Matt King – hip pain and biomechanics in athletes, hip osteoarthritis, rehabilitation

This week Zuzana and I spoke to Dr Matt King from the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre.  Matt is a physiotherapist, researcher and educator with a special interest in hip pain and biomechanics in athletes.

Zuzana and I asked Matt about his PhD research on men and women with hip-related pain and the use of biomechanics to understand why some people with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) develop osteoarthritis later in life. We also spoke about rehabilitation for people with hip pain and differences between men and women in movement patterns in sport. We then had a really interesting conversation about biomechanical research, women in sport and how clinicians can get involved in research. 

This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.

 In this episode:

• 0:00 Welcome Matt
• 2:25 What got Matt interested in research?
• 4:09 Biomechanical risk factors for progression of FAIS and hip osteoarthritis (OA)
• 5:07 Are higher demand tasks associated with faster progression of hip OA? 
• 5:43 Low level vs high level tasks
• 7:52 What is it about walking that we should be looking at in athletes?
• 10:10 Stair running in athletes with hip pain - Load the hip without hip extension
• 12:50 Backwards walking and running for rehabilitation
• 14:40 Men vs women in high and low impact tasks
• 17:28 The trade-off between the ankle and the hip
• 20:15 How to women move compared to men?
• 22:31 Participation rates are increasing in women and girl’s football
• 25:25 How do you measure biomechanics?
• 30:55 How can you measure forces and joint angles in the clinic?
• 32:57 The FORCE project
• 33:32 The prep-to-play program
• 34:15 ACL and knee osteoarthritis – Adam Culvenor and colleagues
• 35:15 How can clinicians get involved in research?
• 38:30 Volunteer for research – doors will open
• 40:26 The importance of support, mentoring, reflection and teamwork
• 44:19 How to re-open the bar at a conference – essential skills for face-to-face conferences

Read more about Matt: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/m2king

Contact Matt on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/mattking_physio

Follow the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaTrobeSEM

Matt talked about this paper in the episode: ‘Lower limb biomechanics during low- and high-impact functional tasks differ between men and women with hip-related groin pain’

Link here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31181339/

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