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Name: Aderonke O. AKINPELU |
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Designation: Professor |
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Faculty: Clinical Sciences |
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Department: Physiotherapy |
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Phone number: +2348055231646 |
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Biography:
Professor Aderonke Akinpelu obtained Bachelor of Science degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Ibadan in June, 1977. She joined the University of Ibadan (UI) as a graduate assistant in September 1978. She had her postgraduate training on part-time basis in the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, UI and obtained PhD in Exercise Physiology in September 1990. She was awarded Part A and B certificates in the McKenzie mechanical diagnosis and therapy by the McKenzie Institute International in June 1997. She became a regular staff of UI on 1st October 1984, when she was appointed a Lecturer-II. She was promoted to the post of a professor in 2011. Between February 1995 and June 1997, she worked as an Assistant Professor in King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, where she improved her clinical skills in paediatric physiotherapy. In 2005, she was appointed as an honorary consultant by University College Hospital, Ibadan. Prof Akinpelu has contributed a lot to physiotherapy education in Nigeria. She was Head of Department three times (Aug 1998-July 2000, Aug 2003-July 2005 and May 2012-July 2014). She is a three-time chairperson of Physiotherapy Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee (1990-1991; 2011-2014; 2019-till date) whichreviewed the 4-year B.Sc. Physiotherapy curriculumto a 5-year B. Physiotherapy curriculum(1990-1991) and is currently revising the 5-year B Physiotherapy curriculum to 6-year Doctor of Physiotherapy curriculum. She has supervised >50 undergraduate and >30 MSc research studies, 2 MPhil and 8 PhD research projects in UI. She co-supervised a PhD research project in University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Prof Akinpelu’s research effort is in three major areas, health outcomes assessment and quality of life (QoL), musculoskeletal health and exercise physiology. In collaboration with other researchers, she successfully developed two Nigerian culture and environment-friendly standardised outcome measures, the Ibadan Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis Measure (IKHOAM) and the Ibadan Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (ILBPDQ). The IKHOAM is the first standardised outcome measure that was contributed by any group of researchers from Nigeria to English medical literature and it has been linguistically validated into Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. She generated data on quality of life of Nigerian stroke survivorsand linguistically validated WHOQoL-Bref into Yoruba. She has cross-culturally adapted and validated many pain-rating, QoL and disability scalesinto Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. She generatedan equation to facilitate isotonic muscle strength measurement.She developed the Nigerian back school, provided community-based data on pattern and prevalence of knee osteoarthritis and on developmental pattern and reference values of tibio-femoral angle in Nigerian children and adolescents. She provided evidence that exercise training iseffective as adjunct therapy in blood pressure control in patients with hypertension. She generated age-reference values of body mass index and physical fitness for Nigerian young adults. Prof Akinpelu is member of the International Association for the Study of Pain and an active member of the Society for the Study of Pain, Nigeria, (SSPN), being SSPN Treasurer (2005-2009), Vice President (2013-2019) and President (2019-2023).
Areas of Specialisation:
Musculoskeletal physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology.
Research
Current Research and Capacity Building Projects including Grants
1. Title: Senate Research grant (SRG/COM/2000/17B)
Funder: University of Ibadan;
Summary: The grant was used to develop a Nigerian model of Back School in the form of a video and a booklet. The staff of a soap factory in Lagos were taken through the Back School in two sessions. The knowledge of the staff about back pain and what could be done to reduce its risk and how it is managed was significantly increased after the teaching. The health records of the factory clinic also showed a significant reduction in the number of low back pain cases seen in the clinic after one year.
Role: Principal investigator
Collaborators: Prof TO Alonge and Dr Femi Odebiyi
2. Title: Senate Research Grant(SRG/FCS/2010/6A)
Funder: University of Ibadan
Summary:The grant was used to develop the Ibadan low back disability scale and this entailed devising items, content validation, item selection, scaling responses, pre-testing and cognitive debriefing interview. The pre-testing was conducted in different hospitals in the southwest, southeast, south-south and north Nigeria. The scale was modified based on thefeedback from the pre-test and cognitive debriefing interview. The final item selection was performed by a group expert before the scale was then subjected structural validity process. The scale was also subjected to psychometric testing – reliability, construct validity, internal consistency and responsiveness.
Role: Principal investigator
Collaborators: Mrs Bolanle Nottidge.
3. Title: Initiative for improving pain education grantin developing/low-income countries
Funder: International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Summary: A four-day workshop on improving pain education among physiotherapy educators was conducted between 10 and 13 August, 2009 at the Supreme Management Resource Centre, Francis Okediji, Bodija Estate. Twenty-five physiotherapy lecturers and from seven universities and five physiotherapy clinicians from three teaching hospitals in Nigeria participated in the workshop. The resource persons included 3 consultant anaesthetists, 1 nursing science lecturer, 3 physiotherapy lecturers, 2 oncologists and 2 surgeons. Participants’ knowledge of pain was significantly higher after the workshop
Role: Principal investigator
Collaborator: Dr Adesola Odole
Publications
Journal Articles
1. Akinpelu AO, Iyaniwura JO, Ajagbe BO (2001): The Reliability of Berger’s Table in Estimating IRM and 10 RM of the Elbow Flexor Muscles in Normal Young Adults. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 57 No. 2, 11-15.
2. Akinpelu AO, Eluchie NC (2006): Familiarity with, Knowledge and Utilization of Standardized Outcome Measures among Physiotherapists in Nigeria. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 22 No. 2, 61-72.
