Research

Interdisciplinary sports performance and injury research (InSPIRe)

This research group is led by Dr Jamie Salter.

This research group combines applied interdisciplinary expertise and knowledge from academic staff and postgraduate research students in sports injury and sports performance.

The group is exploring injury risk stratification, talent prediction, musculoskeletal characteristics and long-term health outcomes in a range of athletes, but predominantly youth athletes. Additionally, the group is interested in engaging community partners through informed, strategic, and impactful knowledge exchange to bridge the research-practice gap and enhance talent development environments.

Previous research from group members has explored the psychosocial considerations of sports injury and their impact on return to sport, the impact of growth and maturation on training load responses and the blood biomarker response to stress and training load.

The group are currently working on projects associated with talent prediction models and the correction of these for biological maturity, the impact of athletic profile on recovery and injury risk and relationships between youth female workloads and injury patterns.

Get in touch

We invite enquiries regarding new research opportunities and events to contact the group lead, Dr Jamie Salter at j.salter@yorksj.ac.uk.

Research activity

Salter, J., Dawson, Z., Rymer, J., Walsh, L., Mundy, P. and Forsdyke, D. (2025). The influence of athletic profile on acute neuromuscular response to a repeated sprint protocol in youth females: a pilot study. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (in press).

Springham, M., Singh, N., Stewart, P., Matthews, J., Jones, I., Norton-Sherwood, C., May, D., Salter, J., Strudwick, A. and Shaw, J. (2025). The moderating effect of match external load on neuromuscular performance in U-18 English Premier League academy football players: a principal component regression approach. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (in press).

Springham, M., Singh, N., Stewart, P., Matthews, J., Jones, I., Norton-Sherwood, C., May, D., Salter, J., Strudwick, A. and Shaw, J. (2025). The moderating effects of speed, strength and endurance capacities on match-induced neuromuscular fatigue in U-18 English Premier League academy football players. International Journal of Sport Science & Coaching (in press)

Springham, M., Singh, N., Stewart, P., Matthews, J., Jones, I., Norton-Sherwood, C., May, D., Trehen Sharma, S, Salter, J., Strudwick, A. and Shaw, J. (2024). Acute neuromuscular and perceptual responses to U-18 English Premier League academy football match play. European Journal of Sports Science (in press).

Salter, J., Dawson, Z., Rymer, J., Walsh, L., Mundy, P. and Forsdyke, D. (2024). Reliability and sensitivity of using isometric strength and sprint speed measures in adolescent females. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (in press).

Salter, J. (2024). Small-sided Game induced Mechanical Load in Adolescent Soccer: the need for care and consideration for athlete preservation. Sports Health, journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/19417381241296063

Salter, J., Black, J., Mallett, J., Barrett, S., Towlson, C., Hughes, J. and De Ste Croix, M. (2022). Does biologically categorised training alter the perceived exertion and neuromuscular movement profile of academy soccer players compared to traditional age-group categorisation? European Journal of Sport Sciences, doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2022.2117090

Salter, J., Cresswell, R. and Forsdyke, D. (2021). The impact of simulated soccer match-play on hip and hamstring strength in academy soccer players. Science and Medicine in Football, doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2021.1973080

Forsdyke D., Gledhill, A., Ardern, C. (2017). Psychological readiness to return to sport: three elements to help the practitioners decide whether the athlete is REALLY ready? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51, 555-556.