Michael Callaghan Ph.D., M.Phil., MCSP. (School of... -
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Published on: 1/1/1987
Last Visited: 6/20/2008
Dr. Callaghan has been involved in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and sports medicine physiotherapy both clinically and academically for about 20 years. He has been a physiotherapist at 3 Olympic Games and 4 Commonwealth Games as well as Physiotherapist to Everton Football club, Wigan Rugby League Club and the Great Britain Cycling Team. His general area of research has been the assessment and rehabilitation of the lower limb and his M.Phil and Ph.D. research degrees have focussed the patellofemoral joint in particular.This involves the use of MMG, EMG, kinetic gait analysis, proprioceptive testing, isokinetic and isometric muscle testing and electrical stimulation to assess muscle inhibition.He has instigated the first study to assess the use of therapeutic bracing on the patellofemoral joint using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).