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Professor Karen Ginn is a Professor of Musculoskeletal Anatomy in the School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. She teaches functional, applied anatomy to various health professional groups and maintains a part-time private practice as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist. Professor Ginn is regularly invited to present at national and international conferences and serves as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where she has designed and teaches a subject entitled "Physiotherapy and Shoulder Rehabilitation" in the MSc program.
Professor Ginn's research focuses on the assessment and treatment of shoulder dysfunction, with particular interest in evaluating the validity and reliability of components of the physical examination of the shoulder. Her work spans multiple areas including evidence-based medicine, musculoskeletal diseases, orthopaedics, physiotherapy, and shoulder function. She has developed a continuing education course for health professionals entitled "Functional rehabilitation of shoulder muscles - evidence & application" which she conducts in Australia and internationally.
Professor Ginn's extensive publication record, with over 60 publications in prestigious journals such as Journal of Orthopaedic Research and Physical Therapy, demonstrates consistent contributions to understanding shoulder biomechanics, rehabilitation approaches, and clinical assessment methods. Her recent work shows increasing focus on diagnostic imaging for shoulder conditions, cross-cultural adaptation of assessment tools, and the application of electromyography to understand muscle activation patterns in both healthy subjects and patients with shoulder dysfunction.
Professor Ginn has held significant leadership roles including Past President of Shoulder & Elbow Physiotherapists Australasia (SEPA) and SEPA representative on the Board of the International Congress of Shoulder & Elbow Therapists. She is also a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association.
- 2020: Is online ergonomics training, with & without individual feedback on adherence, effective in reducing musculoskeletal upper limb pain & work performance in sonographers: a cluster randomised trial
- 2014: The BEST at Home pragmatic fall prevention program: effectiveness, cost effectiveness and implementation (NHMRC Partnership Project)
- 2005: A comparison of shoulder muscle function in patients with rotator cuff tears and age-matched control subjects
- 2004: A Randomised, Controlled, Clinical Trial To Evaluate The Efficacy Of Passive Joint Mobilisation Applied To The Shoulder Region Joints For The Treatment Of Shoulder Pain
- 2002: Rotator cuff muscle activity during shoulder rotation exercises
Professor Ginn maintains strong international collaborations, serving as one of three invited international representatives on a project entitled "Shoulder pain in Europe: optimizing management across the lifespan" coordinated by Dr. Karen McCreesh from the University of Limerick, Ireland. She also collaborates with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital London on a randomized controlled clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of surgery in the treatment of atraumatic shoulder instability.
