Professor Glen Davis
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Qualifications: BPHE Hons (Ottawa), MA (Western0, PhD (Toronto), FACSM Positions held:
Learning Teaching Team: Exercise and Sport Science |
Biography
Professor Glen Macartney Davis, PhD, FACSM was born in Castor, Alberta, Canada and became a naturalised Australian citizen in 1992. Dr. Davis received his undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Canada, with his Ph.D. degree being conferred at the University of Toronto in 1986. At present, he is Professor of Clinical Exercise Sciences and Director of the Rehabilitation Research Centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia. Professor Davis is a member of several international scientific societies including a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and he is the founding Editorial Consultant to the Journal of the International Academy of Physical Therapy Research. Since 1985, he has conducted a variety of invited workshops, lectures and symposia with international scope in his research area of Exercise Therapy in Special Populations. In addition, he has published 19 book chapters, over 85 peer-reviewed articles and more than 90 research abstracts or abbreviated communications in proceedings of scientific meetings. Traditionally, Dr. Davis has maintained a strong research and clinical interest in four areas:
(i) Electrical stimulation-induced walking and exercise of the lower-limbs of spinally-injured and stroke patients
(ii) Exercise therapy in the special populations of spinal cord injury, stroke, cerebral palsy and traumatic head injury, and,
(iii) The combined use of exercise therapies and "blue sky" biomedical technologies for improved patient rehabilitation.
(iv) Cardiovascular exercise responses, with particular interest in "central" versus "peripheral" limits to exercise in sub-acute and chronic patient groups
Since 2000, Dr Davis has been Principle/Chief Investigator on research grants exceeding $A9.37M including current Australian NHMRC, ARC and VNI Program Grant funding.
Teaching and Service Repsonsibilities
Teaching clinical exercise testing and prescription to exercise and sports science and physiotherapy students. Lectures about exercise as therapy for clinical populations
Research Opportunities
Selected Publications
Book Chapters:
- Kilbreath SL and Davis GM (2005). In Refsauge K, Ada L and Ellis E (Eds.). Cardiorespiratory fitness following stroke. Science-based Rehabilitation: Theory into Practice. Sydney: Butterworth-Heinemann Press, pp 131-158.
- Hamzaid NA, Fornusek C and Davis GM (in press). In Tong R (Ed). Functional Electrical Stimulation Leg Exercise: From Technology to Therapy (Chapter 7). Biomechatronics in Medicine and Health Care (978-981-4241-61-8). Hong Kong: Pan Stanford Publishing
Publications:
- Raymond J, Schoneveld K, Van Kenenade CH and Davis GM. (2002). Onset of electrical stimulation leg cycling in individuals with paraplegia. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 34, 1557-62
- Nightingale EJ, Raymond J, Middleton JW, Crosbie J and Davis GM. (2007) Benefits of FES gait in a spinal cord injured population. Spinal Cord, 45, 646-657.
- Lee MJ, Kilbreath SL, Fitarone Singh M, Zeman B, Lord SR, Raymond J and Davis GM (2008). Comparison of effect of aerobic cycle training and progressive resistance training on walking ability after stroke: Randomized sham exercise-controlled study. JAGS, 56, 976-985.
- Davis GM, Hamzaid NA and Fornusek C (2008). Cardiorespiratory, metabolic and biomechanical responses during FES leg exercise: Health and fitness benefits. Artif Organs, 32:625-629.
- Hamzaid NA and Davis GM (2009). Health and fitness benefits of Functional Electrical Stimulation-evoked leg exercise for spinal cord injured individuals: A position review. TSCIR 14:88-121.
- Lee MJ, Kilbreath SL, Fiatarone Singh M, Zeman B and Davis GM. (2010). Effect of Progressive Resistance Training on Muscle Performance after Chronic Stroke. Med Sci Sports Exer, 42:23-34.
- Harvey LA, Fornusek C, Bowden JUL, Pontifex N, Glinsky J, Middleton JW, Gandevia SC and Davis GM (2010).Electrical stimulation plus progressive resistance training for leg strength in spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled trial. Spinal Cord(in press) doi:10.1038/sc.2009.19