Dr Leanne Johnston

Hemsley, Bronwyn, Steel, Joanne, Worrall, Linda, Hill, Sophie, Bryant, Lucy, Johnston, Leanne, Georgiou, Andrew and Balandin, Susan (2019) A systematic review of falls in hospital for patients with communication disability: highlighting an invisible population. Journal of Safety Research, 68 89-105. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2018.11.004

Lang, Ray Lei, Wilson, Christine, Stockton, Kellie, Russell, Trevor and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2019) CyFiT telehealth: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an online outpatient physiotherapy service for children with cystic fibrosis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 19 1: 21. doi:10.1186/s12890-019-0784-z

Dewar, Rosalee, Claus, Andrew P., Tucker, Kylie, Ware, Robert S. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2019) Reproducibility of the Kids Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Kids-BESTest) and the Kids-Mini-BESTest for children with cerebral palsy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, . doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2018.12.021

Caynes, Katy, Rose, Tanya A, Theodoros, Deborah, Burmester, Debbie, Ware, Robert S and Johnston, Leanne M (2019) The Functional Communication Classification System: extended reliability and concurrent validity for children with cerebral palsy aged 5 to 18 years. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, . doi:10.1111/dmcn.14135

Chiu, Hsiu-Ching, Ada, Louise, Bania, Theofani A. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2018) Mechanically-assisted walking training for children with cerebral palsy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 8: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013114

Clutterbuck, Georgina L., Auld, Megan L. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2018) SPORTS STARS study protocol: a randomised, controlled trial of the effectiveness of a physiotherapist-led modified sport intervention for ambulant school-aged children with cerebral palsy. BMC Pediatrics, 18 . doi:10.1186/s12887-018-1190-z

Auld, Megan L. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2018) Getting inTOUCH: outcomes of a knowledge translation intervention for tactile assessment knowledge, barriers, and practice in paediatric therapists working with children with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-9. doi:10.1080/09638288.2018.1466202

Goo, Miran, Tucker, Kylie and Johnston, Leanne M (2018) Muscle tone assessments for children aged 0 to 12 years: a systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 60 7: 660-671. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13668

Clutterbuck, Georgina, Auld, Megan and Johnston, Leanne (2018) Active exercise interventions improve gross motor function of ambulant/semi-ambulant children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Disability and rehabilitation, 1-21. doi:10.1080/09638288.2017.1422035

Auld, Megan Louise and Johnston , Leanne Marie (2018) A touchy topic: tactile assessment among pediatric therapists. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 3: 267-276. doi:10.1080/09638288.2016.1250170

Cheong, Sau Kuan, Lang, Cathryne P and Johnston, Leanne M (2017) Self-concept of children with cerebral palsy measured using the population-specific myTREEHOUSE Self-Concept Assessment. Research in developmental disabilities, 73 96-105. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2017.12.001

Stewart, Kirsty, Harvey, Adrienne and Johnston, Leanne M. (2017) A systematic review of scales to measure dystonia and choreoathetosis in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59 8: 786-795. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13452

Shields, Nora, Johnston, Leanne, Taylor, Nicholas and Elkins, Mark (2017) Reply to Basu et al. Journal of Physiotherapy, 63 3: 189-190. doi:10.1016/j.jphys.2017.05.009

Dewar, R., Claus, A. P., Tucker, K., Ware, R. and Johnston, L. M. (2017) Reproducibility of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and the Mini-BESTest in school-aged children. Gait and Posture, 55 68-74. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.04.010

Leung, Amy, Mandrusiak, Allison, Watter, Pauline, Gavranich, John and Johnston, Leanne M. (2017) Impact of parent practices of infant positioning on head orientation profile and development of positional plagiocephaly in healthy term infants. Physical and Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 38 1: 1-14. doi:10.1080/01942638.2017.1287811

Auld, Megan L. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2017) Perspectives on tactile intervention for children with cerebral palsy: a framework to guide clinical reasoning and future research. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 15: 1-6. doi:10.1080/09638288.2017.1312571

Dewar, Rosalee, Claus, Andrew P., Tucker, Kylie and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2017) Perspectives on postural control dysfunction to inform future research: a Delphi study for children with cerebral palsy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 98 3: 463-479. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2016.07.021

Leung, Amy, Mandrusiak, Allison, Watter, Pauline, Gavranich, John and Johnston, Leanne (2017) Positional plagiocephaly is associated with sternocleidomastoid muscle activation in healthy term infants. Child's Nervous System, 33 4: 1-8. doi:10.1007/s00381-017-3351-z