3. Akinpelu AO, Maruf FA, Adegoke BOA (2006): Validation of a Yoruba Translation of the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Scale – Short Form among Stroke Survivors in South West Nigeria. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 35, 417-424
4. Akinpelu AO, Odole AC, Adegoke BOA, Adeniyi, AF (2007): Development and initial validation of Ibadan Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Measure. South African Journal of Physiotherapy Vol. 63 No. 2, 3-8.
5. Odole AC, Akinpelu AO, Bamgboye EA (2006): Validity and Internal Consistency of a Yoruba Version of the Ibadan Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Measure (Yoruba IKHOAM). African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 35, 349-357.
6. Odole AC, Akinpelu AO (2008): Validity and internal consistency of a Hausa translation of Ibadan Knee/Hip osteoarthritis outcome measure. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 6 No. 86 (doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-86)
7. Akinpelu AO, GbiriCA (2009): Quality of life of stroke survivors and apparently healthy individuals in south-western Nigeria. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 25 No. 1, 14-20
8. Gureje O, Akinpelu AO, Uwakwe R, Udofia O, Wakil A. (2007): Co-morbidity and impact of chronic spinal pain in Nigeria. Spine 32 No. 17, E495-500.
9. Akinpelu AO, Gbiri CA (2009): Quality of life of stroke survivors and apparently healthy individuals in south-western Nigeria. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 25 No. 1, 14-20.
10. Akinpelu AO, Alonge TO, Adekanla BA, Odole AC (2009): Prevalence and pattern of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in Nigeria: A community-based study. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice 7 No. 3.
11. Odole AC, Akinpelu AO (2009): Translation and alternate forms reliability of the Visual Analogue Scale in the three major Nigerian Languages. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice 7 No. 3.
12. Akinpelu AO, Maduagwu SM, Odole AC, Alonge TO (2011): Prevalence and pattern of knee osteoarthritis in a north eastern Nigerian rural community. East African Orthopaedic Journal 5, 48-54.
13. Odole AC, Akinpelu AO, Gbiri CA (2011). Validation of an Igbo translation of the Ibadan Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Measure. Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine 21 No. 3, 210-217.
14. Oyewole OO, Akinpelu AO, Odole AC (2013): Development of tibiofemoral angle in cohort of Nigerian children during the first 3 years of life. Journal of Child Orthopaedics Vol. 7 No. 2, 167-173.
15. Gbiri CA, Akinpelu AO (2012): Quality of life of Nigerian stroke survivors during first 12-months post stroke. Hong Kong Journal of Physiotherapy 30 No. 4, 18-24.
16. Akinpelu AO,Odetunde MO, Odole CA (2012): Cross-cultural adaptation and initial validation of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale into the Yoruba language. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research 35 No. 4, 339-344.
17. Okoye EC, Odole AC, Odunaiya N, Akosile CO, Akinpelu AO (2016): Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Maleka stroke community reintegration measure among Igbo stroke survivors. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 6, No.1, 254-263.
18. Odole AC, Oyewole OO, Akinpelu AO (2018): Familiarity with, knowledge and utilization of standardised outcome measures among Nigerian physiotherapists 10 years after initial survey. South Africa Journal of Physiotherapy Vol 74, No. 1, 1-6 DOI:10.4102/sajp.v74i1.435
19. Nottidge BA, Odole AC, Odunaiya NA, Akpa MO, Fawole OI, Akinpelu AO (2019): Development and structural validity of a Nigerian culture and environment-friendly low back pain outcome measure: Ibadan low back pain disability questionnaire. Ghana Medical Journal Vol 53, No 2, 126-134.
20. Nweke M, Nombeko M, Govender N, Akinpelu AO, Ukwuoma M (2022) Impact of HIV‑associated cognitive impairment on functional independence, frailty and quality of life in the modern era: a meta‑analysis. Scientific Reports12: 6470doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10474-8
Supervision
CURRENT STUDENTS
Doctoral Level
1. Project Title: Effect of an 8-week physiotherapy intervention on selected clinical parameters of individuals with knee osteoarthritis at different levels of bone mineral density
Student’s Name: Babatunde Ayo ADEKANLA
Year of Entry: 2013 (part time)
2. Project Title: Influence of stroke survivors’ sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on quality of life of primary informal caregiver during 12- month post-stroke
Student’s Name: Olusegun Adeyemi ADEJARE
Year of Entry: 2012 (part time)
3. Project Title: Knowledge and expectations of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury and stakeholders’ implementation of the 2018 Disability law of Nigeria
Student’s Name: Iyabo Aisha ABDULKAREEM
Year of Entry: 2019
PREVIOUS STUDENTS (Selected)
MastersLevel
1. Project Title: Reliability of the English and Yoruba versions of Ibadan Knee/Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Measure
Student’s Name: Mojisola Olayinka AKINWOLA
Examining Body: Postgraduate School Board of Examiners of the University of Ibadan
Year Completed: 2010
2. Project Title: Economic cost of non-specific neck pain in individual receiving care in selected hospitals in southwestern Nigeria
Student’s Name: Oyindamola Bushi AKINWUMI
Examining Body: Postgraduate School Board of Examiners of the University of Ibadan
Year Completed: 2015
3. Project Title: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Lequesne Algofunctional Index of Knee Osteoarthritis into Yoruba language and its psychometric testing among Yoruba-speaking patients
Student’s Name: Oluwatosin John OMOSANYA
Examining Body: Postgraduate School Board of Examiners ofthe University of Ibadan
Year Completed: 2021
Grants
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Other Interest/Hobbies
My interests include social and spiritual development of children, teaching them in the Children Sunday School of my church, giving support to Christian missionary bodies and contributing to the care of physically challenged children, being a member of the Board of the Home for Handicapped Children Foundation, Ijokodo, Ibadan.