Rate My Professor Carmel Nottle

Dr. Carmel Nottle serves as Lecturer in Human Movement (Growth and Motor Development) at the School of Allied Health and Human Performance, College of Health, Adelaide University. She completed her studies in Sports Science at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia, in 2004. Subsequently, she worked in various roles at the university before relocating to Hamilton, New Zealand, where she lectured at the Waikato Institute of Technology for three years. In July 2009, Nottle returned to Australia to assume her position at the University of South Australia, continuing her academic career now at Adelaide University. Her teaching strengths encompass exercise physiology, exercise prescription, rehabilitation, and anthropometry. She delivers courses including Foundations in Human Movement, Exercise and Sports Science; Musculoskeletal Evaluation and Exercise Rehabilitation; and Exercise and Sport Science Project Design.

Nottle's research interests span anthropometry; exercise-induced muscle damage and delayed onset muscle soreness; physical activity monitoring and physical activity in children; pets, health, and leisure; sport and exercise science; as well as human-animal interactions and human-animal leisure. Notable publications include McGregor et al. (2025) "Exploring pregnancy and postpartum experiences among geographically diverse elite athletes: a qualitative study" in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport; Jenner et al. (2024) "Reliability of lower limb strength assessment in female team sport athletes" in Physical Therapy in Sport; Pugh, Nottle, and Young (2024) "The effects of assistance dogs on social acknowledgements and engagement of people with visible disabilities - a case study" in Human-Animal Interactions; Kaivalya et al. (2023) "More than dog walking: pets as physical activity and social connection facilitators in the lives of retirement village residents" in Human-Animal Interactions; and earlier works such as Nottle and Nosaka (2007) "Repeated bout effect conferred by downhill backward walking" and Farr et al. (2002) "The effects of therapeutic massage on delayed onset muscle soreness and muscle function following downhill walking." She contributes to funded projects including "Caring for older South Australians and homeless pets - foster teams" (SA Department for Health and Wellbeing, 2023-2026) and "How’s it work for the kitty-cats?" (Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, 2019-2022). Nottle is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students and has engaged the public via The Conversation article "Curious kids: how do guide dogs know where their owners want to go?" (2019).