Research project

Muscle Tone in Space: Myotones experiment on the ISS (ILSRA-2014-0015)

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Emeritus Professor Maria Stokes
Other researchers:

Dr Martin Warner
Research funder:

Science And Technology Facilities Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor Maria Stokes

Connect with Maria

Email: M.Stokes@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Martin Warner PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

My research is focsued on enabling lifelong active living and healthy ageing through optimising neuro-musculoskeletal health. Specifically, my programme of research involves understanding the mechanisms of movement dysfunction and the development and validation of new technologies for research and clinical assessments. This research encompasses musculoskeletal to neurological diseases and various contexts including sports, occupational readiness, including astronauts in space and military personnel, and healthy ageing.
I have a particular interest and expertise in biomechanics of the shoulder and upper limb where I have developed and validated methods for measuring scapular and upper limb kinematics. These have been applied to understanding the biomechanical function of shoulder and neck pain, upper limb function following stroke, through to sports performance such as hand-cycling and swimming.

Connect with Martin

Email: M.Warner@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Protocol and reference values for minimal detectable change of MyotonPRO and ultrasound imaging measurements of muscle and subcutaneous tissue

Paul E. Muckelt, Martin B. Warner, Tom Cheliotis-James, Rachel Muckelt, Maria Hastermann, Britt Schoenrock, David Martin, Robert MacGregor, Dieter Blottner & Maria Stokes, 2022, Scientific Reports, 12(1)

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17507-2

Type: article

Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of ultrasound imaging for measuring quadriceps muscle and non-contractile tissue thickness of the anterior thigh

Filippo Mechelli, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Maria Stokes & Sandra Agyapong-Badu, 2019, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 5(3)

DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/ab102f