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Gavin Williams has extensive clinical research experience in outcome measurement following traumatic brain injury. His doctoral thesis was on the development of the High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) for traumatic brain injury.

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Further queries related to the HiMAT or outcome measurement in neurological rehabilitation should be directed to Gavin Williams

His publications include:

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., & Greenwood, K. (2004). Measuring high-level mobility after traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83, 910-920.

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., Greenwood, K., Goldie, P., & Morris, M. E. The High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) for traumatic brain injury. Part 1: Item Generation. Brain Injury, In press.

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., Greenwood, K., Goldie, P., & Morris, M. E. The High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) for traumatic brain injury. Part 2: Content Validity and Discriminability. Brain Injury, 19 (10), 833-43.

  • Williams, G., Greenwood, K., Robertson, V., Goldie, P., & Morris, M. E. High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT): Inter-rater Reliability, Retest Reliability and Internal Consistency. Physical Therapy. In press.

  • Williams, G.P., Morris, M.E., Greenwood, K.M., Goldie, P.A., Robertson, V. (2004). The High-level Mobility Assessment Tool For Traumatic Brain Injury: User Manual. Melbourne: La Trobe University. ISBN: 1 92094 872 4.

Other published abstracts and conference presentations include:

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., & Greenwood, K. (2003). A review of mobility following Traumatic Brain Injury. Paper presented at the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Injury conference, Sydney, Australia, 3-5th April 2003.

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., Goldie, P., & Greenwood, K. (2003). Development of a high-level mobility scale for use in traumatic brain injury. Paper presented at the 1st Neurological Physiotherapy Conference, Sydney, 27-29th November 2003 .

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., Goldie, P., & Greenwood, K. (2004). Development of a high-level mobility scale for use in traumatic brain injury: Concurrent validity and ceiling effect. Paper presented at the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment & International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Brisbane , 7-10th July 2004 .

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., Greenwood, K., Goldie, P., & Morris, M. E. (2004). Measurement properties of the High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT). Paper presented at the 6th World Congress on Brain Injury, Melbourne 6-8 May 2005.

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., & Greenwood, K. (2003). A review of mobility following Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the1st Neurological Physiotherapy Conference, Sydney , 27-29th November 2003 .

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., & Greenwood, K. (2004). Measuring high-level mobility following traumatic brain injury: a review of recent literature. Poster presented at the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment & International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Brisbane , 7-10th July 2004 .

  • Williams, G., Robertson, V., & Greenwood, K. (2004). Development of the High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT) for use in traumatic brain injury. Poster presented at the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine International Symposium on Measurement and Evaluation of Outcomes in Rehabilitation. Stockholm, Sweden, 27-28th September 2004.