Articles by Dr Melinda Smith
Researcher, PhD
Dr Melinda (Franettovich) Smith is a physiotherapist with a special interest in foot and ankle health, pain and injury. She is a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland and continues her clinical experience at Clem Jones Centre Physio and Rehab. She completed her PhD at The Australian Institute of Sport and has taught across several university programs. Her research spans sports and running related injuries, taping and foot orthoses, gait training and musculoskeletal imaging.
Barefoot running on grass as a potential treatment for plantar fasciitis: a prospective case series
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 65 (April 2023)
Clinical consensus on diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg: a Delphi analysis
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 62 (January 2023)
Evidence of intrinsic foot muscle training in improving foot function: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 59 (October 2022)
Evaluation of skeletal muscle activity during foot training exercises using positron emission tomography
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 56 (July 2022)
Lower leg muscle structure and function are altered in long-distance runners with medial tibial stress syndrome: a case control study
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 50 (January 2022)
Foot and leg muscle weakness in people with midfoot osteoarthritis
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 47 (October 2021)
Clinical tests of tibialis posterior tendinopathy: are they reliable, and how well are they reflected in structural changes on imaging?
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 44 (July 2021)
Foot stiffening during the push-off phase of human walking is linked to active muscle contraction, and not the windlass mechanism
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 41 (April 2021)
Foot core training to prevent running-related injuries. A survival analysis of a single-blind, randomized controlled trial
Dr Melinda Smith
Issue 38 (January 2021)