Deborah Falla - Ejercicio terapeutico para los trastornos de la columna cervical

Los próximos 30 y 31 de octubre de 2010 nos visitará la Doctora Deborah Falla para impartir el curso "Ejercicio terapeutico en los trastornos de la columna cervical". Deborah Falla es actualmente una de las mayores expertas clínicas e investigadoras en el control motor de la columna cervical.

Deborah Lorraine Falla, Fisioterapeuta

Recibe en 2003 su Doctorado (PhD) en Fisioterapia por la Universidad de Queensland, Australia. En 2005 la International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) y el National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia le otorgan una beca para emprender sus estudios de investigación post doctorado en el Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Dinamarca. Desde 2007 es Profesora Asociada de la Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencia y Medicina, en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud y Tecnología en la Universidad de Aalborg, Dinamarca. Su interés investigador se centra en la integración de la investigación clínica y neurofisiológica a la hora de evaluar el control neuromuscular de la columna en personas con dolor crónico. En este campo recibio el premio Delsys Prize for Electromyography Innovation en 2004. Su interés investigador tambien incluye la investigacion de los mecanismos que sostienen la eficacia del ejercicio terapeútico en la rehabilitación de trastornos dolorosos del cuello. Ha publicado numeroso artículos en revistas de prestigio. Algunas de sus publicaciones son:

1.Motor Unit Conduction Velocity during Sustained Contraction after Eccentric Exercise.

Hedayatpour N, Falla D, Arendt-Nielsen L, Vila-Chã C, Farina D.

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Sep 2.

2.Adaptations of upper trapezius muscle activity during sustained contractions in women with fibromyalgia.

Falla D, Andersen H, Danneskiold-Samsøe B, Arendt-Nielsen L, Farina D.

J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2009 Aug 12.

3.Muscle dysfunction in cervical spine pain: implications for assessment and management.

O'Leary S, Falla D, Elliott JM, Jull G.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2009 May;39(5):324-33.

4.Motor control adjustments in musculoskeletal pain and the implications for pain recurrence.

Arendt-Nielsen L, Falla D.

Pain. 2009 Apr;142(3):171-2. Epub 2009 Feb 23.

5.Discharge rate of sternohyoid motor units activated with surface EMG feedback.

Farina D, Falla D.

J Neurophysiol. 2009 Feb;101(2):624-32. Epub 2008 Nov 26.

6.Clinical assessment of the deep cervical flexor muscles: the craniocervical flexion test.

Jull GA, O'Leary SP, Falla DL.

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2008 Sep;31(7):525-33.

7.Gender-specific adaptations of upper trapezius muscle activity to acute nociceptive stimulation.

Falla D, Arendt-Nielsen L, Farina D.

Pain. 2008 Aug 15;138(1):217-25.

8.Sensory and electromyographic mapping during delayed-onset muscle soreness.

Hedayatpour N, Falla D, Arendt-Nielsen L, Farina D.

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Feb;40(2):326-34.

9.Neural and muscular factors associated with motor impairment in neck pain.

Falla D, Farina D.

Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2007 Dec;9(6):497-502. Review.

10.Effect of muscle-fiber velocity recovery function on motor unit action potential properties in voluntary contractions.

Farina D, Falla D.

Muscle Nerve. 2008 May;37(5):650-8.

11.Training the cervical muscles with prescribed motor tasks does not change muscle activation during a functional activity.

Falla D, Jull G, Hodges P.

Man Ther. 2008 Dec;13(6):507-12.

12.Specific therapeutic exercise of the neck induces immediate local hypoalgesia.

O'Leary S, Falla D, Hodges PW, Jull G, Vicenzino B.

J Pain. 2007 Nov;8(11):832-9.

13.Pain-induced changes in cervical muscle activation do not affect muscle fatigability during sustained isometric contraction.

Falla D, Farina D, Kanstrup Dahl M, Graven-Nielsen T.

J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2008 Dec;18(6):938-46.

14.Periodic increases in force during sustained contraction reduce fatigue and facilitate spatial redistribution of trapezius muscle activity.

Falla D, Farina D.

Exp Brain Res. 2007 Sep;182(1):99-107. Epub 2007 May 23.

15.Effect of neck exercise on sitting posture in patients with chronic neck pain.

Falla D, Jull G, Russell T, Vicenzino B, Hodges P.

Phys Ther. 2007 Apr;87(4):408-17. Epub 2007 Mar 6.PMID: 17341512

16.Neuromuscular adaptation in experimental and clinical neck pain.

Falla D, Farina D.

J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2008 Apr;18(2):255-61. Epub 2006 Dec 29.

17.Retraining cervical joint position sense: the effect of two exercise regimes.

Jull G, Falla D, Treleaven J, Hodges P, Vicenzino B.

J Orthop Res. 2007 Mar;25(3):404-12.

18.Experimental muscle pain results in reorganization of coordination among trapezius muscle subdivisions during repetitive shoulder flexion.

Falla D, Farina D, Graven-Nielsen T.

Exp Brain Res. 2007 Apr;178(3):385-93.

19.Recruitment of the deep cervical flexor muscles during a postural-correction exercise performed in sitting.

Falla D, O'Leary S, Fagan A, Jull G.

Man Ther. 2007 May;12(2):139-43.

20.Spatial and temporal changes of upper trapezius muscle fiber conduction velocity are not predicted by surface EMG spectral analysis during a dynamic upper limb task.

Falla D, Graven-Nielsen T, Farina D.

J Neurosci Methods. 2006 Sep 30;156(1-2):236-41.

21.Muscle specificity in tests of cervical flexor muscle performance.

O'Leary S, Falla D, Jull G, Vicenzino B.

J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2007 Feb;17(1):35-40.

22.Muscle fiber conduction velocity of the upper trapezius muscle during dynamic contraction of the upper limb in patients with chronic neck pain.

Falla D, Farina D.

Pain. 2005 Jul;116(1-2):138-45.

23.Patients with neck pain demonstrate reduced electromyographic activity of the deep cervical flexor muscles during performance of the craniocervical flexion test.

Falla DL, Jull GA, Hodges PW.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004 Oct 1;29(19):2108-14.

24.Patients with chronic neck pain demonstrate altered patterns of muscle activation during performance of a functional upper limb task.

Falla D, Bilenkij G, Jull G.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004 Jul 1;29(13):1436-40.

25.Neck flexor muscle fatigue is side specific in patients with unilateral neck pain.

Falla D, Jull G, Rainoldi A, Merletti R.

Eur J Pain. 2004 Feb;8(1):71-7.

26.An electromyographic analysis of the deep cervical flexor muscles in performance of craniocervical flexion.

Falla D, Jull G, Dall'Alba P, Rainoldi A, Merletti R.

Phys Ther. 2003 Oct;83(10):899-906.

27.Relationship between cranio-cervical flexion range of motion and pressure change during the cranio-cervical flexion test.

Falla DL, Campbell CD, Fagan AE, Thompson DC, Jull GA.

Man Ther. 2003 May;8(2):92-6.

28.Repeatability of surface EMG variables in the sternocleidomastoid and anterior scalene muscles.

Falla D, Dall'Alba P, Rainoldi A, Merletti R, Jull G.

Eur J Appl Physiol. 2002 Oct;87(6):542-9.