Lucy Parrington, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Parrington's research focuses on the use of biomechanics to characterize balance and gait dysfunction, and neurocognitive assessment to evaluate cognitive issues in people who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Recent projects include establishing methods for determining safe return to sport and return to duty, as well as the use of audio biofeedback in rehabilitation. 

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2007, University of South Australia
    • Ph.D., 2015, Victoria University

Areas of interest

  • Concussion/ mTBI
  • Use of inertial sensors to evaluate functional mobility
  • The role of feedback and skill transfer in rehabilitation
  • Evaluation of physical performance for determining return to sport/duty after injury
  • Biomechanics
  • Motor learning

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • 2019 Career Development Award, N.L. Tartar Trust Fellowship, Oregon Health & Science University
  • 2018 Early Clinical Investigator, Combining objective concussion assessment with the functional assessment of sport performance, Medical Research Foundation of Oregon
  • 2016 WWU-Fellowship, Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, University of Münster
  • 2016 Research and Development Grant, Using a multi-modal design to investigate neurophysiological, neurocognitive and neuromotor responses following sport-related concussion, Swinburne University of Technology
  • 2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research and Research Training (Research Degree Graduate), Victoria University
  • 2015 College of Sport and Exercise Science Outstanding Graduate of Higher Degree by Research Award, Victoria University

Publications

Selected publications

  • Parrington, L., Popa, B., Martini, D. N., Chesnutt, J. C., & King, L. A. (2020). Instrumented balance assessment in mild traumatic brain injury: Normative values and descriptive data for acute, sub-acute and chronic populations. Journal of Concussion, 4, 2059700220975605. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059700220975605
  • Fino, P. C., Raffegeau, T. E., Parrington, L., Peterka, R. J., & King, L. A. (2020). Head Stabilization During Standing in People with Persisting Symptoms after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Biomechanics, 110045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110045
  • Martini, D. N., Parrington, L., Stuart, S., Fino, P., & King, L. A. (2020). Gait Performance in People with Symptomatic, Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, (Online Advance Publication: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/neu.2020.6986)
  • Parrington, L., Jehu, D., Fino, P. C., Stuart, S., Wilhelm, J., Pettigrew, N., Murchison, C., El-Gohary, M., VanDerwalker, J., Pearson, S., Huller, T., Chesnutt, J. C., Peterka, R., Horak, F. B., & King, L.A. (2020). The sensor technology and rehabilitative timing (START) protocol: A randomized controlled trial for the rehabilitation of mild traumatic brain injury. Physical Therapy. Advance online pub. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa007

Publications