Dr Stephen Preece

Research Fellow

• Brian Blatchford PO43
• T: 0161 295 2273
• E: s.preece@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

Monday 7:00am – 3:30pm

Tuesday 9:00am – 5:30pm

Wednesday 8:00am – 4:30pm

Thursday 9:00am – 5:30pm

Friday 7:00am – 3:30pm

Since completing a Ph.D. in engineering mathematics, Steve has worked across a range of areas all related to biomedical engineering. In 2004 he began working at the University of Salford as a researcher in biomechanics. Over recent years he has worked on a range of projects relating to knee osteoarthritis, the biomechanics of the lower limb and activity monitoring using body mounted sensors.

Steve is currently supervising 7 PhD/Mphil students who are working on a range of different topics, including foot and ankle biomechanics, footwear and orthotic design, activity monitoring and running gait. As part of his work studying gait, he is involved in setting up a running gait analysis service at the University. Steve has a particular interest in the role of coordination in musculoskeletal pathology and has recently completed a project looking at the link between muscle coordination and pain in knee osteoarthritis patients. In addition to his research, Steve teaches quantitative research methodology and is leader of the college research methods module.

Module leader for College Research methods Module.

Gait characteristics & muscle coordination in knee osteoarthritis

Footwear design analysis and footwear biomechanics

Gait analysis of running

Foot and ankle biomechanics

EMG measurement and analysis (Multi-channel array & bipolar EMG)

3D Analysis of human motion

Activity monitoring using body-worn sensors &  activity classification analysis

BSc Hons Physics

PhD Engineering Mathematics

S Forghany, S Tyson, CJ Nester, SJ Preece, R Jones (2011). Foot posture after stroke: frequency, nature and clinical significance. Clinical Rehabilitation 25:1050-1055.

SJ Preece, LPJ Kenney, MJ Major, T Dias, E Lay, B Fernandes (2011). Automatic identification of gait events using an instrumented sock. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 8:32.

SForghany, R Jones, SJ Preece, S Tyson, CJ Nester (2010). Early observations of the effects of lateral wedge orthoses on lower limb muscle length and potential for exacerbating spasticity. Prosthetics and Orthotics International 34:319-326.

SJ Preece, JY Goulermas, LPJ Kenney, D Howard (2009). A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data. IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering 56:871-879.

SJ Preece, JY Goulermas, LPJ Kenney, D Howard, K Meijer, R Crompton (2009). Activity identification using body-mounted sensors – a review of classification techniques. Physiological Measurement 30:R1-R33.

L. Kallenberg, SJ Preece, C Nester, H Hermens (2009). Reproducibility of MUAP properties in array surface EMG recordings of the upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 19:e536-542.

SJ Preece, P Graham-Smith, C Nester, D Howard, L Herrington (2008). The influence of gluteus maximus on transverse plane tibial rotation. Gait & Posture 27:616-621.

SJ Preece, P Willan, C Nester, P Graham-Smith, L Herrington (2008). Variation in Pelvic Morphology May Prevent the Identification of Anterior Pelvic Tilt. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy 16:113-117