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Guest Speaker BiographyDeborah Falla
Deborah Falla received her PhD in Physiotherapy from The University of Queensland, Australia in 2003. In 2005 she was awarded Fellowships from the International Association for the Study of Pain and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia to undertake postdoctoral research at the Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Denmark. Since 2007 she is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Medicine, Department of Health Science and Technology of Aalborg University, Denmark. Her research focus involves the integration of neurophysiological and clinical research to evaluate neuromuscular control of the spine in people with chronic pain. In this field, she received the Delsys Prize for Electromyography Innovation in 2004. Her research interests also include investigation of the mechanisms that underpin the efficacy of therapeutic exercise for the rehabilitation of neck pain disorders. |
