Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639

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Sterling M Author

m.sterling@uq.edu.au

Subjects of specialization
Road Traffic Injury Recovery, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Affiliation
Department of Recover Injury Research Centre, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Recovery Following Road Traffic Injury, Griffith University, Parklands, Australia

Biography

Michele Sterling is Professor in the Recover Injury Research Centre, Program Lead of the Designing Better Therapies research program and Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Road Traffic Injury Recovery. She is a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists. She is internationally recognised for her research on whiplash-associated disorders.

Publications

Research Article Open Access

Examining the Relationship between Sleep Posture and Morning Spinal Symptoms in the Habitual Environment Using Infrared Cameras

Author(s):

Cary D, Collinson R, Sterling M and Briffa NK

Introduction: Sleeping is generally considered a period for rest and recovery, however some people wake with spinal symptoms not present on going to sleep and seek treatment. It has been clinically postulated that some sleeping postures, especially those involving sustained end range rotation or extension, can provoke pain sensitive spinal tissues. While sleep research generally has blossomed, little attention has been paid to the physical effects of nocturnal posture on waking spinal symptoms. Furthermore, sleep research is generally conducted in high technology view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000173

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