Novel insights towards non-invasive predictors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A comprehensive examination of musculoskeletal asymmetry using EMG and MRI
The Biomechanics and Spine Research Group (BSRG) were successful in receiving a USD$50,000 Scoliosis Research Society Cotrel Research Grant for their project entitled, “Novel insights towards non-invasive predictors of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A comprehensive examination of musculoskeletal asymmetry using EMG and MRI”. This project is a collaborative project between the QUT BSRG team and UQ Laboratory for Motor Control and Pain Research.
The BSRG investigators are Professor Peter Pivonka (pictured right), Maree Izatt, Adjunct Assoc. Professor Robert Labrom, and the UQ team of Assoc. Professor Kylie Tucker, Dr Andrew Claus and UQ Ph student Phoebe Ng. Grants from the US based Scoliosis Research Society are highly competitive and sought-after internationally, so the team are rightly thrilled to have their work acknowledged and rewarded in this way. Grant applications are judged on their significance, approach, feasibility and team expertise.