Current projects
Fatigue in people who are hypermobile
We are recruiting two groups of people. Healthy individuals are being compared to people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome. We are comparing the brain's ability to withstand fatigue as well as the muscle's ability to withstand fatigue between the two groups.
Rate of change of muscle strength of people who are hypermobile
We are recruiting three groups of people who have knee pain; people who are particularly flexible and have Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, people who are particularly flexible but do not have the syndrome and people who have average flexibility. We are asking them to do specific exercises over a 16 week period and we are comparing the rate at which they strengthen their knee muscle (Quadriceps).
Cortical and reflex control of Quadriceps
We are recruiting three groups; people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome and knee pain, people who are flexible but not in pain and people with average flexibility. We are comparing their corticospinal and reflex control of the Quadriceps muscle.
Kinematics and kinetics of knee movement in people who are hypermobile
We are recruiting different groups of people who are flexible and people who have average flexibility in order to examine movement patterns and forces through the knee (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.bates13).
Cortical control of shoulder muscles
We are recruiting healthy people to investigate the brain's ability to control shoulder muscles
Collaborators
Dr A Shaheen, University of Surrey, Scapula movement
Research Staff
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Research Student Supervision
Aldera,M, Low back pain in Saudi Arabia
Bates,A, Kinematics and kinetics of the knee in people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.
Clunie,G, What are the voice and swallowing concerns and outcomes of adults with laryngotracheal stenosis before and after airway surgery?
Kennedy,D, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: an investigation of the impact of neuropathic pain and somatosensory phenotype on postoperative outcome
Shaheen,A, Kinematics and kinetics of shoulder movement
Woodbridge,H, When should clinicians start early mobilisation on intensive care? Exploring the barriers to early mobilisation and developing tools to study the safety of mobilisation of Intensive Care Unit patients.