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Clair Hebron

Senior Lecturer

contact:
Health Professions
Darley Road
Eastbourne
BN20 7UR

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643878

Email: C.L.Hebron@brighton.ac.uk

Teaching

  • MSc in NMS Physiotherapy
  • MSc in Rehabilitation Science
  • BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy

Research interests

  • low back pain
  • the neurophysiological and biomechanical effects on mobilisations
  • treatment dosage

Current projects

Clair in currently studying for a PhD looking at the effects of lumbar mobilisations.

Profile

Clair completed her undergraduate physiotherapy degree in 1991, at which point she began clinical work in the NHS. Clair commenced study for an MSc in Manipulative Physiotherapy in 1997 which she completed in 2002. During this time Clair completed a year long post as a lecturer practitioner at which point she started lecturing full time. She continued to work in private practice until 2003.

Clair is a member of the International Advisory Board and reviewer for Manual Therapy Journal. She was secretary of the MACP executive committee from 2008- 2012 when she became the MACP representative for the International Federation of Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT). She is Vice-chair of the Committee for Educational Approval of the MACP.

Publications

Number of items: 4.

HEBRON, CLAIR and MORRIS, DINAH (2013) ‘Spurring you on and rooting for each other’: the potential value of group research projects Journal of Peer Learning, 5 (1). ISSN 2200-2359

Pentelka, L, Hebron, C, Shapleski, R and Goldshtein, I (2012) The effect of increasing sets (within one treatment session) and different set durations (between treatment sessions) of lumbar spine posteroanterior mobilisations on pressure pain thresholds Manual Therapy . ISSN 1356-689X

Willett, E., Hebron, C and Krouwel, O. (2010) The initial effects of different rates of lumbar mobilisations on pressure pain thresholds in asymptomatic subjects Manual Therapy, 15 (2). pp. 173-178. ISSN 1356-689X

Krouwel, O., Hebron, C and Willett, E. (2010) An investigation into the potential hypoalgesic effects of different amplitudes of PA mobilisations on the lumbar spine as measured by pressure pain thresholds (PPT) Manual Therapy, 15 (1). pp. 7-12. ISSN 1356-689X

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Poster presentations

Krouwel O and Hebron C. An Investigation into the Potential Hypoalgesic Effects of Different Amplitudes of PA Mobilisations on the Lumbar Spine as Measured by Pressure Pain Thresholds (PPT). 7th Interdisciplinary World Conference on Low Back and Pelvic Pain. 9–12 November 2010, Los Angeles, USA

Conference presentations

Hebron C, Morris J, Cage M. 'Spurring you on' – The values of group research projects. Teachers Symposium IFOMPT, ECE Meeting 25 November 2010, Zaragoza, Spain.

Hebron C, Morris J, Cage M. 'Spurring you on' – The values of group research projects. Teaching and Learning Conference, Brighton University, July 2010

Pentelka L, Hebron C, Shapleski R. The effect of different durations of lumbar spine posteroanterior mobilisations on pressure pain thresholds. The 11th Israel National Physiotherapy Conference: 17 May 2011, Airport City, Israel.

Willett E and Hebron C. The Initial Effects of different rates of Lumbar Mobilisations on Pressure Pain Thresholds in asymptomatic subjects. Society of Back Pain Research: 6–7 November 2008, Keele, UK.

Willett E and Hebron C. The Initial Effects of different rates of Lumbar Mobilisations on Pressure Pain Thresholds in asymptomatic subjects. KC/MACP Conference: 30 October – 1 November 2009, Edinburgh, UK.

Willett E and Hebron C. The Initial Effects of different rates of Lumbar Mobilisations on Pressure Pain Thresholds in asymptomatic subjects. ACPSM Conference: Belfast 2008.