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Explore our ongoing research undertakings within our sports performance and musculoskeletal profiling project.

Contemporary applications in GPS analysis

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This group explores novel analytical metrics in better understanding the demands of elite sport, with implications for performance enhancement and injury prevention. We work with external partners to develop bespoke solutions to their challenges. Examples to date include peak within-game demands, the influence of fixture congestion, and objective monitoring of rehabilitation. Our capacity for data sharing facilitates distance relationships, and our on-campus field-based applications and laboratory-based validations provide great breadth in future projects.

Musculoskeletal profiling in sports (p)rehab

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This group has explored the issue of ‘functionality’ in musculoskeletal profiling, working with practitioners to develop meaningful data collection protocols and developing contemporary analysis metrics which can be easily applied in practice. Isokinetic dynamometry and motion capture technology represent the gold standard in clinical assessment of strength and movement strategy, primary and modifiable factors influencing performance and injury. Examples to date include a consideration of fatigue in isokinetic screening, the components of a ‘comprehensive’ test battery, and bespoke data collection protocols designed to reflect sport-specific movements and injury risk.

Physical profiling and talent development

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This group undertakes research across a variety of disciplines in which there is a distinct focus on athlete profiling and talent development. In addition, this group seeks to consider the physical, technical, and psychological elements of performance, in which data is generated from varying contexts with the intention to inform practice. Examples include an appreciation of broader concepts related to talent development (e.g., relative age effect, growth and maturation), in addition to specific factors such as fitness testing, and movement screening.