Miss Sara Horne
Research Fellow - Biomechanics

Research area(s)

• Sports injury epidemiology
• Sports injury risk factors and mechanisms
• Use of video-based methods to assess injury mechanisms
• Applied Biomechanics

Research Interests

Sara has a particular interest in identifying sports injury issues, their risk factors and underlying causes. This includes the use of video-based methods to more accurately assess injury causation across various sports. A deeper understanding of injury issues and their causes can improve injury prediction and guide more effective prevention strategies. 

Sara is currently completing her PhD research, which focuses on developing robust methodologies to analyze injury issues and mechanisms in elite netball in the UK. The project is being conducted in collaboration with England Netball and involves assessing injuries within the Vitality Netball Superleague competition.

She has been a Co-Investigator on 6 Football Association funded research projects assessing injury risk in mixed gender football at various age levels. This research has subsequently informed FA policy on mixed gender participation age limits.

Sara was also a Co-Investigator on a UEFA funded project assessing the risks and benefits of youth football players taking creatine supplementation.

Project details

• 2018-To date Assessment of injury epidemiology and mechanisms in elite UK Netball. PhD Research 
• 2012-2019 Injury Risk Assessment in Mixed Gender Football (6 projects). Football Association. L. Hills (PI) with S. Horne, and B. Baltzopoulos:  Making the Beautiful Game Fair Play
• 2014-2015 The benefits and risks of Creatine supplementation on respiratory health and performance markers. Union of European Football Associations. P. Kippelen (PI) and S. Horne (CI)