Dr. Brian Caulfield, Head of School, School of Physiotherapy & Performance Science
Dr Brian Caulfield has worked as a lecturer in the School of Physiotherapy UCD for over 10 years, and has been Head of School since September 2007.He joined the Institute for Sport and Health in the summer of 2007.His research interests fall within the areas of motor control and exploitation of technology to advance rehabilitation science in sport and health. His early work focused on the role of disordered motor control in the development of soft tissue injuries (such as ankle and knee sprains) and investigation into the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for these injuries. More recently the focus of his work has moved towards the integration of sensor and wearable computer technology to develop unobtrusive methods of motion and physiological analysis and therapies for sport and health, including the development of novel methodologies for electrical stimulation of muscle. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation and is a member of the International Ankle Consortium.
Recent publications include:
- Dunne, E., Walsh, P., Smyth, B., Caulfield, B. ‘An evaluation of the predictive power of component vector angles for seated spinal posture monitoring.’ Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007; 1:5747-50.
- Fitzgerald, D., Foody, J., Kelly, D., Ward, T., Markham, C., McDonald, J., Caulfield, B. ‘Development of a wearable motion capture suit and virtual reality biofeeedback system for the instruction and analysis of sports rehabilitation exercises.’ Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007; 1:4870-4.
- Minogue, C.M., Caulfield, B.M., Reilly, R.B. ‘What are the electrical stimulation design parameters for maximum VO2 aimed at Cardio-Pulmonary rehabilitation?’ Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007; 1:2428-31.
