APrf Patricia Trott

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Available For Media Comment.


I am a senior academic staff member in the School of Physiotherapy. Currently I am the Coordinator of International Affairs for
the School. For the previous seven years I was Head of School.

Cervical spine,Spinal posture,Mattress research,Pillow research

Year Citation
2011 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer Somers, K. A., & Trott, P. H. (2011). A randomized, comparative trial: does pillow type alter cervico-thoracic spinal posture when side lying?. Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 4, 321-327.
DOI Scopus23
2010 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer, K. A., & Trott, P. (2010). Pillow use : the behavior of cervical stiffness, headache and scapular/arm pain. Journal of pain research, 3, 137-145.
Scopus35
2009 Puntumetakul, R., Trott, P., Williams, M., & Fulton, I. (2009). Effect of time of day on the vertical spinal creep response. Applied ergonomics, 40(1), 33-38.
DOI Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC7
2009 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer Somers, K., & Trott, P. (2009). Pillow use : the behaviour of cervical pain, sleep quality and pillow comfort in side sleepers. Manual therapy, 14(6), 671-678.
DOI Scopus44 Europe PMC21
2007 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer Somers, K. A., & Trott, P. (2007). Understanding sleep quality and waking cervico-thoracic symptoms. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice.
2007 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer Somers, K. A., & Trott, P. (2007). Sleep position, age, gender, sleep quality and waking cervico-thoracic symptoms. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice.
2007 Buckingham, G., Das, R., & Trott, P. (2007). Position of undergraduate students' thumbs during mobilisation is poor: an observational study. Australian journal of physiotherapy, 53(1), 55-59.
DOI
2004 Gordon, S. J., Grimmer, K. A., & Trott, P. (2004). Self reported versus recorded sleep position: an observational study. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice: a journal dedicated to allied health professional practice and education, 2(1), 1-10.
DOI
2003 Kanlayanaphotporn, R., Trott, P., Williams, M. T., & Fulton, I. J. (2003). Effects of chronic low back pain, age and gender on vertical spinal creep. Ergonomics, 46(6), 561-573.
DOI Scopus25 WoS21 Europe PMC17
2002 Kanlayanaphotporn, R., Williams, M. T., Fulton, I. J., & Trott, P. (2002). Reliability of the vertical spinal creep response measured in sitting (asymptomatic and low-back pain subjects). Ergonomics, 45(3), 240-247.
DOI Scopus26 WoS23 Europe PMC18
2002 Jull, G., Trott, P., Potter, H., Zito, G., Niere, K., Shirley, D., . . . Richardson, C. (2002). A randomised controlled trial of exercise and manipulative therapy for cervicogenic headache. Spine.
2002 Gordon, S., Trott, P., & Grimmer Somers, K. A. (2002). Waking cervical pain and stiffness, headache, scapular or arm pain. Australian journal of physiotherapy.
2002 Grimmer Somers, K. A., Dansie, B. R., Milanese, S. F., Pirunsan, U., & Trott, P. (2002). Adolescent standing postural response to backpack loads : a randomised controlled experimental study. BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 3(1).
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1999 Grimmer, K. A., Sheppard, L. A., Pitt, M., Magarey, M., & Trott, P. (1999). Differences in stakeholder expectations in the outcome of physiotherapy management of acute low back pain. International journal for quality in health care, 11(2), 155-162.
DOI
1998 Grimmer, K. A., Hughes, K., Kerr, J., Trott, P., & Pitt, M. (1998). An overview of the Australian Physiotherapy Association accredited practice data collection. Australian journal of physiotherapy.
1998 Trott, P., & Grimmer, K. A. (1998). The association between cervical excursion angle and cervical short flexor muscle endurance. Australian journal of physiotherapy.
1997 Trott, P., Jull, G., Potter, H., Richardson, C., Shirley, D., & Zito, G. (1997). Inter-examiner reliability to detect painful upper cervical joint dysfunction. Australian journal of physiotherapy.

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