Doctor Amitabh Gupta

Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy,
Physiotherapy

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Biography

Dr. Gupta commenced is a Senior Lecturer in the physiotherapy program at WSU and teaches in musculsokeletal physiotherapy. His area of research includes human movement science, muscle-tendon unit function, gait, age related change, pregnancy related pain, resilience to pain and professional practice.

He has expertise in the area of research study design, 3D motion capture, electromyography, forceplates, dynamometers and real-time ultrasound. He currently supervises HDR students and honours research students as well as being a collaborative resercher in projects involving staff at other universities and hospitals.

He is a Sports Physiotherapist, Research Physiotherapist (APA), Member of the Australian College of Physiotherapy (MACP) and works as a Senior Emergency Department Physiotherapist on weekends. He has roles with the Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC) and presenter of postgraduate courses for the APA.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Gupta.

Qualifications

PhD La Trobe University
MSportPhysio Curtin University of Technology
BPhysio La Trobe University

Professional Memberships

Australian Physiotherapy Association (2015 - 2016)

Interests

Physiotherapy
Teaching and Research

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Physiotherapy

Contact

Email:	A.Gupta@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:	(02) 4620 3757
Mobile:
Location:	24.2.103 Campbelltown

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Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

401052 Clinical Education C (Ambulatory Care), 2023
REHA3015 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy A, 2023
REHA3016 Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy B, 2023

