Dr Denise Brookes
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Child Health Research Centre
Researcher biography
Denise is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Musculoskeletal Research Group, Children’s Health Research Centre at the University of Queensland. With a focus on paediatrics with musculoskeletal complications and challenged movement behaviours, being able to develop valid, reliable and feasible pathways for participant lead activity programs, is a key driving force in her diverse work ethic. Currently she is Trial Manager for the MRFF Study, “The Australian CP Musculoskeletal Health Network” a longitudinal study looking at early biomarkers of musculoskeletal complications in children with moderate to severe CP.
Denise has extensive clinical and teaching skills from an initial career in the Corporate Health and Fitness and subsequent work in Malaysia, England and with the AASFP in Hong Kong. With a unique and eclectic toolkit of exercise prescription expertise, she has been highly successful to 'action' positive behavioural and physical change in many individuals and groups.
She has presented her work at several international and national conferences; is an accredited ESSA member, on Faculty for the ANZBMS and an APEG, Paediatric Bone Working Group member.
Publications
Journal Articles
Kohler, Brooke E., Baque, Emmah, Sandler, Carolina X., Jones, Taryn, Terranova, Caroline O., Brookes, Denise S. K., Hassall, Timothy, Bradford, Natalie K. and Trost, Stewart G. (2024). Goal-directed therapeutic exercise for paediatric posterior fossa brain tumour survivors: a qualitative analysis of experiences. Supportive Care in Cancer, 32 (2) 125, 125. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08327-3
Sakzewski, Leanne, Reedman, Sarah Elizabeth, Elliott, Catherine, Ziviani, Jenny, Novak, Iona, Trost, Stewart, Majnemer, Annette, Comans, Tracy, Shikako, Keiko, Ware, Robert S., McNamara, Lynda, Williams, Sian, Keramat, Syed Afroz, Brookes, Denise and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2023). Participate CP 2: optimising participation in physically active leisure for children with cerebral palsy - protocol for a phase III randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13 (10) e075570, e075570. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075570
Byrne, Rebecca, Terranova, Caroline O., Chai, Li Kheng, Brookes, Denise S. K. and Trost, Stewart G. (2023). Cognitive testing of items measuring movement behaviours in young children aged zero to five years: development of the Movement Behaviour Questionnaires for -Baby (MBQ-B) and -Child (MBQ-C). Children, 10 (9) 1554, 1554. doi: 10.3390/children10091554
Kohler, Brooke E., Sandler, Carolina X., Baque, Emmah, Brookes, Denise S.K., Terranova, Caroline O., Hassall, Tim, Bradford, Natalie K. and Trost, Stewart G. (2023). Feasibility, Acceptability And Participant Experiences Of The Physical Activity In Survivorship Randomized Controlled Trial : 2856. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 55 (9S), 974-975. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000988908.27858.60
Xu, Jing, Pandoh, Pawan K., Corbett, Richard D., Smailus, Duane, Bowlby, Reanne, Brooks, Denise, McDonald, Helen, Haile, Simon, Chahal, Sundeep, Bilobram, Steve, Mungall, Karen L., Mungall, Andrew J., Coope, Robin, Moore, Richard A., Zhao, Yongjun, Jones, Steven J. M. and Marra, Marco A. (2023). A high-throughput pipeline for DNA/RNA/small RNA purification from tissue samples for sequencing. Biotechniques, 75 (2), 47-55. doi: 10.2144/btn-2023-0011
Young, Sophia L., Gallo, Linda A., Brookes, Denise S. K., Hayes, Nicole, Maloney, Maree, Liddle, Karen, James, Amanda, Moritz, Karen M. and Reid, Natasha (2022). Altered bone and body composition in children and adolescents with confirmed prenatal alcohol exposure. Bone, 164 116510, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116510
Trost, Stewart G., Brookes, Denise S. K. and Ahmadi, Matthew N. (2022). Evaluation of wrist accelerometer cut-points for classifying physical activity intensity in youth. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4 884307, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.884307
Jones, Taryn, O’Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Goyal, Vikas, Masters, Ian B., McCallum, Gabrielle, Drovandi, Christopher, Lung, Thomas, Baque, Emmah, Brookes, Denise S. K., Terranova, Caroline O., Chang, Anne B. and Trost, Stewart G. (2022). Bronchiectasis - Exercise as Therapy (BREATH): rationale and study protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial. Trials, 23 (1) 292. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06256-2
