Flick Lucas

Thesis title: Genetic Predisposition and Clinical Risk Factors on Bone and Musculoskeletal injuries in Competitive Contact Sports: With a focus on the Female Athlete.

Start year: 2021

Contact: 18001133@brookes.ac.uk

Supervisor(s): Dr Alaaddine El-Chab, Dr Vasiliki Iatridi

Research topic

The research aims determine whether clinical and genetic risk factors are associated with bone injury and their influences.  Specifically:

  • The influences of both clinical and genetic risk factors to bone injury
  • Gender related differences to bone and musculoskeletal injury
  • Develop nutritional strategies that minimise and treat fractures and musculoskeletal injuries