A/Prof Yumna Albertus
Director of Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre, Health and Rehabilitation 2nd Year Physiology Course Convenor
Research Thrusts
- Neuromuscular physiology
- Biomechanics
- Innovation
Academic Qualifications
BSc, BSc Med Hons, PhD
Positions
- Editor PeerJ (Exercise Science and Sports Med)
- Editor Frontiers Rehabilitation Sciences
- Board of Data safety management in Spinal Cord Injury research: University of British Columbia, Canada
- Board of South African Society of Biomechanics
Research Output
Peer reviewed Publication Number:25
NRF rating: unknown, in review
Scopus H-index:10
Google H-index:11
Google Scholar link or ORCID link
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=TOjqgEkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
International and national research collaborations
- Prof Watanabe: Chukyo University, Japan
- Dr Amit Punjari: University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Assoc Prof Amir Patel: UCT
- Assoc Prof Conran Joseph: Stellenbosch University
- Dr. Maikutlo Kebaetse: University of Botswana
- Dr Kaweme Mwafulirwa:University of Malawi
- Dr. Haleluya I. Moshi: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, University of Tanzania
- Co-initiated the Spinal Cord Research Hub (SCoRH) group - Spinal Cord Injuries in Low and Middle Income Countries, as part of the International Spinal Cord Research Collaborations Project.
Recent and noteworthy publications
- E. Evans, C. Shackleton, S. West, W. Derman, HG L. Rauch, E. Baalbergen, Y. Albertus, Robotic locomotor training leads to cardiovascular changes in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury over a 24-week rehabilitation period: a randomized controlled pilot study, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,2021,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.03.018.
- Bayne H, Albertus Y, Breen S, Green A, de Andrade AG, Kramer M, Carpes FP. Biomechanics without Borders: Teaching Biomechanics in Brazil and South Africa. Adv Physiol Educ. 2021 Mar 1;45(1):34-36. doi: 10.1152/advan.00182.2020.
- R. Evans, J.Banjes, C. Shackleton, S. West, L. Rauch, W. Derman, Y. Albertus and L. Swartz. I was like intoxicated with this positivity”: the politics of hope amongst participants in a trial of a novel spinal cord injury rehabilitation technology in South Africa. J Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2020. Sept 4, 1-7
- C. Shackleton and Y. Albertus. Effects of Robotic Walking & Activity-Based Rehabilitation on Health-related Benefits in Persons With SCI. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2019. 100 (12), e177
- R. Evans, C. Shackleton, S. West, L. Rauch, W. Derman and Y. Albertus. Improvements in Cardiovascular Efficiency Over 24-weeks of Robotic Locomotor Training in Persons With SCI. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2019. 100 (12), e184
- C. Shackleton, R. Evans, D. Shamley, S. West and Y. Albertus. Effectiveness of over-ground robotic locomotor training in improving walking performance, cardiovascular demands, secondary complications and user-satisfaction in individuals. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019, 51 (10), 723-733
- D Coetzee, Y Albertus, N Tam, R Tucker. Conceptualizing minimalist footwear: an objective definition. Journal of Sports Sciences, 2018, 36 (8) 949-954.
- N Tam, Y Albertus, DR Coetzee, S Ahmed, R Lamberts, R Tucker. Acute fatigue negatively affects risk factors for injury in trained but not well-trained habitually shod runners when running barefoot. European Journal of Sport Science, 2017, 17 (9) 1220-1229
Patents:
a) Motion Capture System and Method, wireless motion tracker
The Patent is a design patent for the wireless motion tracking system, 102018000003543 filed in Italy (2020)
b) Ground Reaction Force Plate Apparatus and Measurement System
The application is a design patent, 1917058.8 filed in the United Kingdom, for the design of a low-cost 3D axis force plate (2020)
Grants and funding
Principle investigator:
- South African National Research Foundation (NRF) – SA -Japan Science Collab (R 800 000)
- UEC and ACC Grant: R 1.9 mil Biomechanics equipment and software
- Global Challenges Research Funding (UK) – Network Grant (R580 000)
- Spinal Research Institute Collaborative Grant (Australia): 2020 (R20 000)
- UCT Development Grant (3yrs, R120 000)
Co-investigator:
Innovation Builder and PreSeed: R1.5 mil with Prof Amir Patel