29, 1161-7.
- Carty C, Mills PM & Barrett RS. (2011). Recovery from forward loss of balance in young and older adults using the stepping strategy. Gait and Posture 33, 261-7.
- Barrett RS, Mills PM & Begg R. (2010). A systematic review of the effect of ageing and falls history on minimum foot clearance characteristics during level walking. Gait and Posture 32, 429-35.
- Chin A, Elliott BC, Alderson JA, Mills PM & Lloyd DG. (2010). A marker based mean finite helical axis model to determine elbow rotation axes and kinematics in vivo. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 26, 305-15.
- Mills PM, Wang Y, Cicuttini FM, Stoffel K, Stachowiak GW, Podsiadlo P & Lloyd DG. (2008). Tibio–femoral cartilage defects three to five years following arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 16, 1526–31.
- Sturnieks DL, Besier TF, Ackland TR, Mills PM, Maguire KF, Stachowiak GW, Podsiadlo P & Lloyd DG. (2008). Knee joint biomechanics following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 26, 1075–80.
- Mills PM, Barrett RS & Morrison S. (2008). Toe clearance variability of young and elderly men. Gait and Posture 28, 101–7.
- Sturnieks DL, Besier TF, Hamer PW, Ackland TR, Mills PM & Lloyd, DG. (2008). Knee strength and knee adduction moments following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 40, 991–7.