Kohler, Brooke E., Baque, Emmah, Sandler, Carolina X., Brookes, Denise S. K., Terranova, Caroline O., Rixon, Matthew, Hassall, Tim and Trost, Stewart G. (2021). Physical ACTivity in Survivorship (PACTS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating a goal-directed therapeutic exercise program in pediatric posterior fossa brain tumor survivors. BMC Pediatrics, 21 (1) 105. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02566-7
Trost, Stewart G. and Brookes, Denise S. K. (2020). Effectiveness of a novel digital application to promote fundamental movement skills in 3- to 6-year-old children: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39 (4), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1826657
Siafarikas, Aris, Simm, Peter, Zacharin, Margaret, Jefferies, Craig, Lafferty, Antony R., Wheeler, Benjamin J., Tham, Elaine, Brown, Justin, Biggin, Andrew, Hofman, Paul, Woodhead, Helen, Rodda, Christine, Jensen, Diane, Brookes, Denise, Munns, Craig F. and on behalf of the APEG Bone and Mineral Working Group (2020). Global consensus on nutritional rickets: Implications for Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56 (6), 841-846. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14941
Ahmadi, Matthew N., Brookes, Denise, Chowdhury, Alok, Pavey, Toby and Trost, Stewart G. (2020). Free-living Evaluation of Laboratory-based Activity Classifiers in Preschoolers. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 52 (5), 1227-1234. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002221
Alturki, Hmidan A., Brookes, Denise S.K. and Davies, Peter S.W. (2020). Does spending more time on electronic screen devices determine the weight outcomes in obese and normal weight Saudi Arabian children?. Saudi Medical Journal, 41 (1), 79-87. doi: 10.15537/smj.2020.1.24786
Alturki, Hmidan A., Brookes, Denise S. K. and Davies, Peter S. W. (2018). Comparative evidence of the consumption from fast-food restaurants between normal-weight and obese Saudi schoolchildren. Mineralogical Magazine, 21 (12), 2280-2290. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018000757
Simm, Peter J., Biggin, Andrew, Zacharin, Margaret R., Rodda, Christine P., Tham, Elaine, Siafarikas, Aris, Jefferies, Craig, Hofman, Paul L., Jensen, Diane E., Woodhead, Helen, Brown, Justin, Wheeler, Benjamin J., Brookes, Denise, Lafferty, Antony, Munns, Craig F. and APEG Bone Mineral Working Group (2018). Consensus guidelines on the use of bisphosphonate therapy in children and adolescents. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54 (3), 223-233. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13768
Alturki, Hmidan A., Brookes, Denise S.K. and Davies, Peter S.W. (2018). Obesity prevention interventions in Saudi Arabian childrenbuilding the evidence base: an in-depth analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and dietary habits of obese and normal weight schoolchildren. Global Epidemic Obesity, 6 (1), 1. doi: 10.7243/2052-5966-6-1
Alturki, Hmidan, Brookes, Denise and Davies, Peter (2018). Differences in physical behaviour between obese and normal weight Saudi Arabian boys and girls: what is worth noting?. Physical Activity and Health, 2 (1), 51-65. doi: 10.5334/paah.25
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 ... 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, e014950. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014950
Reeves, Marina M., Terranova, Caroline O., Erickson, Jane M., Job, Jennifer R., Brookes, Denise S. K., McCarthy, Nicole, Hickman, Ingrid J., Lawler, Sheleigh P., Fjeldsoe, Brianna S., Healy, Genevieve N., Winkler, Elisabeth A. H., Janda, Monika, Veerman, J. Lennert, Ware, Robert S., Prins, Johannes B., Vos, Theo, Demark-Wahnefried, Wendy and Eakin, Elizabeth G. (2016). Living well after breast cancer randomized controlled trial protocol: evaluating a telephone-delivered weight loss intervention versus usual care in women following treatment for breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 16 (1) 830, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2858-0
Brookes, Denise S. K., Briody, Julie N., Davies, Peter S.W. and Hill, Rebecca J. (2016). ABCD: anthropometry, body composition and Crohnʼs disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 63 (1), 113-117. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001135
Murphy, Alexia J., Hill, Rebecca J., Buntain, Helen, White, Melinda, Brookes, Denise and Davies, , Peter S. W. (2016). Nutritional status of children with clinical conditions. Clinical Nutrition, 36 (3), 788-792. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.05.014
