By Conjoint Professor Friedbert Kohler

Book Chapters

Kohler F, 2012, 'Lower limb amputation', in Stam HJ; Muzaffer Buyruk H; Melvin JL; Stucki G; Burggraaf I (ed.), Acute Medical Rehabilitation Volume 1, VitalMed, pp. 107 - 129, http://www.acutemedicalrehabilitation.com/

Journal articles

Radhakrishnan S; Eagleton C; Pham M; Faulds S; Lazar C; Kohler F; Ivers R; March MK, 2026, 'Can nursing students boost exercise therapy in a subacute ward? An implementation study', BMJ Open, 16, pp. e118599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118599

Iqbal U; Manga YB; Nkhoma DE; Tanweer A; Bokhari SMH; Wibowo MF; Huang C-W; Fuad A; Smithson R; Hsu Y-HE; Gauld R; Zwar N; Redfern J; Celi LA; Li Y-CJ; Kohler F, 2026, 'An evidence gap map of digital health interventions for enhancing patient engagement in healthcare', npj Digital Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02899-6

Brady B; Chróinín DN; El-Haddad C; Kang I; Setiawan C; Chrysilla A; Daing D; McEvoy L; Radhakrishnan S; Lieu D; Tang C; Frost S; Sidhu B; Leema E; Ivers R; Kohler F; Naylor J, 2026, 'Adoption of Hip Fracture Care Standards: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Patient and Healthcare Provider Perspectives', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70124

Darmali A; Radhakrishnan S; Eagleton C; Pham M; Faulds S; Lazar C; Vashti A; Kohler F; Ivers R; March MK, 2026, 'BOOST 2.0: Feasibility of Using the Nursing Student Workforce to Increase Activity: A Qualitative Study', Sage Open Nursing, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23779608261425203

Taylor R; Wilson N; Chow JSF; Kohler F; Leon RJ; Farrell B; Ng S; Siddiqui N; Lawrence J; Greenfield D, 2026, 'How to develop a translational health service improvement program: A health industry-university collaboration', Industry and Higher Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09504222261418080

Geering S; Wilson V; Jacob L; Macpherson A; Melbourne G; Kohler F; Chow JSF, 2025, 'Implementing a Hospital-Wide Programme Using iPARiHS to Prevent and Manage Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis and Improve Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81, pp. 7968 - 7977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.16465

Iqbal U; Wilson N; Taylor R; Smith L; Kohler F, 2025, 'Using Conversations, Listening and Leadership to Support Staff Wellness: The CALM Framework', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22101558

Dadich A; Kearns R; Harris-Roxas B; Boydell K; Gonski P; Kohler F; Lim D; Ni She E; Amato C; Gilmore I; Lane B; Mears J; Schaper F; Sleeman R; Tcharkhedian E; Tembe V; Azzopardi S; Delbaere K; Krebs T; Paterson-Finlay E; Ni Chroinin D, 2025, 'Co-Designing a Model of Brilliant Care for Older People', Journal of Clinical Nursing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.70049

Ambrens M; Delbaere K; Butcher K; Close J; Gonski P; Kohler F; Lovell NH; Treacy D; Van Schooten KS, 2025, 'Wearable Technology in Mobility and Falls Health Care: Finding Consensus on Their Clinical Utility and Identifying a Roadmap to Actual Use', Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 48, pp. 138 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/JPT.0000000000000434

Nguyen QD; Xu J; Kohler F, 2025, 'Capsular warning syndrome followed by right internal capsule infarction: A case report emphasising post-stroke rehabilitation', Sage Open Medical Case Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X251364366

Warner KN; Poulos RG; Cole AM; Nguyen TA; Un FC; Faux SG; Kohler F; Alexander T; Capell JT; Hilvert DR; O’Connor CMC; Poulos CJ, 2025, 'Re/connecting with “home”: a mixed methods study of service provider and patient perspectives to facilitate implementing rehabilitation in the home for reconditioning', Disability and Rehabilitation, 47, pp. 1965 - 1975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2386157

Poulos RG; Cole AMD; Hilvert DR; Warner KN; Faux SG; Nguyen TA; Kohler F; Un FC; Alexander T; Capell JT; O’Connor CMC; Poulos CJ, 2024, 'Cost modelling rehabilitation in the home for reconditioning in the Australian context', BMC Health Services Research, 24, pp. 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10527-2

Forero R; Mohsin M; Singh F; Hunt L; Frost S; McDonnell S; Piya M; Verick D; Kohler F; Chow JSF; Widloecher S; Hillman K, 2024, 'Hospital visiting hours – do they need to be revised?', Australian Health Review, 49, pp. AH24145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH24145

Wilson N; Smith L; Taylor R; Kohler F, 2024, 'Examining the experience of healthcare workers who led staff wellness rounding during the COVID-19 pandemic', Australian Health Review, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH24015

