The University of Western Australia

Assoc/Prof Karen Wallman

Associate Professor
Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry

Contact details

Address

Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry
The University of Western Australia (M408)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2304

Fax

6488 1039

Email

karen.wallman@uwa.edu.au

Location

1.32

Qualifications

BEd WAIT, BSc E.Cowan, PhD W.Aust.

Biography

Karen Wallman has been working in the School of Sport Science and Exercise since 2004 and teaches units in the area of exercise physiology.

Key research

Karens' research interests are varied and range from working with elite athletes to research in chronic illnesses. Topics that she has researched in recent years include water recovery in athletes, the effect of static stretching on performance, caffeine as a performance aid in athletes and sedentary populations, as well as the use of exercise as an intervention in cancer, obesity and chronic fatigue syndrome. Another area of recent interest is the use of exercise in assisting individuals who have recovered from burns in achieving their physical goals.

Publications

Wallman, K.E., Morton, A.R., Goodman, C., Grove, R., & Guilfoyle, A.M. (2004). Randomised controlled trial of graded exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome. Medical Journal of Australia, 180, 9; 444-448.
Wallman, K.E., Morton, A.R., Goodman, C. & Grove, R. (2004). Physiological responses during a submaximal cycle test in chronic fatigue syndrome. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 04, 3610: 1682-1688.
Milne, H.M., Gordon, S., Wallman, K.E., Guilfoyle, A., & Courneya, K.S. (2007). Association between physical activity and quality of life among Western Australian breast cancer survivors. Psycho-Oncology, 16, 1059 – 1068.
Milne, H., Wallman, K., Gordon, S., & Courneya, K. (2007) Effects of a combined resistance and aerobic training program among breast cancer survivors: A randomised controlled trial. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Online, 10.1007/s10549-007-9602-z.
Ingram, J., Dawson, B., Goodman, C., Wallman, K., Beilby, J. Effect of water immersion methods on post exercise recovery from simulated team sport exercise. Accepted for publication, Dec, 2007. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
Beckett, J., Knut, T., Dawson, B., Wallman, K., & Guelfi, K. (2009) Effects of static stretching on repeated sprint and change of direction performance. Medicine and Science in Sport & Exercise. February, 444- 450.

Honours and awards

Karen won the faculty award for excellence in teaching (course work) in 2008.

Research profile

Research profile and publications