Meredith Smith

Lecturer

School of Allied Health Science and Practice

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Meredith Smith is a Lecturer in Physiotherapy within the School of Allied Health Science and Practice. She is a clinical paediatric physiotherapist, with expertise in paediatric rehabilitation. Meredith's PhD focused on tailoring chronic pain assessment to children and young people with cerebral palsy, in which she led the development of two new pain assessment tools: The Pain Interference Questionnaire for Cerebral Palsy (PIQ-CP) and the Fear of Pain Questionnaire Adapted for Cerebral Palsy (FOPQ-CP). Both tools are developed to be accessible to people with diverse cognitive, communication and movement abilities, and are freely available through the Oceania Academy of Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-Onset Disabilities. Meredith is also titled APA Paediatric Physiotherapist and a committee member for the APA Paediatric special interest group. Meredith also continues to work clinically at Novita and the Women's and Children's Hospital.

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Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2021 - ongoing Lecturer- Physiotherapy University of Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2021 - ongoing	Lecturer- Physiotherapy	University of Adelaide

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2025	University of Adelaide	Australia	Doctor of Philosophy
	University of South Australia	Australia	Bachelor of Physiotherapy
	Monash University	Australia	Master of Advanced Paediatric Physiotherapy Practice

Certifications

Date Title Institution name Country

2021 Paediatric Physiotherapist Australian Physiotherapy Association Australia
Research Interests

Child and Adolescent Health Neuroscience, Behaviour and Brain Health Brain injury Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases Orthopaedics Paediatrics Pain Physiotherapy Rehabilitation

Date	Title	Institution name	Country
2021	Paediatric Physiotherapist	Australian Physiotherapy Association	Australia

Journals

Year	Citation
2025	Smith, N. L., Gibson, N., Bear, N., Thornton, A. L., Imms, C., Smith, M. G., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). Measurement properties and feasibility of chronic pain assessment tools for use with children and young people with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47(4), 840-854. DOI Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2025	Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Schibani, M., Russo, R. N., Thirumanickam, A., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). The comprehensibility and feasibility of the modified brief pain inventory and fear of pain questionnaire adapted for children and young people with cerebral palsy. Quality of Life Research, 34(8), 2377-2392. DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2025	Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). Adapting two pain assessment tools for young people with cerebral palsy: a multi-stakeholder consensus study. Pain Reports, 10(4), 13 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025	Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., Smith, N., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). Structural validity of the Pain Interference Questionnaire and Fear of Pain Questionnaire for children and young people with cerebral palsy.. Dev Med Child Neurol, 12 pages. DOI
2024	Harvey, A., Smith, N., Smith, M., Ostojic, K., & Berryman, C. (2024). Chronic pain in children and young people with cerebral palsy: a narrative review of challenges, advances, and future directions. BMC Medicine, 22(1), 238-1-238-9. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC5
2024	AusACPDM 2024 Abstracts (2024). Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 66(S3), 5-99. DOI
2024	Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., Karanicolas, S., & Harvey, A. R. (2024). Examining tools for assessing the impact of chronic pain on emotional functioning in children and young people with cerebral palsy: stakeholder preference and recommendations for modification. Quality of Life Research, 33(8), 2247-2259. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2023	Smith, N. L., Smith, M. G., Gibson, N., Imms, C., Thornton, A. L., & Harvey, A. R. (2023). Pain coping tools for children and young adults with a neurodevelopmental disability: A systematic review of measurement properties. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 65(3), 318-328. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC8
2023	Smith, M. G., Farrar, L. C., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., & Harvey, A. R. (2023). Chronic pain interference assessment tools for children and adults who are unable to self‐report: A systematic review of psychometric properties. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 65(8), 1029-1042. DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC8
2023	30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. (2023). Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 32(Suppl 2), 23-220. DOI Europe PMC1
2022	Smith, M. G., & Patritti, B. L. (2022). Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the Gait Assessment and Intervention Tool for Adults with Stroke. Gait & Posture, 91, 212-215. DOI Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC7

Women's and Children's Hospital Spark Grant (2024): $49000
Faculty of health and medical sciences early career grant (2024): $19915
School of Allied Health Science and Practice Research Development Grant (2023): $14340
Adelaide University Graduate Union/RC Heddle Award (2023): $4000

Course development:

Physiotherapy Across the Lifespan (2022)

Paediatric and Women's Health Physiotherapy (2023)

Person Centred Physiotherapy Practice (2023)

Teaching:

Paediatric and Women's Health Physiotherapy (2023, 2024, 2025)
Clinical Biomechanics (2022)
Person Centred Physiotherapy Practice (2023, 2024)
Physiotherapy Across the Lifespan (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Physiotherapy Exercise Prescription & Physical Activity (2022)
Foundations of Health and Wellbeing (2021)
Evidence Based Practice 1 (2021, 2022)

Course Coordination

Physiotherapy Across the Lifespan (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Person Centred Physiotherapy Practice (2023, 2024)

Committee Memberships

Date Role Committee Institution Country

2021 - ongoing Member Australian Physiotherapy Association - Paediatric Special Interest Group Australian Physiotherapy Association Australia

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2021 - ongoing	Member	Australian Physiotherapy Association - Paediatric Special Interest Group	Australian Physiotherapy Association	Australia

Position: Lecturer
Phone: 83137149
Email: meredith.smith@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Engineering & Maths Sciences, floor 4
Org Unit: Physiotherapy

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