A5073140168- Sports injuries and prevention
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Sports Performance and Training
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Cardiff Metropolitan University
2019-2025
Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
2009
Trained endurance runners appear to fine-tune running mechanics minimise metabolic cost. Referred as self-optimisation, the support for this concept has primarily been collated from only a few gait (e.g. stride frequency, length) and physiological (e.g., oxygen consumption, heart rate) characteristics. To extend our understanding, aim of study was examine effect manipulating ground contact time on cost in trained runners. Additionally, relationships between and, leg stiffness perceived...
The aim of this study was to establish alterations in vertical and lower-limb joint stiffness following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). 127 male patients 8-10 months post-ACLR 45 non-injured controls performed unilateral bilateral drop jumps, cutting, while ground reaction forces (GRFs) 3D kinematics were recorded. Stiffness changes GRF lower ACLR during jumps compared controls. also displayed knee the (d=-0.91, p < 0.001 d = 0.53, 0.001, respectively) cutting (d=-0.85,...
Background: Self-help materials can be effective for anxiety and depression in community settings, but there is little research on their use prisons.Aim: A pilot study to investigate the effectiveness of self-help treatment an adult male prison population.Method: Participants were assigned or group depending symptom profile. Within these groups they randomly intervention (received immediately) waiting list control after 4 weeks). completed self-report outcome measures at baseline, weeks 8...
The aim was to examine the effect of focus attention cues on foot angle for retraining movement purposes. Twenty (females: 8) rearfoot-striking recreational runners (mass: 72.5 ± 11.8 kg; height: 1.73 0.09 m; age: 32.9 11.3 years) were randomly assigned an internal (IF) (
Given the high rates of both primary and secondary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in multidirectional field sports, there is a need to develop easily accessible methods for practitioners monitor ACL injury risk. Field-based assess knee variables associated with are particular interest monitoring risk applied sports settings. Knee or proxy measures derived from wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) may thus provide powerful tool efficient management. Therefore, aim this study...
There are currently a multitude of tests used to assess readiness return sport (RTS) following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). The aim this study was establish the extent which movement strategies transfer between three common assessment tasks help improve design athlete testing batteries ACLR. A cohort 127 male patients 8-10 months post-ACLR and 45 non-injured controls took part in study. Three were completed (unilateral bilateral drop jump, 90° pre-planned cut), while...
<h3>Background</h3> Assessment of player's postural control following a lower limb injury is interest to sports medicine practitioners due its fundamental role in daily tasks and sporting activities. <h3>Objective</h3> The aim was measure the longitudinal changes rugby union players' injury. <h3>Design</h3> Prospective, assessment rehabilitation. <h3>Setting</h3> Elite Rugby Union. <h3>Participants</h3> Seven male players (height 1.80 ± 0.02 m; mass 100.3 11.4 kg; age 24 4 years)....
Assessment of player's postural control following a lower limb injury is interest to sports medicine practitioners due its fundamental role in daily tasks and sporting activities. The aim was longitudinally monitor professional rugby union players' during each phase the rehabilitation program (acute, middle, late) injury. Seven male players (height 1.80 [0.02] m; mass 100.3 [11.4] kg; age 24 [4] y) sustained time loss, noncontact Static assessed via sway path (in meters), dynamic vertical...
Changes in surface hardness are likely to alter an athlete's movement strategy. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk assessments that performed on a different used for training and competition may, therefore, not represent on-field strategies. The aim of this study was examine the influence multidirectional field sport athletes' strategies movements commonly ACL (bilateral unilateral drop jumps, cutting manoeuvre). Ground reaction forcesand three-dimensional lower limb kinematics...
Breathlessness is a universal experience during exercise and has relevance in the assessment management of paediatric respiratory disease. Understanding breathlessness underpinned by knowledge mechanics neurological control breathing. Respiratory disease may lead to at lower levels physical activity than health. However, many factors influence an individual's perception there overlap between physiologically explained psychological comorbidity. There are both subjective objective ways...