Swansea University - griffiths_iwan

Dr Iwan Griffiths

Specialist Subjects: Biomechanics of Sports, Motion Analysis

Research Interests

Tracking the trajectory of spinning footballs

Clinical biomechanics and physical therapy

Three dimensional motion analysis

Magnetic nerve stimulation and EMG

Mobility in elderly and movement-restricted populations

Statistics and data analysis

Measurement and instrumentation

Research Activities

Partial weight bearing studies in physiotherapy

Measurement of football drag and lift coefficients

Measurement of comfort and mobility indices

Member of International Society for Biomechanics of Sports

Recent Publications

Student text book: Principles of Biomechanics and Motion Analysis. (2005)

Baltimore, USA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Griffiths, I.W., Evans, C.J. & Griffiths, N. (2005)

Tracking the flight of a spinning football in three dimensions.

Measurement Science and Technology 16, 10, 2056-2065

Griffiths, I.W., Watkins, J. & Sharpe, D.  (2004)

Measuring the moment of inertia of the human body by a rotating platform method.   American Journal of Physics  72, 4,1-8

Recreation/Sport

Qualified Level 1 Cricket Coach ECB

Boules

Swimming

General Information

BSc PhD (Wales)

Department of Sports Science
Swansea
TEL: +44 (0) 1792 513311
FAX: +44 (0) 1792 513171
E-MAIL: i.w.griffiths@swansea.ac.uk

Courses Taught

Biomechanics of Human Movement

Data Analysis


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