Prof Hylton Menz

Title: Visiting Senior Research Fellow
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Location: Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia
Role: Collaborator on Clinical Assessment Study of the Foot (CASF)
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Professor Hylton Menz is a podiatrist who graduated with first class Honours and the University Medal from La Trobe University in 1993, and completed his PhD focusing on gait patterns, balance and falls at the University of NSW in 2002. He is currently a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Fellow, and Director of the Musculoskeletal Research Centre at La Trobe University. Professor Menz’s broad research disciplines are human movement, rehabilitation and rheumatology, with a particular focus on musculoskeletal foot problems in older people. His research extends from laboratory-based biomechanical studies through to analysis of epidemiological datasets and the conduct of clinical trials. Professor Menz has published over 130 papers in podiatry, gerontology, rheumatology and biomechanics journals, and he is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. He has won several awards for his research, including the Young Tall Poppy Award by the Australian Institute for Policy and Science, the La Trobe University Excellence in Research Award, first prize in the British Medical Association Book Awards for his textbook Foot Problems in Older People: Assessment and Management, and a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to conduct research at Harvard University. Professor Menz’s current research focuses on the epidemiology and management of foot disorders in older people, with a particular emphasis on osteoarthritis.

Prof Menz's research within Keele is located in the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre within the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences.

Selected publications:

  • Menz HB, Morris ME, Lord SR. Foot and ankle risk factors for falls in older people: a prospective study. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2006;61A:M866-870.

  • Menz HB, Tiedemann A, Plumb K, Kwan MMS, Lord SR. Foot pain in community-dwelling older people: an evaluation of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index. Rheumatology 2006;45:863-867.

  • Menz HB, Munteanu SE, Landorf KB, Zammit GV, Cicuttini FM. Radiographic classification of osteoarthritis in commonly affected joints of the foot. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2007;15:1333-1338.

  • Menz HB, Jordan KP, Roddy E, Croft PR. Musculoskeletal foot and ankle problems in primary care: what influences older people to consult? Rheumatology 2010;49:2109-2116.

  • Menz HB, Roddy E, Thomas E, Croft PR. Impact of hallux valgus severity on general and foot-specific health-related quality of life. Arthritis Care and Research 2011;63:396-404.

  • Menz HB, Barr ELM, Brown WJ. Predictors and persistence of foot problems in women aged 70 years and over: a prospective study. Maturitas 2011;68:83-87.