Cheong, Sau Kuan, Lang, Cathryne P. , Hemphill, Sheryl A. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2017) myTREEHOUSE self-concept assessment: preliminary psychometric analysis of a new self-concept assessment for children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59 6: 655-660. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13392

Tan, Jia Ling, Thomas, Nicole Maree and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2016) Reproducibility of muscle strength testing for children with spina bifida. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 37 4: 1-12. doi:10.1080/01942638.2016.1244872

Johnston, Leanne M. (2016) Adding parent-delivered therapy does not improve upper limb function more than repeated practice alone in children with cerebral palsy. Journal of physiotherapy, 62 4: 224-224. doi:10.1016/j.jphys.2016.07.001

Auld, Megan, Johnston, Leanne, Russo, Remo and Moseley, G. Lorimer (2016) A single session of mirror-based tactile and motor training improves tactile dysfunction in children with unilateral cerebral palsy: a replicated randomized controlled case series. Physiotherapy Research International, 22 4: e1674. doi:10.1002/pri.1674

Thomas, Rachel E., Johnston, Leanne M., Sakzewski, Leanne, Kentish, Megan J. and Boyd, Roslyn N. (2016) Evaluation of group versus individual physiotherapy following lower limb intra-muscular Botulinum Toxin-Type A injections for ambulant children with cerebral palsy: a single-blind randomized comparison trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 53-54 267-278. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2016.02.014

Leung, Amy Y. F., Mandrusiak, Allison, Watter, Pauline, Gavranich, John and Johnston, Leanne M. (2016) Clinical assessment of head orientation profile development and its relationship with positional plagiocephaly in healthy term infants - a prospective study. Early Human Development, 96 31-38. doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.03.001

Barty, Elizabeth, Caynes, Katy and Johnston, Leanne M. (2016) Development and reliability of the functional communication classification system for children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58 10: 1036-1041. doi:10.1111/dmcn.13124

Tweedy, Sean M., Beckman, Emma M., Johnston, Leanne M. and Connick, Mark J. (2016) Performance-focussed sport - An avenue to gold-medal clinical outcomes for people with neurological impairments?. Brain Impairment, 17 1: 99-110. doi:10.1017/BrImp.2016.5

Cheong, Sau Kuan, Lang, Cathryne P., Hemphill, Sheryl A. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2016) What constitutes self-concept for children with CP? A Delphi consensus survey. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 28 2: 333-346. doi:10.1007/s10882-015-9471-z

Cox, Lauren E., Harris, Elizabeth C., Auld, Megan L. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2015) Impact of tactile function on upper limb motor function in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 45-46 373-383. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2015.07.034

Dewar, Rosalee, Love, Sarah and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2015) Exercise interventions improve postural control in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 57 6: 504-520. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12660

Auld, Megan L., Russo, Remo, Moseley, G. Lorimer and Johnston, Leanne M. (2014) Determination of interventions for upper extremity tactile impairment in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 56 9: 815-832. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12439

Ireland, Penny J., Pacey, Verity, Zankl, Andreas, Edwards, Priya, Johnston, Leanne M. and Savarirayan, Ravi (2014) Optimal management of complications associated with achondroplasia. Application of Clinical Genetics, 7 117-125. doi:10.2147/TACG.S51485

Thomas, Rachel E., Johnston, Leanne M., Boyd, Roslyn N., Sakzewski, Leanne and Kentish, Megan J. (2014) GRIN: " GRoup versus INdividual physiotherapy following lower limb intra-muscular Botulinum Toxin-A injections for ambulant children with cerebral palsy: An assessor-masked randomised comparison trial": Study protocol. BMC Pediatrics, 14 1: 35.1-35.13. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-14-35

Auld, Megan Louise and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2014) Strong and steady: a community-based strength and balance exercise group for children with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation, 36 24: 2065-2071. doi:10.3109/09638288.2014.891054

Foo, Rebecca Yin, Guppy, Max and Johnston, Leanne M. (2013) Intelligence assessments for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 55 10: 911-918. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12157

Cheong, Sau Kuan and Johnston, Leanne M. (2013) Systematic review of self-concept measures for primary school aged children with cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34 10: 3566-3575. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2013.07.023

