Emeritus Professor Ann Moore

Professor Ann Moore retired from the University of Brighton at the end of August 2015 having been Head of the Centre for Health Research, School of Health Sciences since March 2014 and previously Director of the Clinical Research Centre for Health professions from 1998 to 2014. She is a physiotherapist by background and a specialist in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Her work over the last 20 years has focused on researching into musculoskeletal conditions and on building research capacity within the physiotherapy profession and more latterly, more generally, in the Allied Health Professions since 2012.

In the Queen’s Birthday Honors 2016 she was awarded a CBE in recognition of her services to physiotherapy.

Ann is currently Director of the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) and Editor in Chief of Manual Therapy an International Journal of Musculoskeletal Science and Practice.

My research interests

My interests lie in the following: musculoskeletal physiotherapy; self-management strategies, the patient experience, evidence-based practice models and oral histories of manual therapists. I am also keen to develop further art and health projects in the field of musculoskeletal conditions.

Research activity

Research activities completed

Standardisation of data collection in Physiotherapy specialities (ongoing since 1994).
Exploration of peripheral nerve motion using Colour Doppler Ultrasound imaging
Wellbeing in older people
Chronic pain and older people
Standardised data collection development for private physiotherapy practitioners (ongoing)
Evaluation of learning programmes for Allied Health Professions (Department of Health Funded) (Completed)
Determination of international research priorities in musculoskeletal therapy in collaboration with Dr Alison
Rushton, Birmingham University .
Development of research priorities in physiotherapy in the UK with Dr Alison Rushton (Birmingham University) and Dr Gabrielle Rankin (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy)
Osteopathic Patient Expectations of treatment in collaboration with Dr Janine Leach
Development and validation of an in-patient satisfaction questionnaire in partnership with Mr Chris Mercer at Worthing Hospitals Trust
Development of Standardised Data Collection Tools for Osteopathy in collaboration with Carol Fawkes and Dr Janine Leach
Development of Research Priorities for UK osteopathy in collaboration with Dr Alison Rushton (University of Birmingham) and Dr Dawn Carnes and Carol Fawkes (Barts and the London).
Patients and practitioners’ views of self-management for low back pain, RfPB, in collaboration with Dr Carol McCrum, Dr Vinette Cross, Emmanuel Defever and Professor Paul Stenner .
Validation and Reliability of the Brighton Musculoskeletal Patient recorded outcome measurement tool in collaboration with Dr Liz Bryant and six physiotherapy consultants across the South East of England.
Significant walks project – an art and health project exploring individuals experiences of non-specific low back pain in collaboration with Dr Shirley Chubb and Dr Neil Bryant from Chichester University and Dr Kambiz Saber-Sheikh –University of Brighton

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Contact me

Emeritus Professor Ann Moore

Email: a.p.moore@brighton.ac.uk

Biography

I qualified as a physiotherapist in 1973 and worked in Coventry Hospitals from 1974 to 1977.In 1977 I registered for a Certificate in Education at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and became a student Physiotherapy teacher at Coventry School of Physiotherapy. I completed my teaching qualifications in 1979 and also became a full member of the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP) in the same year having undertaken specialist training in 1978/79. In 1979 I taught Physiotherapy at the Woodlands School of Physiotherapy and then in 1980 moved to a lecturing post at Coventry Polytechnic. In 1981 I registered for a PhD in the field of low back pain and successfully completed my PhD in 1989. In 1990 I took up a new role as Principal lecturer in Physiotherapy at the then Brighton Polytechnic. In 1994 I took up the role of Head of Research in the then School of Health Professions. In 1998 I was made a Professor of Physiotherapy at the University of Brighton. In 2013 the School of Health Professions merged with the School of Nursing and Midwifery to become the School of Health Sciences and until September 1^st 2015 I continued as Professor of Physiotherapy and became the Head of the Centre for Health Research in the new School of Health Sciences. I therefore worked as an academic/researcher from 1980 to 2015. I retired from my post at the University of Brighton at the end of August 2015 and was delighted to be awarded an Emeritus Professorship in September 2015.

I have presented over 200 keynote addresses at national and international conferences over the last 30 years, and have published over 100 full-length research articles in peer-reviewed journals. In recognition of my scholarly and research activities I was awarded a Fellowship by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in 1999 and I was also awarded a Fellowship of the MACP in 2003. I was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by Bedford University in 2012 in recognition of my work in supporting research capacity building in the Allied Health Professions and in Osteopathy. I am currently Director of the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) which has been formed through bringing together the Research Forum for Allied Health Professions and the Allied Health Professions Research Network which I developed and chaired from 2004 to 2014. I am President of NAEP the National Association for Educators in Practice and I am President of Physiofirst the UKs Private practitioner organisation. I am also Editor in Chief of Manual Therapy an International Journal of Musculoskeletal Science and Practice and have been in this role since 1995.

