Ashleigh Thornton

Dr, BSc PhD W.Aust.

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Paediatrics

Phone+61 8 6488 2661
Emailashleigh.thornton@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M561), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

111 Citations
5 h-Index

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Personal profile

Biography

Having completed her PhD through the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health (SSEH) at UWA in 2014, Ashleigh's current role is as a Research Associate in SSEH. In addition to managing undergraduate- and graduate-level teaching units, Ashleigh is also involved in the School's Paediatric Exercise Programs, which offer movement & physical education for children aged 5 to 15 years, who have difficulty learning and performing fundamental movement skills, and maintains an active research agenda in the area of paediatric exercise promotion.

Funding overview

2016: Healthway Health Promotion Exploratory Research Grant (AU $75, 000) – “Effectiveness of childcare centre programs and environmental upgrades to increase young children’s physical activity”

2016: Exercise & Sports Science Australia Clinical Exercise Physiology Grant (AU $16,000) - "Evaluating physical activity outcomes of children following a physical literacy intervention utilising parent coaches"

New and Noteworthy

Students interested in pursuing graduate studies with Ashleigh in any area of paediatric exercise can contact directly on ashleigh.thornton@uwa.edu.au

Teaching overview

SSEH3345: Lifespan Motor Development
SSEH3385: Motor Development and Dysfunction
SSEH 5667: Paediatric Rehabilitation

Research

Ashleigh is the research coordinator on a Healthway funded Project Grant to develop a valid health related rating scale for Movement Based Video Games (MBVG) on the dimensions of energy expenditure, fundamental movement skills and social interaction. The main focus of this work is on the assessment and rating of fundamental movement skills in MBVG. Alongside this project, Ashleigh's research focuses broadly on assessing and promoting movement skills and exercise participation in children, specifically those with movement difficulties.

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Research Output 2012 2019

111 Citations
5 h-Index
18 Article
1 Abstract/Meeting Abstract
1 Doctoral Thesis

2 Citations (Scopus)

Botulinum toxin and surgical intervention in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: who, when and why do we treat?

Valentine, J., Davidson, S. A., Bear, N., Blair, E., Ward, R., Thornton, A., Stannage, K., Watson, L., Forbes, D. & Elliott, C., 15 Aug 2019, In : Disability and Rehabilitation.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Botulinum Toxins

Cerebral Palsy

Medical Audit

Western Australia

Therapeutics

Can Proficiency Criteria Be Accurately Identified During Real-Time Fundamental Movement Skill Assessment?

Ward, B., Thornton, A., Lay, B., Chen, N. & Rosenberg, M., 3 Sep 2019, In : Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Pediatrics

Humulus

Administrative Personnel

Education

Light

Normative data of muscle fiber diameter of vastus lateralis during childhood: a field test

Valentine, J., Dyke, J., Ward, R., Thornton, A., Blair, E., Stannage, K., Elliott, C. & Fabian, V., May 2019, In : MUSCLE & NERVE. 59, 5, p. 590-593 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2 Citations (Scopus)