Dr Stephen Pearson

Senior Lecturer in Human & Applied Physiology

• Allerton C701
• T: 0161 295 2673
• E: s.pearson@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

BSc Hons Sports Science Sunderland University 1^st Class-  1996

PhD Human Physiology University College London  - 2003

Undergraduate:

Research Methods and Study Design (L5)

Exercise Physiology (L5)

Dissertation (L6)

Exercise across the lifespan (L6)

Exercise prescription for Special Populations (L6)

Postgraduate:

Science of sports performance (Masters)

Adaptations to muscle & tendon with training and ageing - physiological, molecular and structural

Interventions/strategies to ameliorate muscle loss with ageing (sarcopenia) - nutritional and exercise

Higher Education Academy Fellow

Member of the Physiological Society

5 Most recent publications

Pearson S. J and  McMahon J. (2012). Lower limb mechanical properties: determining factors and implications for performance. Sports Med. 2012 Nov 1;42(11):929-40. doi: 10.2165/11635110-000000000-00000.

Pearson S. J, Ritchings T and Mohammad, A (2012). The use of normalized cross correlation analysis for automatic tendon excursion measurement in dynamic ultrasound imaging. J Appl Biomech. May 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Pearson S .J and Whittaker A. F (2012).  Footwear in Classical Ballet: A Study of Pressure Distribution and Related Foot Injury in the Adolescent Dancer. J Dance Med Sci. 16(2):51-6.

Pearson SJ, Onambélé GL ( 2012). Computation methods affect the reported values of in vivo human tendon stiffness. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. Jan;5(1):291-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.08.008. Epub 2011 Aug 24.

Onambele-Pearson GL, Pearson SJ. (2012). The magnitude and character of resistance-training-induced increase in tendon stiffness at old age is gender specific.. Age (Dordr). Apr;34(2):427-38.