Bill Vicenzino

Professor, Dr. Bill Vicenzino is the first Chair in Sports Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is the head of the Division of Physiotherapy, Chair of the University's Medical Research Ethics Committee, Chair of the Physiotherapists Board of Queensland and a certified member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association and Sports Medicine Australia.

As a researcher Vicenzino's passion is within the fields of lower limb musculoskeletal pain and injury, and Lateral Epicondyalgia, known more commonly as Tennis Elbow. Vicenzino has written and published many papers currently circulating the physiotherapy field. His findings and publishings have also helped professions outside that of physiotherapy.

As an academic, Vicenzino coordinates the Masters in Sports Physiotherapy program and a number of courses in Lower Limb Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. In Australian Physiotherapy courses Vicenzino's methods and treatments are taught as standard procedure. He introduces into his coursework teaching many of the findings from his research into Manipulations, taping, orthoses and exercises. Along with others (e.g., Souvlis, Sterling, Wright, Jull, O'Leary, Paungmali) he was involved in the development of a theoretical model of the physiological mechanisms of joint manipulation.

Specialites

* Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury: lower limb
* Physical Treatment: particularly taping, orthoses, exercise and manipulation
* Lateral Epicondylalgia

External links

* [http://www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/vicenzinogt.html Dr. Vicenzio's Staff Page]
* [http://www.shrs.uq.edu.au/physio/index.html Division of Physiotherapy UQ]