Associate ProfessorBronwen Ackermann
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Medicine and Health
Research projects & supervision summary
Sound Performers - an e-health initiative focussed on the delivery of health education to tertiary music students. Current expansion of the project to include research trials investigating strategies to enhance health literacy and self-efficacy of music students, as well as translational applications of health education into music training practices.
High Performance Consultant guiding best-practice educational and interventional iniatives to the Australian National Academy of Music Musicians' Health program.
Evaluation of the physiological benefts of warm-up in violinists
Investigating the benefits of participation in health education during music training
Investigating the interaction between pain, fatigue and stress on movement and muscle activity during skilled musical performance
Investigating the relationship between a musicians' physical characteristics and music performance biomechanics
Inviestigating the interrelationship between physical and psychological factors in healthy and injured musicians
Humboldt Fellowship - developing an off-instrument retrainng protocol for musicians' dystonia
Exploring ways of enhancing health literacy in musicians population in order to enhance healthy practices
RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEffects of muscle fatigue, pain and warm-up on elite performance
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONFrench Horn Players’ Attitudes Regarding the Accurate Application of Anatomical Knowledge in Optimal Playing Philosophies
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMovement Efficiency in Violinists: Developing a new Tool for Injury Prevention
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMusical Instrument Ergonomics in Violin and Piano Performance
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONRespiratory Muscle Performance in Wind Instrumentalists: Are They Breathing Athletes