Professor Alison McGregor
Mechanisms of Injury
Alison McGregor is a Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, where she manages the Human Performance Group.
Her research focuses on the musculoskeletal system with respect to:
- mechanisms of injury;
- effects of injury on function and
- injury management.
To date her work has largely focused on the lumbar spine by considering its function to be a composite of interacting systems including a:
- passive or skeletal system which permits segmental joint motion;
- muscular system which provides the muscles to create motion these body segments;
- control system (the central nervous system) which co-ordinates the muscles and body segments
This approach has been used to investigate several aspects of funciton. She has also investigated aspects of management and surgical care pertaining to the surgical management of low back and leg pain including:
- surveys of practice,
- clinical cohort studies,
- development of evidenced-based information [www.tso.co.uk/bookshop]
- a large randomised controlled multi-centre clinical trial investigating optimal post-operative management
She has also led with Professor Anthony Bull a programme of research into rowing performance, with a focus on rowing kinematics and mechanisms of injury. This work has been in association with the GB Rowing team and on-going studies are contributing to the Team’s preparations for the 2012 home Olympic Games.
Clinical specialities relevant to: anyone musculoskeletal – so surgeons, physios, OT, etc plus anyone interested in sports or performance medicine.
Further information:
http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/people/a.mcgregor/
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