ProfessorAlison McGregor, PhD MSc MCSP

Her research on the musculoskeletal system focuses on

mechanisms of injury;
effects of injury on function and
injury management.

She has also investigated aspects of management and surgical care 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 contributed to the Team’s success at the London 2012 Olympic Games. She also represented College as a Torch Runner for the London 2012 Games. More recently she is involved in work exploring dance and musical performance. 

She is part of the Centre for Injury Studies leading aspects of recovery and rehabilitation. 


External Interests
As a result of her work in the field of back pain she currently has served as President and Secretary of the Society for Back Pain Research [http://www.sbpr.info/] and has served twice on the executive of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine [http://www.issls.org/home.aspx]. She has sat on the scientific panel for the Charity DISCS, the Physiotherapy Research Foundation, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit, Orthopaedic Research UK and Versus Arthritis. She has been an external examiner at several universities and including course examiner at Leeds University, the University of Hong Kong and the British School of Osteopathy in London