Prof Stephen Preece's Outputs (66)

Outcome data for the BEPKO-2 feasibility study (2025)
Data

These xls files contains the out data collected from the 82 participants who were recruited into the BEPKO-2 feasibility study. Note that there was missing data from one participant in the CMT group at baseline for the WOMAC outcome.

Manuscript wi... Read More about Outcome data for the BEPKO-2 feasibility study.

The Relationship Between Usage of Personal Electronic Devices and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
Clark, A., Cooper-Ryan, A. M., Brown, T., Preece, S. J., & Clarke-Cornwell, A. M. (2024). The Relationship Between Usage of Personal Electronic Devices and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. #Journal not on list, 15(1), 23-41. https://doi.org/10.59481/197309

Background: Over the last decade, the use of personal electronic devices has increased rapidly in both children and adolescents. With this growth comes a need to understand the potential association between personal electronic device usage and muscul... Read More about The Relationship Between Usage of Personal Electronic Devices and Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

Illness perceptions, symptom severity and psychosocial outcomes in adults with dysfunctional breathing. (2024)
Journal Article

Background: People with dysfunctional breathing (DB) experience symptoms such as air hunger and breathing pattern irregularities. The condition is often comorbid with other respiratory conditions, as well as anxiety and depression. Illness perception... Read More about Illness perceptions, symptom severity and psychosocial outcomes in adults with dysfunctional breathing..

Cognitive muscular therapy for low back pain (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose: Cognitive Muscular Therapy (CMT) is a new treatment for low back pain which integrates psychological techniques for pain management alongside training to improve postural control. Rather than focus on postural alignment or strength, CMT aims... Read More about Cognitive muscular therapy for low back pain.

From sceptic to believer: Acceptability of cognitive muscular therapy TM, a new intervention for knee osteoarthritis (2023)
Journal Article
Ghio, D., Brookes, N., Preece, S., & Walsh, N. (in press). From sceptic to believer: Acceptability of cognitive muscular therapy TM, a new intervention for knee osteoarthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1842

Background: Cognitive Muscular TherapyTM (CMT) is an integrated behavioural intervention developed for knee osteoarthritis. CMT teaches patients to reconceptualise the condition, integrates muscle biofeedback and aims to reduce muscle overactivity, b... Read More about From sceptic to believer: Acceptability of cognitive muscular therapy TM, a new intervention for knee osteoarthritis.

Individuals with knee osteoarthritis demonstrate increased passive stiffness of the hip flexor muscles (2023)
Journal Article

Background: People with knee osteoarthritis stand and walk with increased trunk flexion. This altered postural alignment will increase hamstring activation, elevating mechanical knee loads during walking. Increased hip flexor stiffness may lead to in... Read More about Individuals with knee osteoarthritis demonstrate increased passive stiffness of the hip flexor muscles.

Increased trunk flexion may underlie elevated knee flexor activity in people with knee osteoarthritis (2021)
Journal Article
Preece, S., & Alghamdi, W. (2021). Increased trunk flexion may underlie elevated knee flexor activity in people with knee osteoarthritis. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 33, 216-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2021.10.006

Background: Previous research has demonstrated elevated activation of the knee flexor muscles in people with knee osteoarthritis. People with this condition have also been observed to walk with increased trunk flexion; this may alter biomechanical lo... Read More about Increased trunk flexion may underlie elevated knee flexor activity in people with knee osteoarthritis.

A new integrated behavioural intervention for knee osteoarthritis : development and pilot study (2021)
Journal Article
Preece, S., Brookes, N., Williams, A., Jones, R., Starbuck, C., Jones, A., & Walsh, N. (2021). A new integrated behavioural intervention for knee osteoarthritis : development and pilot study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22(1), 526. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04389-0

Background: Exercise-based approaches have been a cornerstone of physiotherapy management of knee osteoarthritis for many years. However, clinical effects are considered small to modest and the need for continued adherence identified as a barrier to... Read More about A new integrated behavioural intervention for knee osteoarthritis : development and pilot study.

KOOS clinical from Cognitive Muscular Therapy developmental study (2021)
Data

This xls file contains the KOOS data collected from the final 11 participants who received the Cognitive Muscular Therapy intervention

Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults (2021)
Journal Article
Preece, S., Tan, Y., Alghamdi, T., & Arnall, F. (2021). Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 44(4), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2020.09.006

Objectives: An increase in anterior pelvic tilt is often assumed to result from short hip flexor muscles. Such altered postural alignment may increase the stress on the lumbar spine and has been shown to be a characteristic of specific low back pain... Read More about Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults.