Publications

Journal Articles

Martin, J., Perraton, L., Gupta, A., Garofolini, A. and Malliaras, P. (2023), 'The use of physical function capacity measures in the management of lower limb tendinopathy : a scoping review of expert recommendations', Physical Therapy in Sport, vol 59 , pp 37 - 48.
Jakeman, B., Clothier, P. and Gupta, A. (2023), 'Transition from upright to greater forward lean posture predicts faster acceleration during the run-to-sprint transition', Gait and Posture, vol 105 , pp 51 - 57.
Ceprnja, D., Chipchase, L., Liamputtong, P. and Gupta, A. (2023), '"We are not there yet" : perceptions, beliefs and experiences of healthcare professionals caring for women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain in Australia', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 23, no 1 .
Ceprnja, D., Chipchase, L., Liamputtong, P. and Gupta, A. (2022), '"This is hard to cope with" : the lived experience and coping strategies adopted amongst Australian women with pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol 22, no 1 .
Ceprnja, D., Lawless, M., Liamputtong, P., Gupta, A. and Chipchase, L. (2022), 'Application of caring life-course theory to explore care needs in women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 78, no 8 , pp 2586 - 2595.
Wong, J., Chipchase, L. and Gupta, A. (2022), 'Agreement between hand therapists and hand surgeons in the management of adults with closed metacarpal fractures', Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, vol 60 .
Robinson, E., Clothier, P., Slater, H. and Gupta, A. (2022), 'A scoping review on the methods of assessment and role of resilience on function and movement-evoked pain when experiencing a musculoskeletal injury', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol 23, no 1 .
Gupta, A., Mulvihill, E. and Turner, D. (2022), 'Is real-time ultrasound reliably able to determine Kager's fat pad motion during walking?', Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, vol 48, no 2 , pp 217 - 222.
Ceprnja, D., Chipchase, L., Fahey, P., Liamputtong, P. and Gupta, A. (2021), 'Prevalence and factors associated with pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy in Australian women : a cross-sectional study', Spine, vol 46, no 14 , pp 944 - 949.
Knox, J., Gupta, A., Banwell, H., Matricciani, L. and Turner, D. (2021), 'Comparison of EMG signal of the flexor hallucis longus recorded using surface and intramuscular electrodes during walking', Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, vol 60 .
Mudie, K., Clothier, P., Hilliard, R. and Gupta, A. (2020), 'Medial gastrocnemius muscle activity during single-leg hopping to exhaustion', Journal of Motor Behavior, vol 52, no 5 , pp 601 - 611.
Thomson, D., Liston, M. and Gupta, A. (2020), 'Does surface slope affect dual task performance and gait? : an exploratory study in younger and older adults', Experimental Brain Research, vol 238, no 6 , pp 1577 - 1589.
Fitzgerald, C., Thomson, D., Zebib, A., Clothier, P. and Gupta, A. (2020), 'A comparison of gait stability between younger and older adults while head turning', Experimental Brain Research, vol 238, no 9 , pp 1871 - 1883.
Thomson, D., Gupta, A. and Liston, M. (2020), 'Does attention switching between multiple tasks affect gait stability and task performance differently between younger and older adults?', Experimental Brain Research, vol 238, no 12 , pp 2819 - 2831.
Thomson, D., Liston, M. and Gupta, A. (2019), 'Is the 10 metre walk test on sloped surfaces associated with age and physical activity in healthy adults?', European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, vol 16 .
Ceprnja, D., Chipchase, L., Liamputtong, P. and Gupta, A. (2018), 'How do Australian women cope with pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy? : a qualitative study protocol', BMJ Open, vol 8, no 7 .
Ceprnja, D. and Gupta, A. (2018), 'Does muscle energy technique have an immediate benefit for women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain?', Physiotherapy Research International, vol 24, no 1 .
Mudie, K., Gupta, A., Green, S., Hobara, H. and Clothier, P. (2017), 'A comparison of vertical stiffness values calculated from different measures of center of mass displacement in single-leg hopping', Journal of Applied Biomechanics, vol 33, no 1 , pp 39 - 47.
Ceprnja, D., Chipchase, L. and Gupta, A. (2017), 'Prevalence of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain and associated factors in Australia : a cross-sectional study protocol', BMJ Open, vol 7, no 11 .
Ceprnja, D., Chipchase, L. and Gupta, A. (2017), 'The role of physiotherapy in managing pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain', New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, vol 45, no 2 , pp 57 - 58.
Gupta, A., Hilliard, R., Mudie, K. and Clothier, P. (2016), 'Does providing real-time augmented feedback affect the performance of repeated lower limb loading to exhaustion?', Gait and Posture, vol 44 , pp 204 - 208.
Mudie, K., Gupta, A., Green, S. and Clothier, P. (2016), 'Adaptation of lower limb movement patterns when maintaining performance in the presence of muscle fatigue', Human Movement Science, vol 48 , pp 28 - 36.
Gupta, A., Bryers, J. and Clothier, P. (2015), 'The effect of leg compression garments on the mechanical characteristics and performance of single-leg hopping in healthy male volunteers', BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol 7, no 10 , pp 1 - 6.
Thomson, D., Thomson, D., Gupta, A., Arundell, J. and Crosbie, J. (2015), 'Deep soft-tissue massage applied to healthy calf muscle has no effect on passive mechanical properties : a randomized, single-blind, cross-over study', BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol 7 .
Gupta, A., Mudie, K. and Clothier, P. (2014), 'The reliability of determining the onset of medial gastrocnemius muscle activity during a stretch-shorten-cycle action', Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, vol 24, no 5 , pp 588 - 592.
Gupta, A., Fernihough, B., Bailey, G., Bombeck, P., Clarke, A. and Hopper, D. (2004), 'An evaluation of differences in hip external rotation strength and range of motion between female dancers and non-dancers', British Journal of Sports Medicine, vol 38, no 6 , pp 778 - 783.

