B Science, Certificate in Physical Therapy, GradDip Advanced Manipulative Therapy, M Philosophy, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Contact details for Dr Neil Tuttle
Research expertise
- Neck pain
- Quantifying manual therapy techniques for the cervical spine
- School chairs and furniture
- Haptic simulators for manual assessment and treatment of the cervical spine
Current teaching area
- Practice of Physiotherapy I
- Practice of Physiotherapy II
- Practice of Physiotherapy III
- Practice of Physiotherapy VI
- Masters of Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Selected publications
- Tuttle, N. (2009). Is It Reasonable to Use an Individual Patient's Progress After Treatment as a Guide to Ongoing Clinical Reasoning? Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 32(5), 396-403.
- Tuttle, N.,Barrett, R., and Laakso, L. (2008). Relation between changes in posteroanterior stiffness and active range of movement of the cervical spine following manual therapy treatment. Spine, 33(19), E673-679.
- Tuttle, N., Barrett, R., and Laakso, L. (2008). Postero-anterior movements of the cervical spine: Repeatability of force displacement curves. Manual Therapy, 13(4) 341-348.
- Tuttle, N., Barrett, R., and Laakso, L. (2007). Posteroanterior movements in tender and less tender locations of the cervical spine. Manual Therapy. 14(1), 28-35.
- Tuttle, N., Barrett, R., and Gass, E. (2007). Preferred seat orientation of senior high-school students. Ergonomics, 50(10), 1603-1611.
- Tuttle, N., Barrett, R., and Gass, E. (2007). Seated buttock contours: a pilot study of Australian senior high-school students. Ergonomics, 50(10), 1593-1602.
- Tuttle, N., Laakso, L., and Barrett, R. (2006). Change in impairments in the first two treatments predicts outcome in impairments, but not in activity limitations, in subacute neck pain: an observational study. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 52(4), 281-285.
- Tuttle, N. (2005). Do changes within a manual therapy treatment session predict between-session changes for patients with cervical spine pain? Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 51(1), 43-48.
- Tuttle, N. (2004). A comparison of methods used for measuring popliteal height. Ergonomics Australia, 18(1), 14-18.