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Biography
Professor John Olver is a Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation Medicine and Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Monash University. He is Director of Rehabilitation at Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia, where he is also Manager of the Epworth Rehabilitation Acquired Brain Injury Programme. In 2008 he was appointed as Chairman of the Clinical Institute of Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Pain Management at Epworth HealthCare and in 2009 was appointed to the Victor Smorgon Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine, Epworth HealthCare and Monash University. He is Director of the Epworth Monash Rehabilitation Medicine Research Unit, the medical research arm of Epworth HealthCare Rehabilitation. Currently Professor Olver is co-supervising seven PhD/Masters projects within the Epworth Monash Rehabilitation Medicine Unit.
Professor Olver's main research interest and a focus of publication concerns the outcomes following traumatic brain injury, through an ongoing prospective long term outcome study conducted at Epworth Rehabilitation and now in its 25th year. He is more recently published in the area of adult spasticity. His doctoral thesis on balance deficits following traumatic brain injury was presented in 2000. He is on the editorial boards of one national and two international medical journals, is current President of the Asia Oceania Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, a past-President of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is a member of the Presidents Cabinet of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Professor Olver is on the Council of the World Neurological Rehabilitation Federation (WFNR) and Convenor of the 2012 Melbourne WFNR Scientific Conference Committee.
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An informatics approach to predict outcomes and monitor intervention efficacy following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
Fitzgerald, M., Gabbe, B., Lannin, N., Vallmuur, K., Curtis, K., Harrison, J., Young, J. T., Menon, D. K., Cullen, J. C., Armstrong, E., Eades, S., Cameron, P., Cooper, J., Fitzgerald, M., Balogh, Z., Fatovich, D., Honeybul, S., Jeffree, R. L., McNamara, R., Mitchell, G., Delaney, A., Reade, M. C., Wells, A., Williams, J., Ponsford, J., McDonald, S., Kendall, E., Ownsworth , T., Simpson, G., Togher, L., Hassett, L., Fleming, J., Williams, G. P., Collins-Praino, L. E., Reeder, S., Mobbs, R., Vickers, J., Anderson, V., Barlow, K., Holland, A. J. A., Scheinberg, A., Semple, B., Parizel, P. M., O'Brien, T., Law, M., Rose, S. E., Varma, D., Nasrallah, F., Shultz, S., Hellewell, S., Bosio, E., King , K., Parr, M., Udy, A., Hill, A. F., Olver, J., Teague, W. J., Egan, G., Fisher, M., York, L., Bynevelt, M., Maas, A. I., O'Reilly, G., McDonald, S., Capell, J., Gilroy, J., Walsham, J., Newcombe, V., Geraghty, T. J., Joyce, C. J., Rosenfeld, J., Elcock, M., Ross, J., Bragge, P., Meka, S., Chai, K., Cowen, G., Hasseler, L., Ercole, A., Wagland , J., Alexander, T., Babl, F. E., Bidargaddi, N., Mahoney, A. J., Wright, D., Crowe, L. M., Robinson, S., Rushworth, N., Hansen, M., Ellis, D., Zeeman, H., Francis, R., Whiley, L. & Reid, C.
1/07/21 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Exercise therapy for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) across the lifespan
O'Brien, T., Leddy, J., Willmott, C., Mitra, B., Shultz, S., Chen, B., McDonald, S., Morokoff, A., Caeyenberghs, K., Ponsford, J., Rushworth, N., Akhlaghi, H., Davies, K. & Olver, J.
1/06/21 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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Early vocational intervention for people who have experienced trauma
Ross, P. E., Ponsford, J., Olver, J., Fossey, E., Barclay, L., Hilton, G., Downing, M., McKenzie, D., Nunn, A. K. & Mortimer, D.
1/06/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Development of a new health service delivery model for major trauma clients living in rural and remote Victoria
Stolwyk, R., Ponsford, J., Lannin, N. A., Giummarra, M. & Olver, J.
14/02/19 → 1/06/20
Project: Research
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Assessing Sleep Architecture With Polysomnography During Posttraumatic Amnesia After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study
Fedele, B., McKenzie, D., Williams, G., Giles, R. & Olver, J., Jul 2021, In: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 35, 7, p. 622-633 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Clinical spasticity assessment using the modified tardieu scale does not reflect joint angular velocity or range of motion during walking: Assessment tool implications
Banky, M., Clark, R. A., Mentiplay, B. F., Olver, J. H. & Williams, G., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 53, 1, 10 p., jrm00137.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Co-Located or Freestanding Multi-Trauma Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Farr, B., Olver, J., Fedele, B. & McKenzie, D., Feb 2021, In: PM&R. 13, 2, p. 153-158 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Post Stroke Outcome: Global Insight into Persisting Sequelae Using the Post Stroke Checklist
Olver, J., Yang, S., Fedele, B., Ni, J., Frayne, J., Shen, G. & McKenzie, D., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 30, 4, 7 p., 105612.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Potential contributing factors to upper limb associated reactions in people with acquired brain injury: an exploratory study
Kahn, M. B., Clark, R. A., Mentiplay, B. F., Bower, K. J., Olver, J. & Williams, G., Feb 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review