Conference Papers

Thomson, D., Thomson, D., Liston, M. and Gupta, A. (2018), 'Healthy older adults demonstrated a greater dual task interference effect compared to young adults when walking downhill and performing a complex audiospatial task', World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland.
Mudie, K., Gupta, A., Green, S. and Clothier, P. (2016), 'Sex differences in lower limb movement variability during a fatiguing repetitive loading task', International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, Tsukuba, Japan.
Mudie, K., Gupta, A. and Clothier, P. (2015), 'Does the method of measuring centre of mass displacement affect vertical stiffness calculation in single-leg hopping?', International Conference of Biomechanics in Sport, Poitiers, France.
Mudie, K., Gupta, A. and Clothier, P. (2015), 'The effect of fatigue on lower limb motor variability during a controlled repetitive stretch-shorten cycle task', International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, Poitiers, France.
Gupta, A., Mudie, K. and Clothier, P. (2015), 'Adaptation of ankle-knee interaction during repeated submaximal loading to exhaustion', World Confederation for Physical Therapy. International Congress, Singapore.
Clothier, P., Mudie, K. and Gupta, A. (2014), 'Reliability of detecting medial gastrocnemius muscle activity during single-leg hopping', Australasian Biomechanics Conference, Wollongong, N.S.W..
Gupta, A., Clothier, P., Mudie, K. and Fahey, P. (2014), 'Variability of spatiotemporal and leg mechanical characteristics during continuous single-leg hopping to exhaustion', Australasian Biomechanics Conference, Wollongong, N.S.W..
Mudie, K., Clothier, P., Bryers, J. and Gupta, A. (2013), 'A randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of compression garments during single-leg hopping to exhaustion', International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mudie, K., Clothier, P., Hilliard, R. and Gupta, A. (2013), 'Medial gastrocnemius muscle function adaptation during single-leg hopping', International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, Taipei, Taiwan.
Gupta, A., Purdam, C., Cook, J. and Allison, G. (2011), 'Patellar tendon mechanical properties in elite jumping athletes: A prospective study', 2011 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Fremantle, Australia.
Gupta, A., Purdam, C., Cook, J. and Allison, G. (2011), 'Lower limb mechanics during hopping in elite level jumping athletes', 2011 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Fremantle, Australia.
Gupta, A., Purdam, C., Cook, J. and Allison, G. (2011), 'Mechanical properties in patellar tendinopathy', 2011 Austrlian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Fremantle, Australia.
Gupta, A., Purdam, C., Cook, J. and Allison, G. (2009), 'Comparison of patellar tendon mechanical properties in jumping and non-jumping elite athletes', APA Conference Week, Sydney, Australia.
Gupta, A., Purdam, C., Cook, J. and Allison, G. (2009), 'A comparison of two methods for calculation of vertical leg stiffness during hopping', APA Conference Week, Sydney, Australia.
Gupta, A., Allison, G., C, J. and Purdam, C. (2008), 'Evaluation of patellar tendon mechanical properties and preferred landing leg in elite jumping athletes', ISBS 2008, Seoul, South Korea.

Current HDR Students (*primary supervisor)

• Atefe Ashrafi s Developing a screening tool for pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain. *Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Dr. Daniel Thomson, Ms. Dragana Ceprnja, Dr. Darren Beales

• Dragana Ceprnja Pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain (PhD) - $100,000 Career Development Grant Awarded by Westmead & Charitable Trust in 2020 for progress in the PhD - *Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Professor Lucy Chipchase (Flinders Uni), Professor Pranee Liamputtong

• Elise Desira Is resilience a factor related to the experience of knee pain? Western to the World PhD Scholarship (FT) - *Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Dr. Peter Clothier

• Breanne Jakeman Neuromuscular function during running acceleration (M Phil) - *Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Dr. Peter Clothier, Dr. Paula Beckenkamp (Uni Syd)

• Jade Wong Establishing concordance between hand surgeons and hand therapists when managing closed hand injuries (M Phil) - *Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Professor Lucy Chipchase (Flinders Uni)

• Nazeh Maskalah Challenges & barriers for new graduate physiotherapists in private practice (M Res) - *Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Professor Pranee Liamputtong

• Joel Martin Developing an evidence based clinical framework for management of Achilles tendon pain. - *A/Prof Peter Malliaras (Monash Uni), Dr. Luke Perraton (Monash Uni), Dr. Amitabh Gupta

Conferred HDR Candidates

• Dr. Daniel Thomson (PhD 2022) The effect of physical and cognitive challenges on walking in younger and older adults

• Elise Desira (M Res 2020) Knee and ankle joint interaction in people with knee pain.

• Dr. Kurt Mudie (PhD 2017) Lower limb motor control during rapid loading tasks to fatigue (Awarded "Excellence in Health" Western Sydney University).