Professor Richard Macdonell
Division Head
Professor Richard Macdonell is Director of Neurology at Austin Health and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at FNI. He trained in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology at Austin Health, Massachusetts General and the London Hospitals and has been in charge of the Neurophysiology and Neuroimmunology services at Austin Health since 1991. His research interests include multiple sclerosis, peripheral nerve and muscle disorders and using transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the pathophysiology of epilepsy.
Publications
Listed below are Professor Richard Macdonell’s most recent publications.
- Leach M, Gall SL, Dewey H, Macdonell R, Thrift A.
Factors associated with quality of life in 7-year survivors of stroke. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1970-01-01;82(12):1365-71. PMID: 21551472
- Sakzewski L, Ziviani J, Abbott D, Macdonell R, Jackson G, Boyd R.
Randomized trial of constraint-induced movement therapy and bimanual training on activity outcomes for children with congenital hemiplegia. Dev Med Child Neurol 1970-01-01;53(4):313-20. PMID: 21401585
- Sakzewski L, Ziviani J, Abbott D, Macdonell R, Jackson G, Boyd R.
Participation outcomes in a randomized trial of 2 models of upper-limb rehabilitation for children with congenital hemiplegia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1970-01-01;92(4):531-9. PMID: 21440700
- Badawy R, Jackson G, Berkovic S, Macdonell R.
Inter-session repeatability of cortical excitability measurements in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 1970-01-01;98(2-3):182-6. PMID: 22018906
- Sakzewski L, Ziviani J, Abbott D, Macdonell R, Jackson G, Boyd R.
Equivalent retention of gains at 1 year after training with constraint-induced or bimanual therapy in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 1970-01-01;25(7):664-71. PMID: 21427273
