Research interests
- Epidemiology
- Observational research
- Lower limb osteoarthritis
- Musculoskeletal assessment
- Individual Participant data Meta-analysis
- Cohort studies
- Data harmonisation
- Population surevys
Lucy supervises PhD students in the following;
Time to return to play: Investigation of time to return to play following ankle injuries in sports. Student: Saed Al-Bimani. Funder: Oman Government scholarship.
RTCGAT: Validation of a real time clinical gait assessment tool. Student: Paul Harradine: Funder: The Podiatry Centre, Portsmouth.
She supervises external PhD students in the following;
Foot factors and running injuries: An investigation into the relationship between foot status and running related injuries. Student: Jerneja Uhan: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford.
Research projects:
Lucy is current co/lead of the following:
The burden of foot pain and conditions across geographical regions: An international cohort collaboration of individual patient level data in 5 cohorts to determine the prevalence of foot pain stratified by important factors.
Physical activity and osteoarthritis Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-Analysis: An international collaboration of an individual patient level meta-analysis on the association between physical activity and osteoarthritis.
Occupation and osteoarthritis of the knee: An international collaboration of an individual patient level meta-analysis on the association between occupation and osteoarthritis.
Funder Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise & Osteoarthritis, University of Oxford and Southampton
She was previous co-lead of the following:
MILOS OA & Mortality IDP Meta-Analysis: An international collaboration of an individual patient level meta-analysis on the association between osteoarthritis and Mortality. Funder Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise & Osteoarthritis, University of Oxford
Three international consensus studies: using world experts in each field of methodology, osteoarthritis and physical activity to i) define methodology to undertake high quality analysis on multiple large cohort data sets ii) establish a clinical definition of knee osteoarthritis for use in population studies iii) provide a standardised definition of physical activity.
She was (and remains) Principle Investigator for the following:
The International Musculoskeletal Foot and Ankle assessment (IMFAA): The development of a standardised foot and ankle assessment tool for use in clinic and research. This is currently being taken forward in collaboration innovation and enterprise departments within the University of Southampton to develop a Repository for all outcome measures.
Co-investigator for the following:
COASt (foot): Clinical outcomes in knee arthroplasty and biomechanical foot and ankle assessment
. Funder Arthritis Research UK.
Acting Priniciple Investigator in the following:
Long-Term Health Outcomes in Ex-Cricketers: A phase 1 cross-sectional study investigating the risk factors for and prevalence of self-reported OA and long-term outcomes within English cricket and the prevalence of significant injury. Funder Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise & Osteoarthritis, The English Cricket Board and the CRN.
She collaborates on the following:
SHOES: People with Stroke and Parkinsons: Home and Outdoor shoES. Funder: RfPB NIHR.
ELFOAB: The epidemiology and lifetime risk of osteoarthritis within the foot and biomechanical functional outcomes. Funder: Dr W.M.Scholl Podiatric Research & Development fund.
Spidersole™: An industrial collaboration with SO3D (3D printing), in the development of a unique mesh-webbed insole design for use in patients with osteoarthritis: Fotisnet pump priming funding
Research group
Active Living and Rehabilitation
Affiliate research group
Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis
Research project(s)
The SpidersoleTM project has a primarily focus on further developing a novel insole design for management of foot osteoarthritis through investigation of appropriate materials and methods of printing and construction to a device that is wearable. A second phase of the study is being led by undergraduate BSc (Hons) Podiatry students and involves testing the ‘SpidersoleTM’ to determine its wearabilty and efficacy in terms of structure, performance, density and support during gait in the human performance laboratory and outdoors on different terrain.
Dr Lucy S GatesHealth Sciences Student Office University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ
Room Number: 67/4003