Dr Bradley Neal

Profile

ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0651-3758
Instagram: @teampfp

I completed both my BSc Physiotherapy (2006) and MSc Advanced Physiotherapy (2011) at the University of Hertfordshire, followed by my PhD at QMUL in 2019. I remained at QMUL as a post-doc for three years before moving to the University of Essex as a lecturer in Physiotherapy.

Alongside my academic work I spent 10 years as a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at Pure Sports Medicine, London’s leading private Sports Medicine clinic.

I now split my time between the Centre for Sports & Exercise Medicine and the Barts Health NHS Trust Physiotherapy Department, mixing academic and clinical work to facilitate best practice for common musculoskeletal conditions. 

Research

My main research interests are in Patellofemoral Pain and other knee pathologies, including osteoarthritis. I focus on the epidemiology and treatment mechanisms of musculoskeletal conditions, alongside the effects of specific interventions. I have raised >£1 million in research funding to date, with around a third as lead applicant, and have published >30 peer-reviewed manuscripts. 

Publications

• Davis IS, Tenforde AS, Neal BS et al. (2020). Gait Retraining as an Intervention for Patellofemoral Pain.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s12178-020-09605-3

  
  

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• Neal BS, Lack SD, Barton CJ et al. (2020). Is markerless, smart phone recorded two-dimensional video a clinically useful measure of relevant lower limb kinematics in runners with patellofemoral pain? A validity and reliability study.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.02.004

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/64874
• Neal BS, Barton CJ, Birn-Jeffery A et al. (2019). Increased hip adduction during running is associated with patellofemoral pain and differs between males and females: A case-control study.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.05.014

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57932
• NEAL BS (2019). The influence of lower limb biomechanics on the development, persistence and management of patellofemoral pain in recreational runners. Queen Mary University of London

  
  

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  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/55456
• Neal BS, Lack SD, Lankhorst NE et al. (2019). Risk factors for patellofemoral pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098890

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/63298
• Neal BS, Barton CJ, Birn-Jeffrey A et al. (2018). The effects & mechanisms of increasing running step rate: A feasibility study in a mixed-sex group of runners with patellofemoral pain.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.05.018

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/53883
• Barton CJ, Bonanno DR, Carr J et al. (2016). Running retraining to treat lower limb injuries: a mixed-methods study of current evidence synthesised with expert opinion.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095278

  
  

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• Neal BS, Barton CJ, Gallie R et al. (2016). Runners with patellofemoral pain have altered biomechanics which targeted interventions can modify: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.11.018

  
  

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• Dowling GJ, Murley GS, Munteanu SE et al. (2014). Dynamic foot function as a risk factor for lower limb overuse injury: a systematic review.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1186/s13047-014-0053-6

  
  

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• Neal BS, Griffiths IB, Dowling GJ et al. (2014). Foot posture as a risk factor for lower limb overuse injury: a systematic review and meta‐analysis.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1186/s13047-014-0055-4

  
  

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