Dr. Meredith James

Dr Meredith James PT PhD is a Clinical Specialist Neuromuscular Physiotherapist and Principal Investigator at the John Walton Centre for Muscular Dystrophy Research at Newcastle, where she is involved in clinical and research activity for children and adults with Neuromuscular disorders.

Clinically, Meredith is responsible for the physiotherapy management of both children and adults with neuromuscular diseases. In particular, her interests are in assessment, orthotics, outcome measures and research into these areas.

In her clinical research capacity, Meredith is responsible for the clinical evaluation of children and adults involved in natural history and clinical trials, as well as the development of clinically meaningful, reliable and sensitive outcome measures for NMD. Meredith has been involved in the development of the North Star Ambulatory assessment (NSAA), the Performance of upper limb (PUL) and led the development of the North Star Assessment for Limb Girdle Type Muscular Dystrophies (NSAD) now utilised in clinics and clinical trials in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular dystrophy and Late Onset Pompe Disease.