Dr Lee Barber
Head of Course - Physiotherapy; Advance Queensland Research Fellow
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University
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Lee Barber joined the QCPRRC as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in early 2012.
Lee is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow and Senior Physiotherapist who has a great interest in how treatments for children with spastic type cerebral palsy, such as botulinum toxin and surgical techniques improve walking ability, impact on muscle growth, and muscle and tendon structure and function. He draws on his diverse experiences as a practicing physiotherapist, a biomechanics and an exercise physiologist to develop and use a number of innovative techniques including ultrasound, 3D motion capture, freehand 3D ultrasound, surface EMG and dynamometry to measure in vivo muscle and tendon structure and function during limb movement and gait. Lee has published a number of manuscripts in international peer reviewed journals and his research has been well received at cerebral palsy, physiotherapy and biomechanics conferences nationally and internationally.
Conference Paper
Barber, Lee A., Baque, Emmah, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016). Randomised controlled trial of a web-based multi-modal training program on gross motor capacity and performance for children with an acquired brain injury. In: 28th Annual Meeting of the European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD), 5th International Conference of Cerebral Palsy (ICPC) and 1st Meeting of the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD). International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities, Stockholm, Sweden, (26-26). 1-4 June 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13315
Baque, E., Barber, L., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. (2016). Systematic review of physiotherapy interventions to improve gross motor capacity and performance in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury. In: 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide Australia, (67-67). 30 March- 2 April 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13070
Baque, E., Barber, L., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. N. (2016). Validation of the ActiGraph accelerometer to measure physical activity in children with an acquired brain injury. In: 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, (24-25). 30 March- 2 April 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13069
Baque, E., Barber, L., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. N. (2016). Randomised controlled trial of web-based multimodal therapy for children with acquired brain injury to improve gross motor capacity and performance. In: 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 8th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, (24-24). 30 March- 2 April 2016. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13069
Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn (2015). Randomised controlled trial of a web-based multimodal training program on activity capacity and performance for children with an acquired brain injury. In: Abstracts of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 69th Annual Meeting. Annual Meeting American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Austin, TX, United States, (62-62). 21-24 October 2015. doi:10.1111/dmcn.101_12887
Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn (2015). Validity of accelerometry to measure physical activity in children with acquired brain injury. In: Abstracts of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 69th Annual Meeting. Annual Meeting American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Austin, TX, United States, (77-78). 21-24 October 2015. doi:10.1111/dmcn.4_12886
Baque, E. J., Barber, L. A., Sakzewski, L. and Boyd, R. N. (2014). Test-retest reliability of two mobility assessments for children with an acquired brain injury. In: Abstracts of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. AusACPDM 2014: 7th Biennial Scientific Conference, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia, (50-51). 11-14 March, 2014. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12368
Journal Article
Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2018) Functional capacity in adults with cerebral palsy: Lower limb muscle strength matters. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 99 5: 900-906.e1. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2018.01.020
Willerslev-Olsen, Maria, Choe Lund, Mai, Lorentzen, Jakob, Barber, Lee, Kofoed-Hansen, Mathilde and Nielsen, Jens Bo (2018) Impaired muscle growth precedes development of increased stiffness of the triceps surae musculotendinous unit in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 60 7: 672-679. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13729
Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2018) Functional anaerobic and strength training in young adults with cerebral palsy. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, . doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001614
Fox, Aaron S., Carty, Christopher P., Modenese, Luca, Barber, Lee A. and Lichtwark, Glen A. (2018) Simulating the effect of muscle weakness and contracture on neuromuscular control of normal gait in children. Gait and Posture, 61 169-175. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.01.010
Verschuren, Olaf, Smorenburg, Ana R. P., Luiking, Yvette, Bell, Kristie, Barber, Lee and Peterson, Mark D. (2018) Determinants of muscle preservation in individuals with cerebral palsy across the lifespan: a narrative review of the literature. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 9 3: 453-464. doi:10.1002/jcsm.12287
Obst, Steven J., Boyd, Roslyn, Read, Felicity and Barber, Lee (2017) Quantitative 3-D Ultrasound of the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 43 12: 2814-2823. doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.08.929
Baque, Emmah, Sakzewski, Leanne, Trost, Stewart G. , Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee (2017) Validity of accelerometry to measure physical activity in children with brain injury.. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 29 4: 322-329. doi:10.1097/PEP.0000000000000439
Read, Felicity A., Boyd, Roslyn N. and Barber, Lee A. (2017) Longitudinal assessment of gait quality in children with bilateral cerebral palsy following repeated lower limb intramuscular Botulinum toxin-A injections. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 68 35-41. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2017.07.002
Obst, Steven J., Barber, Lee, Miller, Ashton and Barrett, Rod S. (2017) Reliability of achilles tendon moment arm measured in vivo using freehand three-dimensional ultrasound. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 33 4: 300-304. doi:10.1123/jab.2016-0261
Boyd, Roslyn N., Davies, Peter S. W., Ziviani, Jenny, Trost, Stewart, Barber, Lee, Ware, Robert, Rose, Stephen, Whittingham, Koa, Sakzewski, Leanne, Bell, Kristie, Carty, Christopher, Obst, Steven, Benfer, Katherine, Reedman, Sarah, Edwards, Priya, Kentish, Megan, Copeland, Lisa, Weir, Kelly, Davenport, Camilla, Brooks, Denise, Coulthard, Alan, Pelekanos, Rebecca, Guzzetta, Andrea, Fiori, Simona, Wynter, Meredith, Finn, Christine, Burgess, Andrea, Morris, Kym, Walsh, John, Lloyd, Owen, Whitty, Jennifer A. and Scuffham, Paul A. (2017) PREDICT-CP: study protocol of implementation of comprehensive surveillance to predict outcomes for school-aged children with cerebral palsy. BMJ Open, 7 7: e014950. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014950
Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne, Ware, Robert and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2017) Characteristics associated with physical activity capacity and performance in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 31 5: 1-7. doi:10.1080/02699052.2017.1291990
Sartori, M., Fernandez, J. W., Modenese, L., Carty, C. P., Barber, L. A., Oberhofer, K., Zhang, J., Handsfield, G. G., Stott, N. S., Besier, T. F., Farina, D. and Lloyd, D. G. (2017) Toward modeling locomotion using electromyography-informed 3D models: application to cerebral palsy. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, 9 2: e1368. doi:10.1002/wsbm.1368
Barber, Lee, Carty, Chris, Modenese, Luca, Walsh, John, Boyd, Roslyn and Lichtwark, Glen (2017) Medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscle-tendon unit, fascicle, and tendon interaction during walking in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59 8: 843-851. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13427
Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn N (2016) Reproducibility in measuring physical activity in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury.. Brain Injury, 1-7. doi:10.1080/02699052.2016.1201594
Gillett, Jarred G., Boyd, Roslyn N., Carty, Christopher P. and Barber, Lee A. (2016) The impact of strength training on skeletal muscle morphology and architecture in children and adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 56 183-196. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2016.06.003
Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Test–re-test reproducibility of activity capacity measures for children with an acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 30 9: 1-7. doi:10.3109/02699052.2016.1165869
Baque, Emmah, Barber, Lee, Sakzewski, Leanne and Boyd, Roslyn (2016) Randomized controlled trial of web-based multimodal therapy for children with acquired brain injury to improve gross motor capacity and performance. Clinical Rehabilitation, 31 6: 722-732. doi:10.1177/0269215516651980
Barber, Lee A. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Growing muscles in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58 5: 431-432. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12980
Baque, Emmah, Sakzewski, Leanne, Barber, Lee and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Systematic review of physiotherapy interventions to improve gross motor capacity and performance in children and adolescents with an acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 30 8: 1-12. doi:10.3109/02699052.2016.1147079
Barber, Lee A., Read, Felicity, Lovatt Stern, Jacquie, Lichtwark, Glen and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume in ambulant children with unilateral and bilateral cerebral palsy aged 2 to 9 years. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58 11: 1146-1152. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13132
Barber, Lee A. and Boyd, Rosyln N. (2015) Growing muscles in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58 5: 431-432. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12980
Boyd, Roslyn N., Baque, Emmah, Piovesana, Adina, Ross, Stephanie, Ziviani, Jenny, Sakzewski, Leanne, Barber, Lee, Lloyd, Owen, McKinlay, Lynne, Whittingham, Koa, Smith, Anthony C., Rose, Stephen, Fiori, Simona, Cunnington, Ross, Ware, Robert, Lewis, Melinda, Comans, Tracy A. and Scuffham, Paul A. (2015) Mitii™ ABI: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a web-based multi-modal training program for children and adolescents with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). BMC Neurology, 15 140: 140. doi:10.1186/s12883-015-0381-6
Gillett, Jarred G., Lichtwark, Glen A., Boyd, Roslyn .N. and Barber, Lee A. (2015) FAST CP: Protocol of a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a 12-week combined Functional Anaerobic and Strength Training programme on muscle properties and mechanical gait deficiencies in adolescents and young adults with spastic-type cerebral. BMJ Open, 5 6: e008059. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008059
Barrett, Rod S., Lichtwark, Glen A., Armstrong, Codie, Barber, Lee, Scott-Young, Matthew and Hall, Richard M. (2015) Fluoroscopic assessment of lumbar total disc replacement kinematics during walking. Spine, 40 7: 436-442. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000000787
Barber, Lee, Hastings-Ison, Tandi, Baker, Richard, Graham, H. Kerr, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2013) The effects of botulinum toxin injection frequency on muscle growth in young children with spastic cerebral palsy: a 12 month prospective study. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 7 5: 425-433. doi:10.1007/s11832-013-0503-x
Barber, Lee A., Barrett, Rod S., Gillett, Jarred G., Cresswell, Andrew G. and Lichtwark, Glen A. (2013) Neuromechanical properties of the triceps surae in young and older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 48 11: 1147-1155. doi:10.1016/j.exger.2013.07.007
Barrett, Rod S. and Barber, Lee (2013) Impaired muscle growth in spastic cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 55 3: 202-202. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12073
Barber, Lee, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2012) Medial gastrocnemius muscle fascicle active torque-length and Achilles tendon properties in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of Biomechanics, 45 15: 2526-2530. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.018
Barber, Lee, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2011) Passive muscle mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of Biomechanics, 44 13: 2496-2500. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.06.008
Barber, Lee, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2011) Validity and reliability of a simple ultrasound approach to measure medial gastrocnemius muscle length. Journal of Anatomy, 218 6: 637-642. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01365.x
Barber, Lee, Hastings-Ison, Tandy, Baker, Richard, Barrett, Rod and Lichtwark, Glen (2011) Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume and fascicle length in children aged 2 to 5 years with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53 6: 543-548. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03913.x
Barber, L, Barrett, R and Lichtwark, G (2009) Validation of a freehand 3D ultrasound system for morphological measures of the medial gastrocnemius muscle. Journal of Biomechanics, 42 9: 1313-1319. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.005
Hubinger, Lyle, Mackinnon, Laurel Traeger, Barber, Lee, Mccosker, Jane, Howard, Alf and Lepre, Frank (1997) Acute effects of treadmill running on lipoprotein(a) levels in males and females. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 29 4: 436-442. doi:10.1097/00005768-199704000-00003
Projects
PhD and MPhil Supervision
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