Ireland, Penelope Jane, Ware, Robert S., Donaghey, Samantha, McGill, James, Zankl, Andreas, Pacey, Verity, Ault, Jenny, Savarirayan, Ravi, Sillence, David, Thompson, Elizabeth, Townshend, Sharron and Johnston, Leanne M. (2013) The effect of height, weight and head circumference on gross motor development in achondroplasia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49 2: E122-E127. doi:10.1111/jpc.12078

Hough, Judith L., Johnston, Leanne, Brauer, Sandy, Woodgate, Paul and Schibler, Andreas (2013) Effect of body position on ventilation distribution in ventilated preterm infants. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 14 2: 171-177. doi:10.1097/PCC.0b013e31826e708a

Hough, Judith L., Johnston, Leanne, Brauer, Sandy G., Woodgate, Paul G., Pham, Trang M. T. and Schibler, Andreas (2012) Effect of body position on ventilation distribution in preterm infants on continuous positive airway pressure. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 13 4: 446-451. doi:10.1097/PCC.0b013e31822f18d9

Ireland, Penelope J., Donaghey, Samantha, McGill, James, Zankl, Andreas, Ware, Robert S., Pacey, Verity, Ault, Jenny, Savarirayan, Ravi, Sillence, David, Thompson, Elizabeth, Townshend, Sharron and Johnston, Leanne M. (2012) Development in children with achondroplasia: a prospective clinical cohort study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 54 6: 532-537. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04234.x

Auld, Megan Louise, Ware, Robert S., Boyd, Roslyn Nancy, Moseley, G.Lorimer and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2012) Reproducibility of tactile assessments for children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 32 2: 151-166. doi:10.3109/01942638.2011.652804

Ireland, Penelope J., Johnson, Sarah, Donaghey, Samantha, Johnston, Leanne, Ware, Robert S., Zankl, Andreas, Pacey, Verity, Ault, Jenny, Savarirayan, Ravi, Sillence, David, Thompson, Elizabeth, Townshend, Sharron and McGill, James (2012) Medical management of children with achondroplasia: evaluation of an Australasian cohort aged 0-5 years. Journal of Paediatrics And Child Health, 48 5: 443-449. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02255.x

Auld, Megan, Boyd, Roslyn, Moseley, G. Lorimer, Ware, Robert S. and Johnston, Leanne M. (2012) Impact of tactile dysfunction on upper-limb motor performance in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Archives of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, 93 4: 696-702. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2011.10.025

Ireland, Penelope and Johnston, Leanne M. (2012) Measures of self-care independence for children with osteochondrodysplasia: A clinimetric review. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 32 1: 80-96. doi:10.3109/01942638.2011.593619

Auld, Megan Louise, Boyd, Roslyn, Moseley, G. Lorimer, Ware, Robert and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2012) Tactile function in children with unilateral cerebral palsy compared to typically developing children. Disability and Rehabilitation, 34 17: 1488-1494. doi:10.3109/09638288.2011.650314

Auld, Megan Louise, Boyd, Roslyn Nancy, Moseley, G. Lorimer and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2011) Tactile assessment in children with cerebral palsy: A clinimetric review. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 31 4: 413-439. doi:10.3109/01942638.2011.572150

Ireland, Penelope Jane, Mcgill, James, Zankl, Andreas, Ware, Robert S., Pacey, Verity, Ault, Jenny, Savarirayan, Ravi, Sillence, David, Thompson, Elizabeth M., Townshend, Sharron and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2011) Functional performance in young Australian children with achondroplasia. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 53 10: 944-950. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04050.x

Auld, Megan, Boyd, Roslyn, Moseley, G. Lorimer and Johnston, Leanne (2011) Seeing the gaps : A systematic review of visual perception tools for children with hemiplegia. Disability and Rehabilitation, 33 19-20: 1854-1865. doi:10.3109/09638288.2010.549896

Hough, Judith L., Flenady, Vicki, Johnston, Leanne and Woodgate, Paul G (2010) Cochrane review: Chest physiotherapy for reducing respiratory morbidity in infants requiring ventilatory support. Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal, 5 1: 54-79. doi:10.1002/ebch.518

Ireland, Penelope Jane, Johnson, Sarah, Donaghey, Samantha, Johnston, Leanne, McGill, James, Zankl, Andreas, Ware, Robert S., Pacey, Verity, Ault, Jenny, Savarirayan, Ravi, Sillence, David, Thompson, Elizabeth and Townshend, Sharron (2010) Developmental milestones in infants and young Australasian children with achondroplasia. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 31 1: 41-47. doi:10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181c72052

