Biography
Dr Alister du Rose graduated from Health Sciences University as a chiropractor in 2009. After several years in clinical practice, he returned to the University in 2012 to undertake his PhD in spinal biomechanics, which he successfully completed in 2016. Upon completing his studies, Alister worked as a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the Master of Chiropractic course at the University of South Wales, before returning to his roots at Health Sciences University in January 2020.
Current Activity
Alister is the Research Lead for the AECC School of Chiropractic, and is involved in ongoing research in the areas of spinal biomechanics, low back pain and chiropractic education. He is also the Access and Participation Lead, and a Senior Lecturer within the department. Alister teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and is a doctoral supervisor.
Qualifications 
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences
- Master of Chiropractic
- Post Graduate Certificate (Chiropractic)
- PhD (Spinal Biomechanics)
Membership
Membership
- Fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractors
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Research Fellow Health Sciences University.
Research
Research
- Research interests include: Musculoskeletal, Spinal Biomechanics, Low Back Pain, Electromyography and Chiropractic Education.
VIEW ALISTER DU ROSE RESEARCH IN THE HSU UNIVERSITY COLLEGE RESEARCH REPOSITORY.
Publications
Publications
Padayachy, Keseri, Fatima, Ismail, Kahere, Morris, du Rose, Alister and Pohlman, Katherine A (2025) Mapping evidence of spinal manipulation therapy for headaches in South Africa: a scoping review of grey literature. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 25 (294). ISSN 2662-7671
Hemming, Rebecca, du Rose, Alister, Sheeran, L. and Sparkes, V (2025) Relationships Between Muscle Activation and Thoraco-Lumbar Kinematics in Direction-Specific Low Back Pain Subgroups During Everyday Tasks. Biomechanics, 5. ISSN 2673-7078
Malaya, Christopher, Stuber, Kent and du Rose, Alister (2024) A novel view of case reports in chiropractic clinical research: Barriers and solutions for clinicians. Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic, 7. pp. 173-179. ISSN 2688-111X
Branney, J., Breen, A., du Rose, Alister, Mowlem, P. and Breen, A. (2024) Disc degeneration and cervical spine intervertebral motion: A cross-sectional study in patients with neck pain and matched healthy controls. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 9 (55). ISSN 2411-5142
Hemming, R., du Rose, Alister, Sheeran, L., van Deursen, R. and Sparkes, V. (2023) Relationships between trunk muscle activation and thoraco-lumbar kinematics in non-specific chronic low back pain subgroups during a forward bending task. Gait & Posture, 107. pp. 96-103. ISSN 1879-2219
Myhrvold, B. L., Vikhaug, T. B., du Rose, Alister, Gausel, A. M., Eklund, A. and Axén, I. (2023) Evidence-based maintenance care among chiropractors in Norway: A cross-sectional survey in the Nordic maintenance care program. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 31 (26). ISSN 2045-709X
Verfaillie, C., du Rose, Alister and Miller, Amy (2023) Chiropractic management of non-synostotic deformational plagiocephaly in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics, 22. pp. 1984-1992. ISSN 2372-6210
Riipinen, Perttu, Holmes, Michelle, Ogilvie, Samantha, Newell, Dave, Byfield, David and du Rose, Alister (2022) Patient’s perception of exercise for management of chronic low back pain: A qualitative study exercise for the management of low back pain. Musculoskeletal Care, 20. pp. 848-859. ISSN 1478-2189
du Rose, Alister, Branney, Jonathan and Breen, Alan (2021) Association of spinal manipulative therapy with changes in cervical motion segment interactions in patients with neck pain: an observational study with matched asymptomatic controls. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 44. pp. 475-486. ISSN 0161-4754
Lindstrøm, René, Breen, Alex, Qu, Ning, du Rose, Alister, Andersen, Victoria Blogg and Breen, Alan (2021) Novel assessment of the variation in cervical inter-vertebral motor control in a healthy pain-free population. Scientific Reports, 11 (10769). ISSN 2045-2322
Cote, Pierre, Hartvigsen, Jan, Axen, Iben, Leboeuf-Yde, Charlotte, Corso, Melissa, Shearer, Heather, Wong, Jessica, Marchand, Andree-Anne, Cassidy, J David, French, Simon, Kawchuk, Gregory N, Mior, Silvano, Poulsen, Erik, Srbely, John, Ammedolia, Carlo, Blanchette, Marc-Andre, Busse, Jason W, Bussieres, Andre, Cancelliere, Carolina, Christensen, Henrik Wulff, Carvalho, Diana, de Luca, Katie, du Rose, Alister, Eklund, Andreas, Engel, Roger, Goncalves, Guillaume, Hebert, Jeffrey, Hincapie, Cesar A, Hondras, Maria, Kimpton, Amanda, Lauridsen, Henrik Hein, Innes, Stanley, Meyer, Anne-Laure, Newell, Dave, O’Neill, Soren, Pagé, Isabelle, Passmore, Steven, Perle, Stephen M, Quon, Jeffrey, Rezai, Mana, Stupar, Maja, Swain, Michael, Vitiello, Andrew, Weber, Kenneth, Young, Kenneth J and Yu, Hainan (2021) The global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review of the literature. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 29 (8). ISSN 2045-709X
Bailey, D. M. , Byfield, D. , du Rose, A. , & Corkill, R. (2018). Low back pain. Lancet, 392(10164), 2548. [DOI] [PubMed]
Du Rose, A. (2018). Have Studies that Measure Lumbar Kinematics and Muscle Activity Concurrently during Sagittal Bending Improved Understanding of Spinal Stability and Sub-System Interactions? A Systematic Review. Healthcare, 6(3), 112. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6030112
du Rose, Alister, Breen, Alex and Breen, Alan (2018) Relationships between muscle electrical activity and the control of inter-vertebral motion during a forward bending task. Journal of Electro – myography and Kinesiology, 43. pp. 48-54. ISSN 1050-6411
du Rose, Alister and Breen, Alan (2016) Relationships between lumbar inter-vertebral motion and lordosis in healthy adult males: A cross sectional cohort study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17 (121). ISSN 1471-2474
du Rose, Alister and Breen, Alan (2016) Relationships between paraspinal muscle activity and lumbar inter-vertebral range of motion. Healthcare, 4 (4). ISSN 2227-9032
