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Miss Sara Horne
Research Fellow - Biomechanics

Heinz Wolff 205

  • Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences

Summary

Sara is a Research Fellow and Laboratory Manager within the Biomechanics discipline in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at 水果派AVUniversity London. Her role involves the day-to-day management of the Biomechanics Laboratory and teaching and research within the areas of Biomechanics and Performance Analysis. Sara is currently conducting PhD research assessing the risk factors and mechanisms of injury in elite Netball.

Career History

After completing her BA (Hons) degree at West London Institute of Higher Education Sara was offered the position of Biomechanics Scientific Officer while completing her MSc in Sport Sciences at the same Institute (which became a College of 水果派AVUniversity). Subsequently she has worked as the Biomechanics Laboratory Manger at Brunel for many years being instrumental in the development of the laboratories and particularly the interfacing and integration of the advanced imaging and biomechanical techniques that support the biomechanics research group projects. Sara has also been actively involved in the teaching of Biomechanics at all levels and the Biomechanics groups various research projects. In 2012 her position changed to Research Fellow and Laboratory Manager in recognition of her involvement in a number of funded research projects.

Throughout her career Sara has also conducted consultancy work with a range of sports teams and athletes. She is a qualified Netball coach and applied Level 4 accredited performance analyst with the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport. She has worked as performance analyst for the 水果派AVHurricanes and Glasgow Wildcats Netball Superleague Teams and for the Scotland Netball squads. She continues to work with junior and elite athletes in a range of racket sports. Sara has more recently introduced Performance Analysis into the Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences curriculum and currently supports student projects and work experience in this area.

Qualifications

  • BA Sports Studies and History
  • Msc Sports Sciences
  • Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
  • UKCC Level 2 Netball coaching qualification
  • Dartfish Certified Technologist

Responsibility

College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences Health and Safety Committee

Newest selected publications

Horne, S., Shaheen, AF., Baltzopoulos, B. and Hills, L. (2024) ''. Systematic Reviews, 13 (1). pp. 1 - 27. ISSN: 2046-4053

Journal article

Horne, SL. (2013) 'The role of performance analysis in elite netball competition structures.', in Peters, PM. and O'Donoghue, P. (eds.) Performance Analysis of Sport IX. London : Routledge. ISBN 10: 0415643392. ISBN 13: 978-0415643399.

Book chapter

Coleman, DR., Cannavan, D., Horne, SL., Pedlar, C. and Blazevich, AJ. (2009) 'Effect of Tendon Stiffness and Leg Stiffness on Running Economy in well-trained Middle Distance Runners.'. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41. pp. 290 - 291. ISSN: 1530-0315

Journal article

Blazevich, AJ., Horne, S., Cannavan, D., Coleman, DR. and Aagaard, P. (2008) ''. Muscle and Nerve, 38 (3). pp. 1133 - 1146. ISSN: 1097-4598

Journal article

Blazevich, AJ., Cannavan, D., Coleman, DR. and Horne, SL. (2007) ''. Journal of Applied Physiology, 103 (5). pp. 1565 - 1575. ISSN: 8750-7587

Journal article
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