Brookes, Denise S. K., Briody, Julie N., Munns, Craig F., Davies, Peter S. W. and Hill, Rebecca J. (2015). Cystic fibrosis-related bone disease in children: Examination of peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) data. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 14 (5) 1230, 668-677. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2015.04.005
Brookes, D.S.K., Briody, J.N., Munns, C.F., Davies, P.S.W. and Hill, R.J. (2015). Cystic fibrosis-related bone disease explored using a four step algorithm. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 14 (1), 127-134. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2014.07.011
Hill, Rebecca J., Brookes, Denise S.K. and Davies, Peter S.W. (2011). Bones in pediatric Crohn's disease: A review of fracture risk in children and adults. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 17 (5), 1223-1228. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21471
Rebecca J. Hill, Denise S.K. Brookes, Peter J. Lewindon, Geoffrey D. Withers, Looi C. Ee, Frances L. Connor, Geoffrey J. Cleghorn and Peter S.W. Davies (2009). Bone health in children with inflammatory bowel disease: adjusting for bone age. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 48 (5), 538-543. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31818cb4b6
Kaesler, D. S., Mellifont, R. B., Swete Kelly, P. and Taaffe, D. R. (2007). A novel balance exercise program for postural stability in older adults: A pilot study. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 11 (1), 37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2006.05.003
Conference Papers
Alexander, E., Wilson, C., Kapur, N. and Brookes, D. (2019). 'Is telehealth as effective as face to face therapy for delivery of whole body vibration training (WBVT) as an adjunct to physiotherapy in children and young people with cystic fibrosis (CF)?'. TSANZSRS 2019 The Australia & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 29 March–2 April 2019. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Brookes, D. S. K., Briody, J. N., Munns, C. F., Davies, P. S. W. and Hill, R. J. (2013). Bone health in cystic fibrosis: is the current analysis enough?. The joint ASM of The Nutrition Society of Australia and the Nutrition Society of New Zealand, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 4-6 December 2013.
Brookes, D. S. K., Briody, J. N., Munns, C. F., Davies, P. S. W. and Hill, R. J. (2013). Bone and muscle interaction in inflammatory bowel disease. The joint ASM of The Nutrition Society of Australia and the Nutrition Society of New Zealand, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4 - 6 December 2013.
Brookes, D. S. K., Briody, J. N., Munns, C. F., Hill, R. J. and Davies, P. S. W. (2011). Bridging the gap in the analysis of bone health in young individuals with Cystic Fibrosis.. IOF Regionals ANZBMS Annual Scientific Meeting, held with the JSBMR 2nd Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis and Bone Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 4-8 September 2011. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1717-8
Brookes, D. S. K., Briody, J. N., Munns, C. F., Hill, R. J. and Davies, P. S. W. (2011). Bone structural parameters in pre and pubertal individuals with Cystic Fibrosis. IOF Regionals ANZBMS Annual Scientific Meeting, held with the JSBMR 2nd Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis and Bone Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 4-8 September 2011. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1717-8
Murphy, A. J., Brookes, D. S. K., Buntain, H. M. and Davies, P. S. W. (2008). Longitudinal nutritional status in children with cystic fibrosis. The 8th International Symposium on In Vivo Body Composition Studies, New York, U.S.A., 9-12 July 2008. Near Working, West Sussex, U.K.: Smith-Gordon.
Thesis
Brookes, Denise Susanne Kaesler (2012). Bone strength parameters in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: examining the muscle-bone unit. PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.
Department Technical Reports
Slater, Gary, Townsend, Nicole, Morabito, Aimee, Burke, Louise, Schultz, Chris, Brookes, Denise, Farley, Ava, Meerkin, Jarrod and Ducker, Kagan (2022). Practitioner Best Practice Guidelines for DXA Assessment of Body Composition. Australian Sports Commission.
Slater, Gary, Townsend, Nicole, Morabito, Aimee, Burke, Louise, Schultz, Chris, Brookes, Denise, Farley, Ava, Meerkin, Jarrod and Ducker, Kagan (2022). Technician Best Practice Protocols for DXA Assessment of Body Composition GE-Lunar. Australian Sports Commission.