Most recently in June 2016 I was very delighted and proud to be awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Research output

Consultancy

I am currently Director of the Council for Allied Health Professions Research which focuses on building research capacity and capability in the Allied Health Professions in the UK I work as a self-employed consultant in this role.

PhD students


Name	Thesis
Kevin Hall (2015 – date)	The effectiveness of treatments for posterior shoulder capsule tightness
Curie Scott (2013 - date)	Drawing as a pedagogical tool in medicine and the Allied Health Professions
Peter Marsh (2013 - date)	Visualisation/artistic representation of chronic musculoskeletal conditions to enhance understanding of the lived experience.
Completed PhD Students
Ann McCarthy (2016)	Ankle haemarthrosis in people with haemophilia: investigating the contributory factors
Carmen Caeiro (2016)	What are the perspectives of Portuguese people with chronic low back pain about pain and its management?
Hubert Van Griensven (2013)	Study investigating the possible use of scar release with manual therapy for women with persistent post-caesarean pain
Eduardo Cruz (2010)	Experts Clinical Knowledge in the Management of Acute and Recurrent Low Back pain
Neil Osborne (2010)	Eye-neck co-ordination training in the rehabilitation of chronic neck pain patients
Edwin Lee (2009)	Musculoskeletal Complications for Naso-pharyngeal Cancer Patients and the Physiotherapeutic Management
Joanne Zamani (2008)	Exercise and low back pain
Simon Otter (2008)	Podiatry outcome measures in early rheumatoid arthritis
Oluwaleke Sokunbi (2007)	The Effects of Dosage of Exercise on Lumbar Multifidus size, neuroendocrine response and Motor Neuron Excitability in Low Back Pain Patient.
Alan Hough (2004)	Peripheral nerve dynamics imaged by ultrasonography
Lucy Goldby (2003)	A study of rehabilitation in chronic low back pain: A comparison of conservative physiotherapy management, lumbar stabilisation exercises and an education booklet
Mike Troke (2002)	A study to investigate the influence of occupation and other factors on ranges of motion in the lumbar spine, and to develop protocols for the assessment of occupational fitness
Saleh Oraibi (2002)	Rehabilitation at home following stroke in Jordan
Carrie Britton (2001)	Children with juvenile chronic arthritis: Families’ experience and perspectives of health and social care’
Deirdre Hurley (2001)	Acute Low Back Pain: Effectiveness of Manipulative Therapy and Interferential Therapy
Charlotte Hawkins (2000)	Metatarsus Adductus
Completed Supervision of Professional Doctorate students as Director of studies
Ralph Hammond (2013)	The construction of physiotherapists’ identities through collective memory work
Mary Sexton (2012)	Patient-centredness: a conceptual framework for musculoskeletal physiotherapy
Carol McCrum (2011)	Personal Experiences of Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain
Jo Gladwin (2011)	The interactional phenomenon of empathy in the musculoskeletal physiotherapeutic encounter
Marian Hooson (2010)	Lived experience of return to work rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury

Roles

1995 to Date Editor in Chief of Manual Therapy Journal
2011 to date President of Physio First - the UK Private Physiotherapists Organisation.
2012 to date President of NAEP-The National association of Educators in Practice
2014 to date Director of the Council For Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR)
2016 Member of the Foundation Working Group for the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (Europe)

Awards

1998 Personal Chair in Physiotherapy, University of Brighton.

1999 Honorary Research Fellowship, University of Kent at Canterbury.

1999 Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (FCSP).

2003 Fellowship of the Manipulation/Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (FMACP).

2005 Yu Wing Distinguished Scholar Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

2007 Distinguished service award for service as a member of World Confederation of Physical Therapy (WCPT) International Scientific committee (2004-2007).

2009 University of Brighton Innovations Award for student involvement in research, June 2009. Joint Award with Professor Peter Burns (School of Service Management) and Dr Mike Ellis-Martin (School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences).

2011 International Service Award for Research, Awarded by the World Confederation of Physical Therapy.

2011 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science awarded by the University of Bedfordshire and the British School of Osteopathy for contribution to research and research capacity and capability building in the Allied Health Professions and Osteopathy.

2016 Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to Physiotherapy (Queen’s Birthday Honours, June 2016)