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Dr Niru Mahendran

Lecturer in Physiotherapy
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
n.mahendran@uq.edu.au
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Publications

Journal Articles (27)
Conference Papers (10)
Preprint (1)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Martin, Romany, Su, Yi-Jen, Neish, Calum, Mandrusiak, Allison, Penman, Adriana, Patterson, Freyr, Booth, Jodie, Hunter, Lucy, Donovan, Michael, Mahendran, Niru, Dunwoodie, Ruth and Forbes, Roma (2024). Telehealth services supporting allied health work-integrated learning: a pilot study. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 24 (4), 649-662.
Pepar, A., Mahendran, N., Preston, E. and Keegan, R. (2024). Perceptions and experiences of health professionals when supporting adults with stroke to engage in physical activity. Brain Impairment, 25 (4) IB23129, 1-12. doi: 10.1071/ib23129
Nayak, Neelam, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Kuys, Suzanne and Brauer, Sandra G. (2024). What factors at discharge predict physical activity and walking outcomes 6 months after stroke? A systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 38 (10), 1-11. doi: 10.1177/02692155241261698
Copley, Jodie, Martin, Romany, Dix, Clare, Forbes, Roma, Hill, Anne, Mandrusiak, Allison, Penman, Adriana, Patterson, Freyr, Davies, Sarah, Jauncey-Cooke, Jacqueline, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Hooper, Kelly and Collins, Cheryl (2024). Fostering collaborative practice through interprofessional simulation for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, dietetics, and nursing students. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 38 (3), 534-543. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2024.2303499
Mahendran, Niruthikha and Brauer, Sandra G. (2023). Appraisal of clinical practice guideline: living clinical guidelines for stroke management. Journal of Physiotherapy, 70 (1), 72. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2023.10.013
Alsop, Tahlia, Woodforde, James, Rosbergen, Ingrid, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Brauer, Sandra and Gomersall, Sjaan (2023). Perspectives of health professionals on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in hospitalised adults: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 37 (10), 1386-1405. doi: 10.1177/02692155231170451
Fini, Natalie A, Simpson, Dawn, Moore, Sarah A, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Eng, Janice J, Borschmann, Karen, Moulaee Conradsson, David, Chastin, Sebastien, Churilov, Leonid and English, Coralie (2023). How should we measure physical activity after stroke? An international consensus. International Journal of Stroke, 18 (9), 1132-1142. doi: 10.1177/17474930231184108
Preston, E., Salmon, R., de Meillon, N., Boom, M., Ada, L., Mahendran, N. and Flynn, A. (2023). Strength of hip muscles and bradykinesia contribute to walking speed over a long distance, but not a short distance, in people with mild Parkinson’s disease: an observational study. Gait and Posture, 100, 103-106. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.11.061
Salmon, Renee, Preston, Elisabeth, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Ada, Louise and Flynn, Allyson (2023). People with mild Parkinson's disease have impaired force production in upper limb muscles: a cross-sectional study. Physiotherapy Research International, 28 (1) e1976, 1-6. doi: 10.1002/pri.1976
Ribbe Kelso, Lucy, Stockton, Kellie, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Brauer, Sandra G. and Rosbergen, Ingrid (2023). The influence of communal spaces on patient activity in rehabilitation: a mixed methods study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2160834
Dudley, Eve, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Howes, Tom and Freene, Nicole (2022). Perspectives of stroke and cardiac clinicians on cardiac rehabilitation post-TIA or mild stroke. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 42 (5), 377-379. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000729
Ryall, Tayne, Preston, Elisabeth, Mahendran, Niruthikha and Bissett, Bernie (2022). Impact of classroom-based MASK-ED (TM) (KRS simulation) on physiotherapy student clinical performance: a randomized cluster trial. BMC Medical Education, 22 (1) 426, 426. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03467-8
Neva, Jason L., Brown, Katlyn E., Peters, Sue, Feldman, Samantha J., Mahendran, Niruthikha, Boisgontier, Matthieu P. and Boyd, Lara A. (2021). Acute exercise modulates the excitability of specific interneurons in human motor cortex. Neuroscience, 475, 103-116. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.08.032
Preston, Elisabeth, Ada, Louise, Stanton, Rosalyn, Mahendran, Niruthikha and Dean, Catherine M. (2021). Prediction of independent walking in people who are nonambulatory early after stroke: a systematic review. Stroke, 52 (10), STROKEAHA120032345-3224. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.032345
