Professor Peter Milburn

Professor Peter MilburnDip PE, DipTch, M Science, PhD

Professor, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science

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Research expertise

  • Assessment of cervical and lumbar spine degeneration in rugby players
  • Low back injuries in pace bowlers in cricket
  • Spinal shrinkage measurement using stereophotogrammetry
  • Assessment of shock absorbing properties of protective wear
  • Biomechanical assessment of triathlete running gait
  • Innominate bone motion
  • Effect of surface stiffness on balance

Selected publications

  • Rivett, DA, Sharples, KJ and Milburn, PD (2003) Reliability of ultrasonographic measurement of vertebral artery bloodflow. NZ Journal of Physiotherapy, 31(3), 119-127.
  • Milburn, PD (ed.) (2003) Proceedings 6th Symposium on Footwear Biomechanics. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. pp. 99.
  • Milburn, PD, Wilson, BD and Yanai, T (Eds.) (2003) Proceedings XIXth International Society of Biomechanics Congress. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, pp. 442.
  • Bussey, M, Yanai, T and Milburn, PD (2004) A non-invasive technique for measuring intra-pelvic motion. Clinical Biomechanics. 19(1), 85-90.
  • Davidson, PL, Milburn, PD and Wilson, BD (2004) Biological Adaptive Control Model: a mechanical analogue of multi-factorial bone density adaptation. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 227, 187-195.
  • Milosavljevic, S, Carman, AB, Milburn, PD Wilson, BD and Davidson, PL (2004). The influence of a back support harness on spinal forces during sheep shearing. Ergonomics 47(11), 1208-1225.
  • Nuttridge, GA and Milburn, PD. (2004) The nature and circumstances of injuries to cricket pace bowlers. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine 32(3), 60-68.
  • Carman, AB and Milburn, PD (2005) Dynamic coordinate data for describing muscle-tendon paths: a mathematical approach. Journal of Biomechanics, 38(4), 943-951.
  • Milosavljevic, S, Milburn, PD and Knox, BW (2005) The influence of occupation on lumbar sagittal motion and posture. Ergonomics, 48(6), 657-667.
  • Carman, AB and Milburn, PD (2005) Determining rigid body transformation parameters from ill-conditioned spatial marker coordinates. Journal of Biomechanics. (Epub ahead of print August 11).

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