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Qualifications

Dr Merridy Lithgow in academic robes at her La Trobe University PhD graduation
Merridy Lithgow holding a bound copy of her thesis
Merridy throwing her graduation cap in the air in Brighton after her Masters

2019 - 2025

La Trobe University, Australia

PhD, midfoot osteoarthritis

PhD thesis: Foot structure and lower limb function in people with midfoot osteoarthritis

2015 - 2017

University of Brighton, United Kingdom

MSc Podiatry with Clinical Biomechanics

Master’s thesis: The effects of prefabricated orthotics on surface electromyographic activity of selected lower limb muscles during walking in asymptomatic participants

2009 - 2012

University of South Australia, Australia

Bachelor of Podiatry (with First Class Honours)

Honours thesis: Experimentally induced plantar insensitivity and its effect on selected plantar pressure variables during walking in asymptomatic participants

EDUCATION

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