Hough, Judith L., Flenady, Vicki, Johnston, Leanne and Woodgate, Paul G. (2008) Chest physiotherapy for reducing respiratory morbidity in infants requiring ventilatory support. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3: i-21. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006445.pub2

Watter, Pauline and Johnston, Leanne (2006) Movement assessment battery for children (Movement ABC). Australian Journal Of Physiotherapy, 52 1: 68-68. doi:10.1016/S0004-9514(06)70071-X

Ameratunga, Devini, Johnston, Leanne and Burns, Yvonne (2004) Goal directed upper limb movements in children with and without DCD: A window into perceptual motor dysfunction. Physiotherapy Research International, 9 1: 1-12. doi:10.1002/pri.295

Woo, E., Burns, Y. R. and Johnston, L. M. (2003) The effect of task uncertainty on muscle activation patterns in 8-10 year old children. Physiotherapy Research International, 8 3: 143-154.

Johnston, Leanne M., Burns, Yvonne R., Brauer, Sandra G. and Richardson, Carolyn A. (2002) Differences in postural control and movement performance during goal directed reaching in children with developmental coordination disorder. Human Movement Science, 21 5-6: 583-601. doi:10.1016/S0167-9457(02)00153-7

Leung, Amy, Mandrusiak, Allison, Watter, Pauline, Gavranich, John and Johnston, Leanne (2018). Parents as a vital part of an integrated care pathway in plagiocephaly prevention and management in infants. In: 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care, Brisbane, Australia, (). 6-8 November 2017. doi:10.5334/ijic.s1161

Dewar, Rosalee, Claus, Andrew, Tucker, Kylie, Ware, Robert and Johnston, Leanne (2018). Reproducibility of the Kids-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Kids-BESTest) and the Mini-BESTest in children with cerebral palsy. In: Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand, (). 21-24 March 2018.

Dewar, Rosalee, Claus, Andrew P., Tucker, Kylie and Johnston, Leanne Marie (2016). Perspectives on Postural Control Dysfunction to Inform Future Research: A Delphi Study for Children With Cerebral Palsy. In: Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, (463-479). March 30 to April 2, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2016.07.021

Dewar, R., Claus, A., Tucker, K. and Johnston, L. (2016). Postural control in children with cerebral palsy: a Delphi consensus study on definitions, frameworks, assessments and interventions. In: 8th Biennial conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Adelaide, Australia, (43-44). 30 March - 2 April 2016.

Thomas, R., Johnston, L. M., Sakzewski, L., Case, V. and Kentish, M. (2012). GRIN: randomised trial of group versus individual models of physiotherapy for ambulant children with cerebral palsy following lower limb Botulinum Toxin-A. In: Special Issue: Abstracts of the 6th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. 6th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, (46-47). 30 May - 2 June 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04289.x

Ireland, P. J., Johnson, S., Donaghe, S., Johnston, I., Mcgill, J., Zankl, A. and et al (2011). Population-based analysis of development of infants and young Australian children with Achondroplasia. In: 10th Biennal Meeting of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Society, Palm Cove, Cairns, Australia, (). 23-26 June 2011.

Auld, M., Johnston, L., Boyd, R. and Moseley, L. (2009). Tactile assessment in children with congenital hemiplegia: Which tool to use?. In: Hilary M. Hart and Peter Baxter, Abstracts of the Third International Cerebral Palsy Conference. The Third International Cerebral Palsy Conference, Sydney, Australia, (64-65). 18-21 February 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03237.x

Auld, Megan, Boyd, Roslyn N., Johnston, Leanne M. and Moseley, G. Lorimer (2009). Seeing the gaps: a review of visual assessments for congenital hemiplegia. In: Hilary M. Hart and Peter Baxter, Abstracts of the Third International Cerebral Palsy Conference. The Third International Cerebral Palsy Conference, Sydney, Australia, (64-64). 18-21 February 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03237.x

Johnston, L. M., Burns, Y. R., Brauer, S. G. and Richardson, C. A. (2002). Postural control and movement performance during upper limb tasks in children with developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD). In: Wendy Cross, Australian Journal of Physiotherapy: Proceedings of the 4th National Paediatric Physiotherapy Conference. 4th National Paediatric Physiotherapy Conference, Melbourne, Australia, (145-145). September 10 - 12, 2001.

Johnston, Leanne M. (2004). Postural muscle timing during upper-limb motion in eight- to ten-year-old children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder , School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland.

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