Poulos RG; Cole AMD; Hilvert DR; Warner KN; Faux SG; Nguyen TA; Kohler F; Un FC; Alexander T; Capell JT; O'Connor CMC; Poulos CJ, 2024, 'Erratum: Correction: Cost modelling rehabilitation in the home for reconditioning in the Australian context (BMC health services research (2024) 24 1 (151))', BMC Health Services Research, 24, pp. 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10759-w

Ranker A; Greitemann B; Kohler F; Gutenbrunner C; Sturm C; Tegtbur U; Egen C, 2024, 'Validated German PROMs for People with Major Amputation of the Lower Extremity - A Narrative Review Based on the Final Report of the LEAD and COMPASS Initiative of the ISPO', Rehabilitation Germany, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-2291-1343

Kohler F; Halford GRJ; Lukin M; Hafner BJ; Boone DA; Desmond DM; Franchignoni F; Gailey RS; Hagberg K; Major MJ; Resnik L; Tan JM, 2023, 'Categorization and recommendations for outcome measures for lower limb absence by an expert panel', Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 47, pp. 565 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000307

Poulos RG; Cole AM; Warner KN; Faux SG; Nguyen TA; Kohler F; Un FC; Alexander T; Capell JT; Hilvert DR; O’Connor CM; Poulos CJ, 2023, 'Developing a model for rehabilitation in the home as hospital substitution for patients requiring reconditioning: a Delphi survey in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 23, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09068-5

Tan JM; Halford GRJ; McBain BK; Lukin M; Kohler F, 2023, 'Psychometric properties of outcome measures for lower-limb absence: A protocol for a systematic review', Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 47, pp. 293 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000220

KOHLER F; HALFORD GRJ; Jade MT; LUKIN M; MCBAIN B, 2023, 'Toward Building Evidence for Prosthetics: The LEAD and COMPASS', 日本義肢装具学会誌, 39, pp. 106 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.11267/jspo.39.106

Tan JM; Halford GRJ; Lukin M; Kohler F, 2023, 'Recommendations from the ISPO lower-limb COMPASS: Patient-reported and performance-based outcome measures', Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 47, pp. 13 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000197

Dadich A; Kearns R; Harris-Roxas B; Ni Chroinin D; Boydell K; Ni She E; Lim D; Gonski P; Kohler F, 2023, 'What constitutes brilliant aged care? A qualitative study of practices that exceed expectation', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32, pp. 7425 - 7441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16789

Hanna R; Lo B; Jayadeva D; Foong D; Anthony A; Kohler F; Chow J; Harlum J; MacArthur C; Ni Chroinin D; Kelly A; Williams R, 2022, 'Development of an audit tool for advance care planning documentation between the hospital and residential aged care facility interface', Internal Medicine Journal, 52, pp. 1647 - 1648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15901

Chow J; Harley A; Chroinin DN; Kohler F; Harlum J; Jobburn K; Keech P; Williams R; Fraser S; Hillman K, 2022, 'Understanding of advance care planning in primary care: A gap analysis', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28, pp. 344 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY21253

Kohler F, 2021, 'LEAD and COMPASS: Tools to map the way forward for people with lower limb absence', Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 45, pp. 369 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000045

Chow JSF; Knight A; Disney A; Kohler F; Duggan J; Maurya N; Gonzalez-Arce V, 2021, 'Understanding the general practice of telemonitoring integrated care: A qualitative perspective', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 27, pp. 364 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY20215

Chow JSF; McDougall A; Ramirez J; Kernohan M; Maurya N; Rajaratnam R; Marshall S; Colley S; Kohler F, 2021, 'A Cross Sectional, Mixed-Method Cohort Study Evaluating the Implementation of Leading Better Value Care Initiatives', Journal of Service Science and Management, 14, pp. 228 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jssm.2021.142014

Sau Fan Chow J; Kohler F; Ramirez J; Collingridge L; Maurya N; Hillman K, 2021, 'Evaluation of the Implementation of the Advance Care Planning Package in South Western Sydney', Journal of Service Science and Management, 14, pp. 696 - 711, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jssm.2021.146044

Gonzalez-Arce V; Chow JSF; Knight A; Duggan J; Maurya N; Sykes A; Kohler F, 2021, 'History of telemonitoring in South Western Sydney', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s4181

Gonzalez-Arce V; Chow JSF; Gonzalez-Arce V; Knight A; Maurya N; Kohler F, 2021, 'Learnings from Implementing Telemonitoring in South West Sydney (LITE in SWS)', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s4009

Narayanan B; Kohler F; Arulanandam P, 2020, 'The Efficacy of In-Reach Rehabilitation in Morbidly Obese Post Septic Patients: Two Retrospective Case Reports.', J Rehabil Med Clin Commun, 3, pp. 1000042, http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000042

