The Musculoskeletal and Rehabilitation Research Group focuses on understanding, preventing, and managing musculoskeletal dysfunction in sporting and general populations. Combining mechanistic, clinical, and behavioural approaches, the group investigates neuromuscular and biomechanical function, movement analysis, and rehabilitation strategies to improve performance, function, and quality of life.
Since 2017, the group has hosted the biannual International Shoulder Rehabilitation Conference, attracting leading experts from around the world and cementing the group’s reputation as a centre of expertise for upper limb research. It also collaborates closely with the English Institute of Sport and Liverpool University Hospitals, translating research into practical solutions for musculoskeletal health and rehabilitation.
Research Group Members
Prof. Omid Khaiyat
Dr Ginny Coyles
Dr Liam Owens
Dr Robin Owen
Dr Matt Jackson
Dr Hannah Shepherd
Dr Allan Munro
Dr Victoria Joyce
Joanna Thomas
Jane Ashbrook
- Kinematics and Muscle Activation Profiles in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: Implications in Rehabilitation for Patients with Good and Poor Outcomes
Collaborators: Liverpool Broadgreen Hospital
- The pathophysiology of subacromial impingement syndrome
- Optimising kinematic and maximising kinetic contributions to (sustainable) throwing performance
- Evaluating the use of electromyography in UK and European gait laboratories for the assessment of cerebral palsy and other neurological and musculoskeletal conditions
Collaborators: Oswestry Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cardiff University
- Individualised Gait Modification Interventions in Alkaptonuria Patients
Collaborators: Liverpool John Moores University, National Alkaptonuria Centre
- Imagery and practice structure effects on skill acquisition
- Muscle Ageing in older adults with and without Heart Failure
Early Rate of Force Development and Maximal Strength at Different Positions of the Athletic Shoulder Test in Baseball Players – Ashworth, B., Hank, M., Khaiyat, O., Coyles, G., Fallon Verbruggen, F., Zemkova, E., Zahalka, F., Maly, T., Sports, 13(9), 300.
Muscle Activity Relationships During Isometric Shoulder Internal and External Rotation Using the ForceFrame Dynamometer and Athletic Shoulder Tests in Baseball Athletes – Ashworth, B., Hank, M., Khaiyat, O., Coyles, G., Miratsky, P., Verbruggen, F. F., Zahalka, F., Maly, T., Frontiers in Physiology, 16.
Alterations to the Kinetic Chain Sequence After a Shoulder Injury in Throwing Athletes – Owens, L. P., Coyles, G., Khaiyat, O., Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 12(11), 23259671241288889.
An Expert Consensus Statement on Biomarkers of Ageing for Use in Intervention Studies – Perri, G., French, C., Agostinis-Sobrinho, C., Anand, A., Antarianto, R. D., Arai, Y., Baur, J. A., Cauli, O., Clivaz-Duc, M., Colloca, G., Demetriades, C., de Lucia, C., Di Gessa, G., Diniz, B. S., Dotchin, C. L., Eaglestone, G., Elliott, B. T., Espeland, M. A., Ferrucci, L., … Shannon, O. M., The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, glae297.
Examining the Equivalence Between Imagery and Execution – Does Imagery Comprise the Intended Spatial Trajectory? – Roberts, J. W., Wakefield, C. J., de Grosbois, J. P., Journal of Motor Behavior, 57(1), 31–42.
Trajectory Priming Through Obstacle Avoidance in Motor Imagery – Does Motor Imagery Comprise the Spatial Characteristics of Movement? – Roberts, J. W., Wakefield, C. J., Owen, R., Experimental Brain Research, 243(1), 9.
Evaluating the Use of Electromyography in UK and European Gait Laboratories for the Assessment of Cerebral Palsy and Other Neurological and Musculoskeletal Conditions – Shepherd, H., Reeves, J., Stewart, C., Gait & Posture, 117, 143–152.
