B ExSc, M Phty, PhD Candidate
Lecturer
Contact details for Mr Sean Horan
Research expertise
- Gender differences in swing kinematics of elite golfers
- Motor control and movement variability in complex sporting tasks
- Injury prevention and performance enhancement programs for golfers
- 3D motion analysis applications to human movement
- Validation of clinical physiotherapy assessment tests
Current teaching areas
- Biomechanics
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
- Clinical Sciences
- Physiological Principles of Rehabilitation
Selected publications
- Horan SA and Kavanagh JJ (2011). The control of upper body segment speed and velocity during the golf swing. Sports Biomechanics (Accepted).
- Evans K, Horan SA, Neal RJ, Barrett R, and Mills P (2011). Repeatability of three-dimensional golf swing kinematics measured using a field-based motion capture system. Sports Biomechanics (Accepted).
- Horan SA, Evans K, and Kavanagh JJ (2011). Movement variability in the golf swing of male and female skilled golfers. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 43(8): 1474-83.
- Horan SA, Evans K, Morris NR, and Kavanagh JJ (2010). Thorax and pelvis kinematics during the downswing of male and female skilled golfers. Journal of Biomechanics, 43(8): 1456-62.
- Horan SA, Kavanagh JJ, Evans K and Morris, NR (2009). Timing of upper body segmental and joint velocities in skilled male and female golfers. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 41(5):S388.