Physiotherapy
Part of the medical team helping a mother to regain movement after a stroke. Getting an athlete back on the pitch after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament. Easing a 4 year’s old long-term breathin…
Dr Tom Hughes PhD, MCSP
Clinical Fellow (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy)
I am a physiotherapist specialising in sports and exercise medicine and musculoskeletal health. My research interests are in physical and performance testing, diagnostic/prognostic prediction of injuries and epidemiology.
My profile
Biography
Tom is a Clinical Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), where his role involves research, clinical work and teaching on the University’s physiotherapy and sports medicine programmes.
Tom has expertise in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and is an experienced clinical researcher. He has an extensive track record of published research papers, with many appearing in world leading sports and exercise medicine journals. His work so far has focussed on medical and physical performance testing, injury prediction, diagnostic and prognostic research, and epidemiology.
Tom continues to work clinically at MMU’s Manchester Movement Unit, helping people to manage all types of musculoskeletal problems, although his special interest is in the rehabilitation of lower limb and sports injuries. He has extensive experience working with elite and professional athletes, and before joining MMU, he was a senior physiotherapist at Manchester United Football Club for nearly 16 years. As well as working in sport, Tom has gained a wealth of experience in a variety of NHS physiotherapy roles over a nine year period.
What I do
Teaching
Physiotherapy (Pre-registration)
Our accelerated, two-year pre-registration course is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and aims to prepare you f…
Research outputs
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Journal articles
Hamoodi, Z., Gehringer, C.K., Bull, L.M., Hughes, T., Kearsley-Fleet, L., Sergeant, J.C., Watts, A.C. (2024) 'Prognostic factors associated with failure of total elbow arthroplasty..' Bone & joint research, 13(5) pp. 201-213.
Collier, T.S., Hughes, T., Chester, R., Callaghan, M.J., Selfe, J. (2023) 'Prognostic factors associated with changes in knee pain outcomes, identified from initial primary care consultation data. A systematic literature review.' Annals of Medicine, 55(1) pp. 401-418.
Bullock, G.S., Ward, P., Impellizzeri, F.M., Kluzek, S., Hughes, T., Hillman, C., Waterman, B.R., Danelson, K., Henry, K., Barr, E., Healey, K., Räisänen, A.M., Gomez, C., Fernandez, G., Wolf, J., Nicholson, K.F., Sell, T., Zerega, R., Dhiman, P., Riley, R.D., Collins, G.S. (2023) 'Up front and open, shrouded in secrecy, or somewhere in between? A Meta Research Systematic Review of Open Science Practices in Sport Medicine Research..' The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, pp. 1-32.
Bullock, G.S., Ward, P., Kluzek, S., Hughes, T., Shanley, E., Arundale, A.J.H., Ranson, C., Nimphius, S., Riley, R.D., Collins, G.S., Impellizzeri, F.M. (2023) 'Paving the way for greater open science in sports and exercise medicine: Navigating the barriers to adopting open and accessible data practices.' British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(6) pp. 293-295.
Bullock, G.S., Ward, P., Impellizzeri, F.M., Kluzek, S., Hughes, T., Dhiman, P., Riley, R.D., Collins, G.S. (2023) 'The trade secret taboo: open science methods are required to improve prediction models in sports medicine and performance.' Sports Medicine, 53(10) pp. 1841-1849.
Hamoodi, Z., Gehringer, C.K., Bull, L.M., Hughes, T., Kearsley-Fleet, L., Sergeant, J.C., Watts, A.C. (2023) 'Prognostic factors associated with failure of total elbow replacement: A protocol for a systematic review.' BMJ Open, 13(8)
Losciale, J.M., Bullock, G.S., Collins, G.S., Arundale, A.J.H., Hughes, T., Arden, N.K., Whittaker, J.L. (2023) 'Description, Prediction, and Causation in Sport and Exercise Medicine Research: Resolving the Confusion to Improve Research Quality and Patient Outcomes.' Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 53(7) pp. 387-387.
Bullock, G.S., Ward, P., Hughes, T., Thigpen, C.A., Cook, C.E., Shanley, E. (2023) 'Using Randomized Controlled Trials in the Sports Medicine and Performance Environment: Is It Time to Reconsider and Think Outside the Methodological Box?.' Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 53(6) pp. 331-334.
Hughes, T., Riley, R., Callaghan, M.J., Sergeant, J.C. (2023) 'Can prognostic factors for indirect muscle injuries in elite football (soccer) players be identified using data from preseason screening? An exploratory analysis using routinely collected periodic health examination records.' BMJ Open, 13(1) pp. e052772-e052772.
Bullock, G.S., Hughes, T., Arundale, A.A.J.H., Ward, P., Collins, G.S., Kluzek, S. (2023) 'Response to Comment on: “Black Box Prediction Methods in Sports Medicine Deserve a Red Card for Reckless Practice: A Change of Tactics is Needed to Advance Athlete Care”.' Sports Medicine, 53(1) pp. 297-299.
Bullock, G.S., Hughes, T., Arundale, A.H., Ward, P., Collins, G.S., Kluzek, S. (2022) 'Response to Comment on: “Black Box Prediction Methods in Sports Medicine Deserve a Red Card for Reckless Practice: A Change of Tactics is Needed to Advance Athlete Care”.' Sports Medicine, 52(11) pp. 2799-2801.
