Ms Ali Griffiths

Lecturer in Physiotherapy - Ballarat Campus

Ali Griffiths is a Physiotherapist with over 10 years experience working primarily in paediatric physiotherapy, and more recently in research and academia. She works as an advanced practice physiotherapist in the Developmental Hip Dysplasia clinic at Grampians Health Services and continues to work casually at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. She has over 6 years experience teaching into undergraduate and post-graduate Physiotherapy and Paediatric Physiotherapy courses at ACU and The University of Melbourne and spent several years studying and working at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) investigating outcome measures for use with children. At ACU Ali teaches paediatric physiotherapy practice, pathophysiology for physiotherapists, and an intensive unit preparing fourth year physiotherapy students for clinical practice. 

Qualifications

2021 Graduate Certificate in Higher Education - ACU

2019 Graduate Certificate in Paediatric Orthopaedic Physiotherapy - The University of Melbourne

2016 Honours Degree in Physiotherapy - Monash University

2010 Bachelor of Physiotherapy - Monash University

Griffiths, A., Toovey, R., Morgan, P. E., & Spittle, A. J. (2018). Psychometric properties of gross motor assessment tools for children: a systematic review. BMJ open, 8(10), e021734.

Griffiths, A., Morgan, P., Anderson, P. J., Doyle, L. W., Lee, K. J., & Spittle, A. J. (2017). Predictive value of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children Second Edition at 4 years, for motor impairment at 8 years in children born preterm. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 59(5), 490-496.

Griffiths, A. L., Donnan, L. T., Iobst, C. A., Kelley, S. P., Bouchard, M., & Narayanan, U. G. (2021). The Gait Outcomes Assessment List for Children With Lower Limb Difference (GOAL-LD): Assessment of Reliability and Validity. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 41(7), 450-456.

I have research interest and/or experience in: 

• Paediatric physiotherapy
• Outcome measure validation and assessment
• Gross motor development in children
• Developmental outcomes for children born preterm
• Limb deformity and limb difference in children

Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) - Educators group and paediatric group

Registered Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)