Peter Sinclair

Position
[up to end of 2004, now with ICESSM]

Lecturer and coordinator of the Biomechanics curriculum

Contact Details

Room
Phone
Fax
Email
Personal web page

K126
9351 9137
9351 9204
p.sinclair@fhs.usyd.edu.au
 
http://www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/ess/sinclair/peter.html

Teaching     

1^st Semester           

Biomechanics of Human Movement (1st year Exercise and Sport Science)

2nd Semester

Projects in Biomechanics (3rd year Exercise and Sport Science

Applied Biomechanics (Postgraduate Exercise and SportScience

Current Research Interests       

Computer modelling

Modelling force production during dynamic muscle contractions

Integration of muscle models with forward dynamic simulations of multi-segment movements

Validation of models by comparing measured and predicted outputs of kinetic variables.

Biomechanics of Sport

Propulsive technique for swimming

Biomechanics of cycling

Biomechanics of cricket fast bowling.

Research Supervision

Ben Williams

The effect of resisted and assisted freestyle swimming on stroke mechanics.

Akihiro Sakamoto

The effect of movement velocity on maximum repetitions of bench press exercises.

Max Stuelcken

A prospective investigation of fast bowling injuries and their mechanisms in women’s first class cricket.

Eunice Ouano

Changes in FES-Evoked Electromyogram during cycling in SCI individuals

Recent Publications

Full publications may be found by clicking here

Sinclair PJ, Davis GM, Smith RM (2004). Musculo-skeletal modelling of NMES-evoked knee extension in spinal cord injury. Accepted for publication: Journal of Biomechanics.

Sinclair PJ, Smith RM, Davis GM. (2004). The effect of joint angle on the timing of muscle contractions elicited by neuromuscular electrical stimulation. Accepted for publication: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.

Sinclair PJ, Fornusek C, Davis GM, Smith RM (2004). The effect of fatigue on the timing of electrical stimulation-evoked muscle contractions in people with spinal cord injury. Neuromodulation, 7(3): In press

Fornusek C, Davis GM, Sinclair PJ, Milthorpe B (2004). Development of a functional electrical stimulation cycle ergometer. Neuromodulation, 7(1): 56-64.

Crameri RM, Cooper P, Sinclair PJ, Bryant G, Weston A. (2004). Effect of load during electrical stimulation training in spinal cord injury. Muscle & Nerve. 29(1): 104-11.

Portus MR, Sinclair PJ, Burke ST, Moore DJA, Farhart PJ (2000). Cricket fast bowling performance and technique during an 8-over spell. Journal of Sports Sciences, 18: 999-1011.

Administration

Coordinator of Biomechanics Curriculum within the School of Exercise and Sport Science

Subject coordination duties

Biomechanics of Human Movement
(1^st year Exercise and Sport Science)

Projects in Biomechanics
(3^rd year Exercise and Sport Science)

Applied Biomechanics
(Postgraduate Exercise and Sport Science)