DipPhty, PGDipManipPhty (Otago), PhD (Otago)
Senior lecturer
Contact details for Dr Richard Newsham-West
Research expertise
- Musculoskeletal research
- Overuse tendon and bone injuries
- Manual therapy
- Injuries and illness in multisport endurance athletes
Physiotherapy and Exercise Science Clinic
- Clinic manager
Current teaching areas
- Practice of physiotherapy
Selected publications
- Newsham-West, R., Marley, J., Schneiders, A.G., and Gray, A. (2008). Incidence of injury and illness during the 2005 World Adventure Racing Championships. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. In press.
- Chapman, A., Newsham-West, R.J., Milburn, P.D. (2007). Lumbar spine and pelvis alignment in cycling. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine. 35(1): 20-27.
- Newsham-West, R., Nicholson, H., Walton, M., Milburn, P. (2007). The long term morphology of a healing bone tendon interface - a histological observation in sheep. Journal of Anatomy. 210: 318-327.
- Woodley, B., Newsham-West, R., Baxter, D. (2007). Chronic Tendinopathy: Effectiveness of eccentric exercise. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 41: 188-198.
- Paterson, S., Castinel, B., Newsham-West, R.J., Milburn, P.D. (2007). Spinal canal encroachment demonstrated by a novel MRI technique of an axial loaded cervical spine - a case study. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine. 34(2): 23-26.
- Milburn, P.D., Newsham-West, R.J., Chong, A.K. (2007). Spinal shrinkage under loading - a novel approach using surface back contour analysis stereophotogrammetry. Journal of Biomechanics. 40(Suppl 2): S211.