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Professor Omid Khaiyat

DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCES

I am a Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiology and Health and Dean of the School of Health and Sport Sciences at Liverpool Hope University, UK. I completed a degree in Medicine in 1995 (MD) and obtained PhD in Musculoskeletal Science (Sports Medicine) from the University of Liverpool in 2006.

As a fully registered medical practitioner, I have developed strong clinical research collaborations, primarily specialising in upper limb function and pathologies. My research aims at using EMG in combination with a diverse range of technologies to investigate muscle health and function in relation to musculoskeletal pathologies, chronic health conditions, and evidence-based rehabilitation.

I am Chair of the successful biannual Shoulder Rehabilitation Conference and a member of European Society for Shoulder and Elbow Rehabilitation (EUSSER) and a recognised research partner of the UK Sport Institute for Upper Limb Research. 

  

Research interests:

  • Integrated assessment of Musculoskeletal Function and Health using Kinematic (Motion Capture) and Kinetic (EMG, Force) techniques in: Musculoskeletal and clinical health conditions; Ageing/Sarcopenia; Sport Injuries & Rehabilitation Exercises; Upper Limb/Shoulder; Sporting Activities; Daily Activities 
  • Outcome measurements and Health-related quality of life in musculoskeletal and clinical conditions
  • Exercise Prescription and Assessment of Function Recovery in common MSK injuries


Past and current PhD students/research projects:

  • Sadegh Alizadeh (PhD funding application in process - Norwegian Regional Health Authorities) - Effect of the time and duration of exercise for people with overweight and obesity
  • David Hawkes (PhD) - The pathophysiology of subacromial impingement syndrome
  • Ben Ashworth (PhD) - Optimising kinematic and maximising kinetic contributions to (sustainable) throwing performance
  • Sima J Farahani (PhD) - Muscle Ageing in older adults with and without Heart failure
  • Ruth Batin (PhD) - “Kinematics and Muscle Activation Profiles in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: Implications in Rehabilitation for Patients with Good and Poor Outcomes”
  • Beyza Altinpinar (PhD - External) - Gut and metabolome in physical frailty
  • Kostas Papadopoulos (PhD - External) - Towards diagnosis of secondary sarcopenia as comorbidity in heart failure: a multivariate biomarker approach
  • Liam Owens (PhD - Completed 2023) - Kinetic chain sequencing in overhead athletes with and without shoulder injury


Examples of recent publications: 

  • Do shoulder injuries result in alterations to the Kinetic Chain Sequence in Overhead Athletes? (Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine.- Accepted May 2024)
  • Muscle Activations of the Upper Extremity and Core during Elevation and Rotational Movements in Overhead Throwing Athletes (2024) International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy - doi: 10.26603/001c.94604)
  • Evaluation of the validity and reliability of the persian version of the rotator cuff quality of life (RC-QOL) questionnaire in patients with rotator cuff injuries: a brief report (2023). Tehran Univ Med J 2023, 81(4): 323-329
  • A Systematic Review of Randomised Control Trials to Assess Exercise Prescription Practice in Tennis Elbow (2023) Mathews Journal of Sports Medicine - https://doi.org/10.30654/MJSM.10007
  • Leucine-enriched whey protein supplementation, resistance-based exercise and cardiometabolic health in older adults: a randomised-controlled trial (2021) Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle - doi: 10.1002/jcsm.1280
  • Clustered Cardiometabolic Risk and Arterial Stiffness in Tennis Players Compared to Matched Healthy Physically Active (2021).  The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness - DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11674-8
  • Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: An Electromyographic Study of Shoulder Girdle Muscle Fatigue (J of Electromyography and Kinesiology, (2018) 38: 136–142.
  •  Postural Alterations in Patients with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, (2017) 12(7):1111-1120
  • Pain, Functional Disability, Psychological Status, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome. Cogent Medicine, (2017) 4: 1406631 - doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2017.140663
  • A randomised controlled trial of a group-based,gaze training intervention for children with Developmental Coordination. PLoSOne; (2017) 10;12(2):e0171782.
  • A2 milk enhances dynamic muscle function following repeated sprint exercise, a possible ergogenic aid for A1 protein intolerant athletes? Nutrients (2017), 9, 94; doi:10.3390/nu9020094
  •  Electromyographic Assessment of Forearm Muscle Function in Tennis Players With and Without Lateral Epicondylitis. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. (2015) 25(6):876-86.
  • Electromyographic Analysis of the Shoulder Girdle Musculature during External Rotation Exercises. Orthopaedic Journal of Sport Medicine. (2015) doi.org/10.1177/2325967115613
  • Electromyographic Analysis of Shoulder Girdle Muscles during Common Internal Rotation Exercises. The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, (2015) 10(5):645-54
  • Total Elbow Arthroplasty: A Prospective Clinical Outcome Study of Discovery Elbow System with a 4-Year Mean Follow-Up. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (2015) 24:52-9.
  • Electromyographic Assessment of Muscle Fatigue in Massive Rotator Cuff Tear. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, (2015) 25(1):93-9
  • Upper Extremity strength and its relationship with Skeletal Muscle Mass Indices as Determined by Segmental Bio- impedance. European Journal of Applied Physiology, (2014) 114: 177-185
  • Outcome of Copeland shoulder resurfacing arthroplasty with a 4-year mean follow-up. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. (2013) 22(10):1352-8