Dr Jodie Cochrane

Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5860  
Email: j.wilkie@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.3105  

 

Current Teaching

  • Motor Control
  • Acquisition of Skill
  • Biomechanics

Background

  • 2006-2009: Australian Sports Commission Canberra, ACT
    Senior Coordinator, National Talent Identification and Development (NTID) Senior Coordinator for: Badminton, Pistol Shooting, Taekwondo, Skeleton and Boxing
  • 2002-2006: Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, ACT
    Senior Biomechanist for: Australian Football, Netball, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Volleyball, Gymnastics, Soccer and Boxing

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • 2006 Winner of the Hans Gros New Investigator Award, XXIV Symposium of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports. Salzburg, Austria, 2006
  • 2006 Winner of award for the research that created the Most Lively Discussion. Australian Physiotherapy Association, ACT Research Symposium 2006. Canberra, Australia.
  • 2003 Winner, Sports Medicine Australia Award for Best Paper in Injury Prevention and Health Promotion. Canberra, Australia.
  • 2003 Australian Football League Research Award in recognition of the outstanding research “Effect of Strength, Proprioception and Training on Knee Joint Ligament Loading”. It stated that this project has excellent scientific merit and potential to make a significant impact to Australian Rules Football.
  • 2001 International Society of Biomechanics Travel Award
  • 2001 Vice-President of the University of Western Australia’s Postgraduate Student Association
  • 1999-2001 Coordinator of Biomechanics Journal Club, Department of Human Movement & Exercise Science, University of Western Australia.
  • 1999 Received Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Motor control
  • Acquisition of Skill
  • Talent identification and development
  • Biomechanics 
  • Decision making and agility performance
  • Elite versus non-elite
  • Knee injury prevention
  • Sports biomechanics

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2007 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Lloyd, D., Ackland, T., Wilkie, J., (2009), Balance and Agility in Sport. Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics in Sport, 211-226, Champaign, IL, USA.

Journal Articles

  • Wilkie, J., Lloyd, D., Ackland, T., (2011), The effect of balance and strength training on muscle activation, strength and standing balance. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 14(Supplement 1), e54, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.11.111.
  • Wilkie, J., Lloyd, D., Besier, T., Elliot, B., Doyle, T., Ackland, T., (2010), Training affects knee kinematics and kinetics in cutting maneuvers in sport. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 42(8), 1535-1544, United States, DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181d03ba0.
  • Hunter, A., Wilkie, J., Sachlikidis, A., (2008), Canoe slalom competition analysis. Sport Biomechanics, 7(1), 24-37, United Kingdom.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Sports Science),  A Biomedical And Kinathropometric Analsis Of The Drop Punt: Determinants Of Kicking Accuracy In Australian Football.
  • Master of Science (Sports Science),  Time Motion Analysis And Hip Abductor Strength Changes In Netball.
  • Master of Science (Sports Science),  Measurement Of Performance And Kinetics During A Change Of Direction, Offensive And Defensive Agility Task: A Comparison Of Male And Female Athletes".