The expertise with the group spans the disciplines of physiology, biochemistry, psychology and biomechanics.
Research is undertaken in collaboration with scientists and clinicians in the U.K. and Europe.
Individual staff research profiles and contact numbers are provided below. Dr Alan Donnelly Senior lecturer in the department of Physical Education and Sport Science and a physiologist specialist in human skeletal muscle function. Exercise induced disruption to muscle connective tissue. Motor unit recruitment during repeated eccentric muscle contractions. Dr Drew Harrison Lecturer in the department of Physical Education and Sport Science and a specialist in human biomechanics.