Ms. Catherine Mwikali Muia

School of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy (Coordinator: COBES 1-Introduction To  Community Health and services)

Catherine Muia is alecturer in the department of physiotherapy at Alupe University. A holder of a MSc; Bsc, DPT in physiotherapy, and a PhD student in Physiotherapy at University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She has research experience in Women health and domestic violence against men. She is beneficiary of the Moi University-Linkoping collaboration for BSC & MSc in Physiotherapy in 2014 to 2017. She current a PhD beneficiary of NRF, University of the Western Cape, South Africa (2021-2024).

She was current a P1 AU-Funded Proposal 2023/2024

She has contributions in various publications and a conference

• Women and Men reproductive health
• Domestic violence against men
• Burns
• Orthopedics and metabolic related amputation and physiotherapy management
• Impairments and disability related to Motorcycle accidents
• Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Occupational health and safety and role of physiotherapy in preventive, treatment and rehabilitation
• Preventive strategies to abnormal aging process, impairments and disability in old age

1. Physiotherapists’ Use of Outcome Measure Tools in the Assessment of Neuro-Musculoskeletal Injuries for Short-Term Functional Rehabilitation Domains to Minimize Impairments and Disability following Commercial Motorcycle Road-Related Accident, Eldoret, Kenya https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajempr/article/view/272416
2. Socio-demographics, Causes of Injuries, and Rehabilitation Injury Categories in a Commercial Motorcycle Road-Related Orthopedics and Neurological Surgery Cohort in Eldoret, Kenya https://ajernet.net/ojs/index.php/ajernet/article/view/242
3. Challenges In Accessing Post-Operative Physiotherapy Services Following Discharge After Obstetric Fistula Repair, Eldoret, Kenya https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/view/228263
4. Male Lived Experience of Domestic Violence in the Households, Nyeri County, Kenya https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-2/136-145.pdf
5. Women’s perceptions of post-operative physiotherapy management at an obstetric fistula center in Eldoret, Kenya https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/view/172055

                  Conferences

1. World Conference for Physiotherapist(WCPT, 2017) -The East Africa Regional physiotherapy Scientific Conference;  Nairobi-Kenya  (5-7^th September, 2018).

                  Journals

1. Muia, C. M., Masinde, C. S. S., & Imbwaga, M. C. (2024). Physiotherapists’ Use of Outcome Measure Tools in the Assessment of Neuro-Musculoskeletal Injuries for Short-Term Functional Rehabilitation Domains to Minimize Impairments and Disability following Commercial Motorcycle Road-Related Accident, Eldoret, Kenya. African Journal of Empirical Research, 5(2), 581-597.
2. Muia, C. M., & Imbwaga, C. M. (2024). Socio-demographics, Causes of Injuries, and Rehabilitation Injury Categories in a Commercial Motorcycle Road-Related Orthopedics and Neurological Surgery Cohort in Eldoret, Kenya. African Journal of Empirical Research, 5(1), 59-73.
3. Muia, C. M., & Mlenzana, N. (2022). Challenges In Accessing Post-Operative Physiotherapy Services Following Discharge After Obstetric Fistula Repair, ELDORET, KENYA. East African Medical Journal, 99(5).
4. Muia, C. M., Masinde, P., & Rono, D. J. K. (2022). Male Lived Experience of Domestic Violence in the Households, Nyeri County, Kenya.
5. Muia, C. M., Kingau, N. W., & Mlenzana, N. (2017). Women’s perceptions of post-operative physiotherapy management at an obstetric fistula center in Eldoret, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 94(8), 671-684.

Physiotherapy classes

Orchid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2635-3555

Who.int: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/02/28/default-calendar/addressing-musculoskeletal-conditions–an-opportunity-for-health-systems-globally

cmwikali@au.ac.ke