Name:  Prof. Jim Richards 
                            
Positions: Professor of Biomechanics, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
                  Research Lead for the Allied Health Research Unit
                  Chair of the College of Health & Wellbeing Professors/Readers Forum
 

Publications: >117

H-index: 25
 

Achievements: 

• Written and edited a number of textbooks including; Biomechanics in Clinic and Research (2008), the 5th edition of Whittle’s Gait Analysis (2012) and the Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Biomechanics (2018)

• Executive Board member of the International Society of Biomechanics Motor Control Working Group

• Reviewer for National Medical Research Council, Singapore
   
• Reviewer for the Icelandic Research Fund
   
• Scientific Member of the UK Limbless Association Medical Panel

• Member of the UK Limbless Association Medical Panel, UK

• Honorary Fellowship, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK

• Honorary Fellowship, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, UK

• The Clinical Application of Biomechanics

• The Development of New Assessment Tools for Chronic Disease, Conservative and Surgical Management of Orthopaedic and Neurological Conditions

• The Development of Evidence Based Approaches for improving Clinical Management and Rehabilitation