Kinematic characteristics of male runners with a history of recurrent calf muscle strain injury (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Calf muscle strain injuries are a common running injury affecting male runners and are known to have high reoccurrence rates. Currently, limited evidence exists investigating factors associated with this injury with no previous study inve... Read More about Kinematic characteristics of male runners with a history of recurrent calf muscle strain injury.

The between-day repeatability, standard error of measurement and minimal detectable change for discrete kinematic parameters during treadmill running (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Kinematic parameters of the trunk, pelvis and lower limbs are frequently associated with both running injuries and performance, and the target of clinical interventions. Currently there is limited evidence reporting the between-day repeat... Read More about The between-day repeatability, standard error of measurement and minimal detectable change for discrete kinematic parameters during treadmill running.

The association between running kinematics and common overuse injuries in runners : implications for injury and rehabilitation (2020)
Thesis
Bramah, C. The association between running kinematics and common overuse injuries in runners : implications for injury and rehabilitation. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Running related injuries are influenced by a complex interaction between multiple factors. Running kinematic patterns represent one such factor which will influence the load applied to musculoskeletal structures during each foot contact o... Read More about The association between running kinematics and common overuse injuries in runners : implications for injury and rehabilitation.

Prolonged sitting and physical inactivity are associated with limited hip extension : a cross-sectional study (2020)
Journal Article
Boukabache, A., Preece, S., & Brookes, N. (2021). Prolonged sitting and physical inactivity are associated with limited hip extension : a cross-sectional study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 51, 102282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2020.102282

Background: It is possible that physical inactivity and prolonged sitting could lead to changes in muscle properties or bony limitations which may reduce passive hip extension.
Objectives: This study explored the association between passive hip ext... Read More about Prolonged sitting and physical inactivity are associated with limited hip extension : a cross-sectional study.

The effect of increasing trunk flexion during normal walking (2020)
Journal Article

Background: The head, arms and trunk segment constitute a large proportion of the body’s mass. Therefore, small alterations in trunk inclination may affect lower limb joint moments and muscle activation patterns. Although previous research has invest... Read More about The effect of increasing trunk flexion during normal walking.

Between-day repeatability of lower limb EMG measurement during running and walking (2020)
Journal Article

There are minimal data describing the between-day repeatability of EMG measurements during running. Furthermore, there are no data characterising the repeatability of surface EMG measurement from the adductor muscles, during running or walking. The p... Read More about Between-day repeatability of lower limb EMG measurement during running and walking.

The performance of an algorithm for classifying gym-based tasks across individuals with different body mass index (2020)
Journal Article
Gerrard-Longworth, S., Preece, S., Clarke-Cornwell, A., & Goulermas, Y. (2020). The performance of an algorithm for classifying gym-based tasks across individuals with different body mass index. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 24(4), 282-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2020.1815749

Previous activity classification studies have typically been performed on normal weight individuals. Therefore, it is unclear whether a generic classification algorithm could be developed that would perform consistently across individuals who fall wi... Read More about The performance of an algorithm for classifying gym-based tasks across individuals with different body mass index.

Example LDA classifier.zip (2020)
Data

Matlab code to implement activity classification algorithm

Could relative movement between the adductor muscles and the skin invalidate surface electromyography measurement? (2020)
Journal Article
Elsais, W., Preece, S., Jones, R., & Herrington, L. (2020). Could relative movement between the adductor muscles and the skin invalidate surface electromyography measurement?. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 36(5), 319-325. https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2019-0299

The superficial hip adductor muscles are situated in close proximity to each other. Therefore, relative movement between the overlying skin and the muscle belly could lead to a shift in the position of surface electromyography (EMG) electrodes and co... Read More about Could relative movement between the adductor muscles and the skin invalidate surface electromyography measurement?.

Using the spring-mass model for running : force-length curves and foot-strike patterns (2020)
Journal Article
Gill, N., Preece, S., & Baker, R. (2020). Using the spring-mass model for running : force-length curves and foot-strike patterns. Gait & Posture, 80, 318-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.06.023

Background: The spring-mass model is commonly used to investigate the mechanical characteristics
of human running. Underlying this model is the assumption of a linear force-length relationship,
during the stance phase of running, and the idea that... Read More about Using the spring-mass model for running : force-length curves and foot-strike patterns.