Chow JSF; Gonzalez-Arce VE, 2019, 'Learnings from implementing telemonitoring – the LITE study', Journal of Integrated Care, 27, pp. 346 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JICA-05-2019-0022

Radhakrishnan S; Kohler F; Gutenbrunner C; Jayaraman A; Pieber K; Li J; Schiappacasse C, 2019, 'Mobility in persons with lower extremity amputations and influencing factors: Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to quantify expert views', Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 43, pp. 88 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309364618792714

Ling SL; Cheng CT; Liu F; Irwanto D; Kohler F; Smith MJ; Chan DK, 2018, 'Impact of acute geriatric services for nursing home residents on emergency department presentation and hospitalisation', Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 13, pp. 68 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.12809/ajgg-2017-276-oa

MacLachlan M; Banes D; Bell D; Borg J; Donnelly B; Fembek M; Ghosh R; Gowran RJ; Hannay E; Hiscock D; Hoogerwerf EJ; Howe T; Kohler F; Layton N; Long S; Mannan H; Mji G; Odera Ongolo T; Perry K; Pettersson C; Power J; Delgado Ramos V; Slepičková L; Smith EM; Tay-Teo K; Geiser P; Hooks H, 2018, 'Assistive technology policy: a position paper from the first global research, innovation, and education on assistive technology (GREAT) summit', Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, 13, pp. 454 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2018.1468496

Chow JSF; Gonzalez-Arce V; Knight A; Kohler F, 2018, 'Retrospective analysis of telemonitoring in Wollondilly, Australia', Journal of Integrated Care, 26, pp. 150 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JICA-10-2017-0032

Radhakrishnan S; Kohler F; Gutenbrunner C; Jayaraman A; Li J; Pieber K; Schiappacasse C, 2017, 'The use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to classify the factors influencing mobility reported by persons with an amputation: An international study', Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 41, pp. 412 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309364616652016

Kohler F; Knight A; Gonzalez-Arce V; Chow J, 2017, 'Retrospective Analysis of Telemonitoring (RATE)', International Journal of Integrated Care, 17, pp. 13 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.3125

Buhagiar MA; Naylor JM; Simpson G; Harris IA; Kohler F, 2017, 'Understanding consumer and clinician preferences and decision making for rehabilitation following arthroplasty in the private sector', BMC Health Services Research, 17, pp. 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2379-9

Buhagiar MA; Naylor JM; Harris IA; Xuan W; Kohler F; Wright R; Fortunato R, 2017, 'Effect of inpatient rehabilitation vs a monitored home-based program on mobility in patients with total knee arthroplasty the HIHO randomized clinical trial', JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association, 317, pp. 1037 - 1046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.1224

Dillon MP; Fortington LV; Akram M; Erbas B; Kohler F, 2017, 'Geographic variation of the incidence rate of lower limb amputation in Australia from 2007-12', Plos One, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170705

Faux SG; Kohler F; Mozer R; Klein LA; Courtenay S; D'Amours SK; Chapman J; Estell J, 2015, 'The ROARI project - Road Accident Acute Rehabilitation Initiative: A randomised clinical trial of two targeted early interventions for road-related trauma', Clinical Rehabilitation, 29, pp. 639 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269215514552083

Chow J; Waldon P; Lubiana A; Williams R; Loy G; Lim K; Larkin A; Kohler F, 2015, 'The establishment of the triple I (Hub), an intake, information and intervention hub', Contemporary Nurse, 50, pp. 227 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2015.1116371

Selb M; Kohler F; Robinson Nicol MM; Riberto M; Stucki G; Kennedy C; Üstün B, 2015, 'ICD-11: a comprehensive picture of health, an update on the ICD-ICF joint use initiative.', J Rehabil Med, 47, pp. 2 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1928

Leong RWL; Huang T; Ko Y; Jeon A; Chang J; Kohler F; Kariyawasam V, 2014, 'Prospective validation study of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health score in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis', Journal of Crohn S and Colitis, 8, pp. 1237 - 1245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crohns.2014.02.028

Egen C; Gutenbrunner C; Kohler F, 2014, 'Development of a mobility assessment instrument for lower limb amputees based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health', Physikalische Medizin, Rehabilitationsmedizin, Kurortmedizin, 24, pp. 155 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1375662

Dillon MP; Kohler F; Peeva V, 2014, 'Incidence of lower limb amputation in Australian hospitals from 2000 to 2010', Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 38, pp. 122 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309364613490441

Leong RWL; Huang T; Ko Y; Jeon A; Chang J; Kohler F; Kariyawasam V, 2014, 'Prospective validation study of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health score in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.', J Crohns Colitis, 8, pp. 1237 - 1245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crohns.2014.02.028

Buhagiar MA; Naylor JM; Harris IA; Xuan W; Kohler F; Wright RJ; Fortunato R, 2013, 'Hospital Inpatient versus HOme-based rehabilitation after knee arthroplasty (The HIHO study): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial', Trials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-432

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