Torpey, D., Murray, E., Hughes, T., Sergeant, J., Callaghan, M. (2022) 'The reliability of and agreement between devices used to measure eccentric hamstring strength: a systematic review protocol.' Systematic Reviews, 11(1) pp. 204-204.
Bullock, G.S., Hughes, T., Arundale, A.H., Ward, P., Collins, G.S., Kluzek, S. (2022) 'Black Box Prediction Methods in Sports Medicine Deserve a Red Card for Reckless Practice: A Change of Tactics is Needed to Advance Athlete Care..' Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 52(8) pp. 1729-1735.
Bullock, G.S., Mylott, J., Hughes, T., Nicholson, K.F., Riley, R.D., Collins, G.S. (2022) 'Just How Confident Can We Be in Predicting Sports Injuries? A Systematic Review of the Methodological Conduct and Performance of Existing Musculoskeletal Injury Prediction Models in Sport.' Sports Medicine,
Callaghan, M.J., Hughes, T., Davin, J., Hayes, R., Hough, N., Torpey, D., Perry, D., Dawson, S., Murray, E., Jones, R.K. (2021) 'Effect of a cervical collar on head and neck acceleration profiles during emergency spinal immobilisation and extrication procedures in elite football (soccer) players : protocol for a randomised, controlled cross-over trial.' BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 7(4) pp. e001157-e001157.
Bullock, G.S., Hughes, T., Sergeant, J.C., Callaghan, M.J., Riley, R., Collins, G. (2021) 'Editorial: Methods matter: Clinical prediction models will benefit sports medicine practice, but only if they are properly developed and validated.' British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(23) pp. 1319-1321.
Bullock, G.S., Hughes, T., Sergeant, J.C., Callaghan, M.J., Riley, R.D., Collins, G.S. (2021) 'Clinical prediction models in sports medicine: A guide for clinicians and researchers.' Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 51(10) pp. 517-525.
Bullock, G.S., Hughes, T., Sergeant, J.C., Callaghan, M.J., Collins, G.S., Riley, R.D. (2021) 'Improving prediction model systematic review methodology: Letter to the Editor.' Translational Sports Medicine, 4(4) pp. 545-547.
Hughes, T., Riley, R.D., Callaghan, M.J., Sergeant, J.C. (2020) 'The Value of Preseason Screening for Injury Prediction: The Development and Internal Validation of a Multivariable Prognostic Model to Predict Indirect Muscle Injury Risk in Elite Football (Soccer) Players.' Sports Medicine - Open, 6(1)
Hughes, T., Jones, R.K., Starbuck, C., Sergeant, J.C., Callaghan, M.J. (2019) 'The value of tibial mounted inertial measurement units to quantify running kinetics in elite football (soccer) players. A reliability and agreement study using a research orientated and a clinically orientated system.' Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 44pp. 156-164.
Hughes, T., Riley, R., Sergeant, J.C., Callaghan, M.J. (2019) 'A study protocol for the development and internal validation of a multivariable prognostic model to determine lower extremity muscle injury risk in elite football (soccer) players, with further exploration of prognostic factors..' Diagnostic and prognostic research, 3
Hughes, T., Jones, R.K., Starbuck, C., Picot, J., Sergeant, J.C., Callaghan, M.J. (2018) 'Are tibial angles measured with inertial sensors useful surrogates for frontal plane projection angles measured using 2-dimensional video analysis during single leg squat tasks? A reliability and agreement study in elite football (soccer) players.' Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 44pp. 21-30.
Hughes, T., Sergeant, J., de Windt, D., Riley, R., Callaghan, M.J. (2018) 'Periodic Health Examination and Injury Prediction in Professional Football (Soccer): Theoretically, the Prognosis is Good.' Sports Medicine, 48(11) pp. 2443-2448.
Hughes, T., Sergeant, J.C., Parkes, M.J., Callaghan, M.J. (2017) 'Prognostic factors for specific lower extremity and spinal musculoskeletal injuries identified through medical screening and training load monitoring in professional football (soccer): a systematic review.' BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 3(1)
Hughes, T., Sergeant, J.C., Parkes, M., Callaghan, M., Speers, C., Seth, A., Patel, K., Gillett, M., Rakhit, D., Radhakrishnan, K., Sharma, V.K., Subramanian, S.K., Wynter Bee, W., Ubhi, J., Kumar, B., Sahni, M., Bhogal, G. (2017) 'Prize Winning Abstracts from BASEM Congress 2016..' British journal of sports medicine,
Hughes, T., Callaghan, M. (2017) 'Bet 2: Laser therapy in the treatment of acute hamstring muscle injuries.' Emergency Medicine Journal, 34(4) pp. 266-266.
Hughes, T., Rochester, P. (2008) 'The effects of proprioceptive exercise and taping on proprioception in subjects with functional ankle instability: a review of the literature..' Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine, 9(3) pp. 136-147.
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Conference papers
Hughes, T., Sergeant, J.C., Parkes, M., Callaghan, M. (2016) 'Prognostic factors for musculoskeletal injury identified through medical screening and training load monitoring in professional football (soccer) : a systematic review.' In British Association of Sports & Exercise Medicine (BASEM) Conference 2016. 52. Liverpool, UK, 13/10/2016 - 14/10/2016. BMJ Publishing Group, pp. 345-345.