University staff appointed to international medical role
30 March 2011
The University’s Director of Sports Rehabilitation has been
made a member of the International Academy of Musculoskeletal
Medicine (IAMMM).
Angela
Clough has been invited to join the academy after serving for the
past four years as co-editor of the International Journal of
Musculoskeletal Medicine. She will now work alongside other
experts, clinicians and universities from around the world in
helping to shape the future of the industry.
As part of her role at the IAMMM, Angela
will also join the organisation’s Reliability Committee. Working
alongside experts from Belgium and Russia, she will be tasked with
looking at the quality of studies within industry and academia and
help to ensure scientific testing remains valid.
Through her work with the academy, Angela
will attend the International Olympic Committee World Conference on
Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport on Thursday 7 April in
Monaco. She will discuss her work with Hull Kingston Rovers and
current research into whiplash injuries sustained in the sport of
professional rugby league.
Angela Clough from the Department of Sport,
Health and Exercise Science says: “Getting the chance to work with
the academy is a real honour. From a personal perspective, I will
be able to help shape professional teaching methods and form links
with the best experts in the field, this will further enhance the
practices at the University.”
“We have a strong department at the University
and our work with the academy will help to bring further academic
kudos - ensuring we continue to attract top quality candidates and
produce excellent sport rehabilitators.”
Ends.
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Notes to Editors
About the International Academy of Musculoskeletal Medicine
(IAMMM)
The academy was first constituted in 2004
as part of the Federation for Manual and Musculoskeletal Medicine
before becoming an independent body in 2008.
The mission of the IAMMM is to make manual and
musculoskeletal medicine a distinct medical discipline, where
practice and teaching are based on a scientific
platform.
About Angela
Clough
Angela Clough is a Health Professional
Council registered physiotherapist and Director of Undergraduate
Rehabilitation on the honours degree course in Sport
Rehabilitation. Her area of expertise is musculoskeletal
physiotherapy and she specialises in the management of whiplash
associated disorder (WAD) & anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
rehabilitation.
She is on the Editorial board of The
International Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine. Chair of the
Research Committee of the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine,
Education Committee member of SOM and Executive committee member of
BASRaT.