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

BSc, BSc Med Hons, PhD

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

Peer reviewed Publication Number:25

NRF rating: unknown, in review

Scopus H-index:10

Google H-index:11

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.

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)

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