Jake graduated with a high BSc (Hons) and a high Merit MSc in Sports and Exercise Sciences from Brunel University. During his MSc, Jake experienced biomechanics in an applied setting as a Sport Science Intern at Watford F.C which gave him practical insights to the planning and execution of carefully considered training programmes.
Jake's PhD is titled 'Does gait retraining have the potential to slow osteoarthritis (OA) development and prolong the benefits of knee realignment surgery (High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO))? Jake defended his PhD in 2022 under the supervision of Professor Cathy Holt and Dr Gemma Whatling at Cardiff University, School of Engineering Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Facility, with funding from Biomechanics and Bioengineering Research Centre Versus Arthritis (BBRC VA).
The PhD quantified external knee adduction moments and developed musculoskeletal models to determine load distribution in the tibia subchondral bone pre-to-post-HTO. Gait and full body joint biomechanics were quantified for healthy volunteers and patients pre-and post-HTO, to reveal biomechanical differences. Generated recommendations for gait modifications that are beneficial to patients with knee OA and contribute to rehabilitation protocols with the aim to lead to clinical trials.
The PhD integrated: 3D Motion Capture (Qualisys), EMG (Delsys Trigno) and Force Platforms (Bertec) analysis to fully understand gait retraining approaches and the effects of HTO. He incorporated multiple types of analysis including conventional discrete metrics and full waveform principal component analysis. Jake also used musculoskeletal modelling to better understand medial and lateral tibiofemoral joint contact forces pre and post lower limb correction surgery.
During his PhD, Jake spent six weeks at KU Leuven, undergoing training on human motion simulation work as a result of successfully obtaining an OATech Network+ Early Career Researcher grant.
From November 2021 to August 2022 Jake spent time as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cardiff University. He achieved his first Co-Investigator award on an EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account titled ‘Gait Retraining for patients undergoing High Tibial Osteotomy’. This work aimed to build an in-house pipeline to provide participants with real-time feedback on lower limb biomechanics during daily activities. His second Research Associate position was focused on better understanding of mechanical loading of knee OA and the relationship to pain-related functional impairment, as part of the wider OATech+ Network project.
Jake joined the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kent in September 2022, and now lectures the Biomechanics and Statistic modules.
My previous Research Associate position was focused on better understanding mechanical loading of knee osteoarthritis and the relationship to pain-related functional impairment as part of the wider project of OATech+ Network (OATech+ Network).
My future research plans align with understanding sport, exercise and health lower limb joint injuries and pathologies and linking to joint disease and pathologies later in life.
SPOR5770 Biomechanical Analysis
SPOR3540 Anatomy and Biomechanics of Movement
SPOR5920 Research Methods
Jake is open to supervising new PhD and MSc students and can be contacted via the email above.
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