Mary Galea

Axonal loss in major sensorimotor tracts is associated with impaired motor performance in minimally disabled multiple sclerosis patients

Myrte Strik, L Eduardo Cofré Lizama, Camille J Shanahan, Anneke van der Walt, Frederique MC Boonstra, Rebecca Glarin, Trevor J Kilpatrick, Jeroen JG Geurts, Jon O Cleary, Menno M Schoonheim, Mary P Galea, Scott C Kolbe

Journal article  |  2021  |  Brain Communications

Abstract Multiple sclerosis is a neuroinflammatory disease of the CNS that is associated with significant irreversi..

Evaluating Rehabilitation Progress Using Motion Features Identified by Machine Learning

Lei Lu, Ying Tan, Marlena Klaic, Mary P Galea, Fary Khan, Annie Oliver, Iven Mareels, Denny Oetomo, Erying Zhao

Journal article  |  2021  |  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Evaluating progress throughout a patient's rehabilitation episode is critical for determining the effectiveness of the selected tr..

Transfer of the supinator nerve to the posterior interosseous nerve for hand opening in tetraplegia through an anterior approach.

Natasha van Zyl, Mary P Galea, Catherine Cooper, Jodie Hahn, Bridget Hill

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

We report a retrospective series of 44 transfers in 26 patients in whom a functioning supinator nerve was transferred to a paralyz..

Functional correlates of motor control impairments in multiple sclerosis: A 7 Tesla task functional MRI study

Myrte Strik, Camille J Shanahan, Anneke van der Walt, Frederique MC Boonstra, Rebecca Glarin, Mary P Galea, Trevor J Kilpatrick, Jeroen JG Geurts, Jon O Cleary, Menno M Schoonheim, Scott C Kolbe

Journal article  |  2021  |  Human Brain Mapping

Upper and lower limb impairments are common in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS), yet difficult to clinically identify in earl..

Does respiratory muscle training improve respiratory function compared to sham training, no training, standard treatment or breathing exercises in children and adults with neuromuscular disease? A Cochrane Review summary with commentary

Mary P Galea

Journal article  |  2021  |  Neurorehabilitation

BACKGROUND: Progressive muscle weakness is a feature of neuromuscular diseases (NMDs), a heterogeneous group of conditions with va..

Heterogeneity in microstructural deterioration following spinal cord injury

Ali Ghasem-Zadeh, Mary P Galea, Andrew Nunn, Maya Panisset, Xiao-Fang Wang, Sandra Iuliano, Steven K Boyd, Mark R Forwood, Ego Seeman

Journal article  |  2021  |  Bone

BACKGROUND: Modelling and remodelling adapt bone morphology to accommodate strains commonly encountered during loading. If strains..

Using the Technology Acceptance Model to Identify Factors That Predict Likelihood to Adopt Tele-Neurorehabilitation

Marlena Klaic, Mary P Galea

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers in Neurology

Tele-neurorehabilitation has the potential to reduce accessibility barriers and enhance patient outcomes through a more seamless c..

The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Randomized Controlled Trial

Jamie Young, Maryam Zoghi, Fary Khan, Mary P Galea

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pain Medicine

OBJECTIVE: Chronic neuropathic pain is a common symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS). This randomized controlled single-blinded stud..

Speech metrics, general disability, brain imaging and quality of life in multiple sclerosis

G Noffs, FMC Boonstra, T Perera, H Butzkueven, SC Kolbe, F Maldonado, LE Cofre Lizama, MP Galea, J Stankovich, A Evans, A van Der Walt, AP Vogel

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Journal of Neurology

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Objective measurement of speech has shown promising results to monitor disease state in multiple sclerosis..

Comparison of segmental lean tissue mass in individuals with spinal cord injury measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and predicted by bioimpedance spectroscopy

Katherine J Desneves, Maya G Panisset, Mary P Galea, Nicole Kiss, Robin M Daly, Leigh C Ward

Journal article  |  2020  |  Spinal Cord

STUDY DESIGN: Observational. OBJECTIVES: To compare two methods for predicting segmental (arms, legs, trunk) lean tissue mass (LTM..