Ryall, Tayne, Preston, Elisabeth, Mahendran, Niruthikha and Bissett, Bernie (2021). An audit of the use of simulation in Australian and New Zealand physiotherapy curricula. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 19 (3).
Renee, Salmon, Elisabeth, Preston, Niruthikha, Mahendran, Allyson, Flynn and Louise, Ada (2021). People with mild PD have impaired force production in all lower limb muscle groups: a cross-sectional study. Physiotherapy Research International, 26 (2), e1897. doi: 10.1002/pri.1897
Hendrickx, Wendy, Riveros, Carlos, Askim, Torunn, Bussmann, Johannes B. J., Callisaya, Michele L., Chastin, Sebastien F. M., Dean, Catherine, Ezeugwu, Victor, Jones, Taryn M., Kuys, Suzanne S., Mahendran, Niruthikha, Manns, Patricia J., Mead, Gillian, Moore, Sarah A., Paul, Lorna, Pisters, Martijn F., Saunders, David H., Simpson, Dawn B., Tieges, Zoë, Verschuren, Olaf and English, Coralie (2021). An exploration of sedentary behavior patterns in community-dwelling people with stroke: a cluster-based analysis. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 45 (3), 221-227. doi: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000357
Ryall, Tayne, Preston, Elisabeth, Mahendran, Niruthikha and Bissett, Bernie (2020). Study protocol: MASK-ED™ (KRS simulation) - impact on physiotherapy student performance. Health Education in Practice: Journal of Research for Professional Learning, 3 (1). doi: 10.33966/hepj.3.1.14276
Howes, Tom, Mahenderan, Niru and Freene, Nicole (2020). Cardiac rehabilitation: are people with stroke or transient ischaemic attack being included? A cross-sectional survey. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29 (3), 483-490. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.03.018
Hendrickx, Wendy, Riveros, Carlos, Askim, Torunn, Bussmann, Johannes B. J., Callisaya, Michele L., Chastin, Sebastien F. M., Dean, Catherine M., Ezeugwu, Victor E., Jones, Taryn M., Kuys, Suzanne S., Mahendran, Niruthikha, Manns, Trish J., Mead, Gillian, Moore, Sarah A., Paul, Lorna, Pisters, Martijn F., Saunders, David H., Simpson, Dawn B., Tieges, Zoë, Verschuren, Olaf and English, Coralie (2019). Identifying factors associated with sedentary time after stroke. Secondary analysis of pooled data from nine primary studies. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 26 (5), 327-334. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2019.1601419
Lynch, Elizabeth A., Jones, Taryn M., Simpson, Dawn B., Fini, Natalie A., Kuys, Suzanne, Borschmann, Karen, Kramer, Sharon, Johnson, Liam, Callisaya, Michele L., Mahendran, Niruthikha, Janssen, Heidi, English, Coralie and on behalf of the ACTIOnS Collaboration (2019). Activity monitors for increasing physical activity in adult stroke survivors. Stroke, 50 (1), E4-E5. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.023088
Lynch, Elizabeth A., Jones, Taryn M., Simpson, Dawn B., Fini, Natalie A., Kuys, Suzanne S., Borschmann, Karen, Kramer, Sharon, Johnson, Liam, Callisaya, Michele L., Mahendran, Niruthikha, Janssen, Heidi and English, Coralie (2018). Activity monitors for increasing physical activity in adult stroke survivors. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (7) CD012543. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012543.pub2
Mahendran, Niruthikha, Kuys, Suzanne S. and Brauer, Sandra G. (2018). Which impairments,activity limitations and personal factors at hospital discharge predict walking activity across the first 6 months poststroke?. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42 (6), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1508513
Lynch, Elizabeth A., Borschmann, Karen, Callisaya, Michele L., Fini, Natalie A., Janssen, Heidi, Johnson, Liam, Jones, Taryn M., Kramer, Sharon, Kuys, Suzanne, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Simpson, Dawn B. and English, Coralie (2017). Activity monitors for increasing physical activity in adult stroke survivors. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 (2) CD012543. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012543
Mahendran, Niruthikha, Kuys, Suzanne S., Downie, Emma, Ng, Phoebe, Brauer, Sandra G. and Ng, Phoebe (2016). Are accelerometers and GPS devices valid, reliable and feasible tools for measurement of community ambulation after stroke?. Brain Impairment, 17 (2), 151-161. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2016.13
Mahendran, Niruthikha, Kuys, Suzanne S. and Brauer, Sandra G. (2016). Recovery of ambulation activity across the first six months post-stroke. Gait and Posture, 49, 271-276. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.06.038
Mahendran, Niruthikha, Kuys, Suzanne S. and Brauer, Sandra G. (2016). Accelerometer and global positioning system measurement of recovery of community ambulation across the first 6 months after stroke: an exploratory prospective study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 97 (9), 1465-1472. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.013

