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Dr Leanne Dwan
Research Affiliate
Sydney School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sydney School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Dr Leanne Dwan is a clinical biomechanist and early career researcher. She is the director of the Paediatric Gait Analysis Service of NSW at the Children's Hospital, Westmead. Dr Dwan has a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, and a Masters in biomechanics where she investigated 3D measurement of upper limb movement in children. In 2021 she completed her PhD investigating measurement of hip health in children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Leanne’s vision for her research career is to address clinically relevant questions to assess and inform treatment outcomes for people with movement disorders.
biomechanics, clinical gait analysis, measurement of treatment outcomes
VULCAN Project (Validation of Upper Limb Clinical Assessments in Neurorehabilitation)
MRFF Research Data Linkage Grant: National data infrastructure to inform treatment in cerebral palsy
Humpty Dumpty Paediatric Gait Analysis Laboratory, Sydney Children's Hospital Network
Neuropathy Research Group (NRG), Kids Neuroscience
Sydney Musculoskeletal Health
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Motion Analysis Group
Elizabeth Rosenthal Scholarship in Paediatric Gait Analysis (PhD)
Paulette Isabel Jones Scholarship 2020
Western Sydney Local Health District KickStarter Grant 2023-2024
Publications
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Journals
- Dwan, L., Little, D., Birke, O., Wojciechowski, E., Mudge, A., McKay, M., St George, J., Burns, J. (2024). Two-year 3D gait outcomes following in-situ pinning or modified Dunn procedure in children with slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Gait and Posture, 114, 243-249. [More Information]
- Phillips, T., Brierty, A., Goodchild, D., Patritti, B., Murphy, A., Boocock, M., Dwan, L., Passmore, E., McGrath, M., Edwards, J. (2023). Australia and New Zealand Clinical Motion Analysis Group (ANZ-CMAG) clinical practice recommendations. Gait and Posture, 106, 1-10. [More Information]
- Dwan, L., Gibbons, P., Jamil, K., Little, D., Birke, O., Menezes, M., Burns, J. (2023). Reliability and sensitivity of radiographic measures of hip dysplasia in childhood Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Hip International, 33(2), 323-331. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Dwan, L., Wojciechowski, E., Gibbons, P., Jamil, K., Menezes, M., Burns, J. (2017). Functional Consequences of Hip Dysplasia in Paediatric Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. Peripheral Nerve Society Meeting, Australia: Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. [More Information]
- Dwan, L., McIntosh, A. (2006). Kinematics of the upper limb: A reaching and placing task with resistance in children. First Joint ESMAC-GCMAS Meeting, UK: Elsevier. [More Information]
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2024
- Dwan, L., Little, D., Birke, O., Wojciechowski, E., Mudge, A., McKay, M., St George, J., Burns, J. (2024). Two-year 3D gait outcomes following in-situ pinning or modified Dunn procedure in children with slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Gait and Posture, 114, 243-249. [More Information]
2023
- Phillips, T., Brierty, A., Goodchild, D., Patritti, B., Murphy, A., Boocock, M., Dwan, L., Passmore, E., McGrath, M., Edwards, J. (2023). Australia and New Zealand Clinical Motion Analysis Group (ANZ-CMAG) clinical practice recommendations. Gait and Posture, 106, 1-10. [More Information]
- Dwan, L., Gibbons, P., Jamil, K., Little, D., Birke, O., Menezes, M., Burns, J. (2023). Reliability and sensitivity of radiographic measures of hip dysplasia in childhood Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Hip International, 33(2), 323-331. [More Information]
2022
- Wojciechowski, E., Cheng, T., Hogan, S., Mudge, A., Balassone, D., Menezes, M., Little, D., Dwan, L., Burns, J. (2022). Replicating and redesigning ankle-foot orthoses with 3D printing for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Gait and Posture, 96, 73-80. [More Information]
2020
- Mudge, A., Sangeux, M., Wojciechowski, E., Louey, M., McKay, M., Baldwin, J., Dwan, L., Axt, M., Burns, J. (2020). Can pedobarography predict the occurrence of heel rocker in children with lower limb spasticity? Clinical Biomechanics, 71, 208-213. [More Information]
2017
- Dwan, L., Wojciechowski, E., Gibbons, P., Jamil, K., Menezes, M., Burns, J. (2017). Functional Consequences of Hip Dysplasia in Paediatric Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. Peripheral Nerve Society Meeting, Australia: Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. [More Information]
2014
- Balakrishnan, S., Purcell, L., Mudge, A., Wojciechowski, E., Burns, J., Axt, M. (2014). How does rectus femoris fibrosis affect gait? Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. Part B, 23(6), 549-553. [More Information]
- Mudge, A., Bau, K., Purcell, L., Wu, J., Axt, M., Selber, P., Burns, J. (2014). Normative reference values for lower limb joint range, bone torsion, and alignment in children aged 4-16 years. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. Part B, 23(1), 15-25. [More Information]
2006
- McIntosh, A., Beatty, K., Dwan, L., Vickers, D. (2006). Gait dynamics on an inclined walkway. Journal of Biomechanics, 39, 2491-2502. [More Information]
- Dwan, L., McIntosh, A. (2006). Kinematics of the upper limb: A reaching and placing task with resistance in children. First Joint ESMAC-GCMAS Meeting, UK: Elsevier. [More Information]
Further Publications
2019
- Cornett K.M.D., Wojciechowski E., Sman A.D., Walker T., Menezes M.P., Bray P., Halaki M., Burns J., for the FAST Study Group (2019). Magnetic resonance imaging of the anterior compartment of the lower leg is a biomarker for weakness, disability, and impaired gait in childhood Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Muscle Nerve. Feb; 59(2): 213-217, Leanne Dwan is a member of FAST Study Group
2017
- Burns J., Sman A.D., Cornett K.M.D., Wojciechowski E., Walker T., Menezes M.P., Mandarakas M.R., Rose K.J., Bray P., Sampaio H., Farrar M., Refshauge K.M., Raymond J.; FAST Study Group (2017). Safety and efficacy of progressive resistance exercise for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in children: a randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. Oct; 1(2): 106-113. PMID: 30169201, Leanne Dwan is a member of the FAST Study Group
Conference Presentations
2014
- Wojciechowski, E., Dwan, L., Mudge, A., Axt, M., Selber, P., Burns., J., (2014). Age-related changes in kinematic, kinetic and temporal-spatial data. Presented at the Conference on Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 56(S2),76
- Dwan, L., Mudge, A., Wojciechowski, E., Armstrong, J., Lauren Harley, L., Wu, J., Bau, K., Axt, M., Joshua Burns, J., (2014). Development of a quality manual for the paediatric gait analysis service of NSW, Presented at the Conference on Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 56(S2),76
- Wojciechowski, E., Dwan, L., Mudge, A., Armstrong, J., Harley, L., Axt, M., Joshua Burns, J. (2014). Effect of using thigh wands compared to flat-based markers on three dimensional gait analysis hip rotation measures, Presented at the Conference on Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 56(S2), 77
- Dwan, L., McIntosh, A., Lowe, K., Sturnieks, D., (2014). Upper limb joint range of motion in children: an investigation of limb dominance and method repeatability, Presented at the Conference on 7th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Hunter Valley, Australia, 56