Dr Catherine Galvin
Areas of expertise
- Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 090399
- Biomechanical Engineering 090302
- Electrical Circuits And Systems 400802
Research interests
At the Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit at the Canberra Hospital, we look at healthy and osteoarthritic knee kinematics; studying tibiofemoral kinematics, the motion of the femur and tibia as the knee bends and straightens.
I have recently been working on developing predictive models of knee osteoarthritis aimed at providing an 'early warning system' that can identify the signs of early knee osteoarthritis.
Biography
As an Electrical Engineer, I was trained to offer creative and technical solutions to critical problems requiring innovation, imagination and teamwork. telecommunications . As a senior telecommunications network engineer I was part of a team that implemented major government decisions which required the extensive development of specialised networks, involving their detailed planning, design and construction.
As a practitioner of Taekwondo since the age of 13, I have been teaching and running my own Taekwondo school. Being an engineer, this experience has given me a great interest in the musculoskeletal system, especially knee motion, physical fitness and longevity. As an academic exercise over the last few years I coauthored a book on the lost pattern of Taekwondo, Encyclopaedia of Taekwondo Supplement No. 16.
My PhD research included clinical and functional tests of knees in vivo and recording CT and Fluoroscopy images of the participant’s knees. To enable the analysis of my image data I collaborated with Prof Mark Pickering at UNSW (ADFA); contributing to the ongoing development of a bespoke 3D/2D medical-image-processing software package called “Orthovis”.
As a researcher and entrepreneur, I am involved in the development of medical technology to assist orthopaedic surgeons, making total knee replacement surgery quicker, more accurate with better outcomes.
Publications
- Lynch, J, Perriman, D, Scarvell, J et al. 2021, 'The influence of total knee arthroplasty design on kneeling kinematics: a prospective randomized clinical trial', Bone and Joint Journal, vol. 103-B, no. 1, pp. 105-112.
- Lynch, J, Scarvell, J, Galvin, C et al. 2020, 'Influence of component design on in vivo tibiofemoral contact patterns during kneeling after total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, vol. 29, pp. 446-466.
- Lynch, J, Schneider, M, Perriman, D et al 2019, 'Statistical shape modelling reveals large and distinct subchondral bony differences in osteoarthritic knees', Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 93, pp. 177-184.
- Galvin, C, Perriman, D, Lynch, J et al 2019, 'Age has a minimal effect on knee kinematics: A cross-sectional 3D/2D image-registration study of kneeling', The Knee, vol. Online, p. 15.
- Scarvell, J, Hribar, N, Galvin, C et al 2019, 'Analysis of Kneeling by Medical Imaging Shows the Femur Moves Back to the Posterior Rim of the Tibial Plateau, Prompting Review of the Concave-Convex Rule', Physical Therapy, vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 311-318.
- Scarvell, J, Galvin, C, Perriman, D et al. 2018, 'Kinematics of knees with osteoarthritis show reduced lateral femoral roll-back and maintain an adducted position. A systematic review of research using medical imaging', Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 75, pp. 108-122.
- Galvin, C, Perriman, D, Newman, P et al. 2018, 'Squatting, lunging and kneeling provided similar kinematic profiles in healthy knees - A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature on deep knee flexion kinematics', The Knee, vol. 25, pp. 514-530.