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Institution: Imperial College London
Department of Surgery and Cancer
PhD Supervisor: Dr C Alexander
Application Deadline: 12 October 2013
The opportunity focuses on the group’s work in the area of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, which is a painful condition for the young and middle aged adult for which effective treatment may lessen the burden on NHS. This project will seek to explore the kinematics of the knee during functional tasks to extract important factors that may be useful when developing physical therapies.
You will be working in the MSK laboratories of Imperial College, London with the Human Performance Group, as well as the musculoskeletal clinical team of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This group explores biomechanics, motor control, physical performance and clinical effectiveness in a range of people from elite athletes to patients with musculoskeletal pathologies.
The student will be involved in the development and use of testing procedures that describe the biomechanics of the knee using the VICON motion tracking system. This project will focus on the development and delivery of the tests and compare the biomechanics of the knee in people with average flexibility, people with Generalised Hypermobility who are not in pain and people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.
Requirements:
This will necessitate an understanding of biomechanics and its measurement and the subsequent data analysis in relation to performance of tasks and pathology. Demonstrating experience in
recruiting and working with people who are in pain would be an advantage.
Applicants should usually have a good 1st class undergraduate degree in engineering, physiotherapy, medicine or a clinical science. A desirable qualification is a MSc in Biomedical Engineering.
Applicants must be EU nationals or have permanent leave to remain in the UK. Applicants must be fluent in
spoken and written English.
Applications must include the following:
• A personal statement that includes your relevant experience
• A detailed CV
• Transcripts of all degree results
• The contact details for two referees
Please send applications to m.minns@imperial.ac.uk by 12 October 2012
Funding Notes:
Stipend - £17,500 tax-free per annum for three years
Fees - £5,000 per annum
Consumables - £2,000 for the project
Department of Surgery and Cancer
PhD Supervisor: Dr C Alexander
Application Deadline: 12 October 2013
The opportunity focuses on the group’s work in the area of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, which is a painful condition for the young and middle aged adult for which effective treatment may lessen the burden on NHS. This project will seek to explore the kinematics of the knee during functional tasks to extract important factors that may be useful when developing physical therapies.
You will be working in the MSK laboratories of Imperial College, London with the Human Performance Group, as well as the musculoskeletal clinical team of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This group explores biomechanics, motor control, physical performance and clinical effectiveness in a range of people from elite athletes to patients with musculoskeletal pathologies.
The student will be involved in the development and use of testing procedures that describe the biomechanics of the knee using the VICON motion tracking system. This project will focus on the development and delivery of the tests and compare the biomechanics of the knee in people with average flexibility, people with Generalised Hypermobility who are not in pain and people with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.
Requirements:
This will necessitate an understanding of biomechanics and its measurement and the subsequent data analysis in relation to performance of tasks and pathology. Demonstrating experience in
recruiting and working with people who are in pain would be an advantage.
Applicants should usually have a good 1st class undergraduate degree in engineering, physiotherapy, medicine or a clinical science. A desirable qualification is a MSc in Biomedical Engineering.
Applicants must be EU nationals or have permanent leave to remain in the UK. Applicants must be fluent in
spoken and written English.
Applications must include the following:
• A personal statement that includes your relevant experience
• A detailed CV
• Transcripts of all degree results
• The contact details for two referees
Please send applications to m.minns@imperial.ac.uk by 12 October 2012
Funding Notes:
Stipend - £17,500 tax-free per annum for three years
Fees - £5,000 per annum
Consumables - £2,000 for the project