DrLaura-Anne Furlong

Dr. Furlong's research focuses on understanding the neuromuscular underpinnings of human movement during walking, running and jumping. This is achieved by combining non-invasive in vivo measures of muscle and tendon behaviour and structure during these activities with biomechanical analyses of movement, forces and motor control.

More recent work has focused on applying novel time-series analyses to large datasets of motion, force and muscle activation to gain greater insight into fundamental understanding of how the lower limb functions and adapts during a variety of sporting and everyday tasks, and guide data-informed decision-making in both sports performance and rehabilitation. 

This work has been consistently funded by research councils in Ireland and the UK, and international industry partners, with over GB£600,000 acquired between 2008 and 2019 as both a principal and co-investigator.

Enquiries related to postgraduate and postdoctoral research in the above areas are welcome.