Conference Papers

Nayak, Neelam, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Moni, Mohammad, Kuys, Suzanne and Brauer, Sandra (2024). Identifying predictors of physical activity and walking outcomes after stroke through a machine learning approach. Asia Pacific Stroke Conference 2024 Combined Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 25–28 September 2024. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger.
Mahendran, Niruthikha, Temby, Rebecca and Preston, Elisabeth (2023). Using accelerometers and behaviour change to target physical activity, risk of recurrent stroke and fatigue in subacute stroke: a pilot study. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Nayak, Neelam, Brauer, Sandra, Kuys, Suzanne, Moni, Mohammad Ali and Mahendran, Niruthikha (2023). What baseline and intervention characteristics predict walking speed six months after stroke?. Stroke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 22-25 August 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Moore, S., Fini, N., Simpson, D., Mahendran, N., Eng, J., Borschmann, K., Conradsson, D. Moulaee, Chastin, S., Churilov, L. and English, C. (2023). Physical activity measurement after stroke - reaching international consensus. 17th UK Stroke Forum, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 29 November-1 December 2022. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/174749302211425
Mahendran, N., Kuys, S. and Brauer, S. (2017). Clinical characteristics and physical activity behaviours of people with and without fatigue early after stroke. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia , Queenstown, New Zealand, 23 – 25 August 2017. London, United Kingdom: Sage. doi: 10.1177/1747493017720548
Mahendran, Niruthikha, Kuys, Suzanne S. and Brauer, Sandra G. (2016). Predictors of Daily Ambulation Activity Across the First Six Months Following Hospital Discharge Post-Stroke. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Conference, -, 2016. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.08.169
Mahendran, N., Kuys, S. and Brauer, S. (2016). Predictors of community ambulation across the first six months of returning home from hospital after stroke. Asia Pacific Stroke Conference 2016, Brisbane, Australia, July 14-17, 2016. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000447732
Mahendran, N., Kuys, S. and Brauer, S. (2016). Exploring activity behaviours of people with and without fatigue after stroke. SMART STROKES 2016 Conference, Canberra, Australia, 25–26 August, 2016. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1747493016661644
Mahendran, N., Kuys, S. S. and Brauer, S. G. (2015). Exploring community ambulation after stroke: Longitudinal measurement of community ambulation across the first six months after hospital discharge. SMART STROKES 2015 Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-4 September 2015. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12584
Mahendran, N., Downie, E., Ng, P., Kuys, S. and Brauer, S. (2013). The validity and reliability of accelerometers and GPS for the purpose of free-living community ambulation measurement post-stroke. 9th Australasian Nursing and Allied Health Stroke Conference, Queensland, Australia, 22 – 23 August 2013. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12172

Preprint

Rubino, Cristina, Larssen, Beverley, Chiu, Larissa, Kraeutner, Sarah, Mahendran, Niruthikha, Denyer, Ronan, Lakhani, Bimal, Borich, Matthew, Laule, Cornelia and Boyd, Lara (2022). Experience-dependent learning and myelin plasticity in individuals with stroke.

Thesis

Mahendran, Niruthikha (2015). Ambulation recovery after stroke. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.901
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