Tom Johnston
Tom Johnston

Mr Tom Johnston

Lecturer

Biography

Tom has worked at Edinburgh Napier since 2014. He arrived here from lecturing at the Adam Smith College for 6 years. He also has been heavily involved in the playing and management of hockey at international level for many years.

Since starting here, he has achieved his Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellowship and is now writing up his PhD. My teaching covers all disciplines by leading on Anatomy and Physiology, Skill Acquisition and Application of Science to Sport and Exercise. Also, he supervisors final year projects. Furthermore, he leads on modules taught with our partner institutions abroad.

Themes

Research Areas

Date


4 results

The effects of a novel neuromuscular training programme on recreational female hockey players during a sagittal plane hop, hop and twist and unanticipated sidecut

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Johnston, T., Brown, S., & Kaliarntas, K. (2024, July)
The effects of a novel neuromuscular training programme on recreational female hockey players during a sagittal plane hop, hop and twist and unanticipated sidecut. Poster presented at 29th Annual Congress of European College of Sport Science, Glasgow, UK
INTRODUCTION: Females are at greater risk than other populations to sustain a noncontact injury especially the knee, hamstring and ankle (Lin et al., 2018). This may be, in pa...

Noncontact injuries in Scottish hockey: A study of epidemiology, current practice and a preventative measure

Thesis
Johnston, T. Noncontact injuries in Scottish hockey: A study of epidemiology, current practice and a preventative measure. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2948338
Introduction: There is limited evidence on noncontact injury epidemiology, current warm-up practice and exercise interventions used to reduce injuries in hockey. Therefore, th...

Non-contact injury incidence and warm-up observation in hockey in Scotland

Presentation / Conference
Johnston, T., Brown, S., Kaliarntas, K. & Taylor, C. (2016, August)
Non-contact injury incidence and warm-up observation in hockey in Scotland. Poster presented at International Sports Science + Sports Medicine Conference 2016, Newcastle University
Noncontact injuries occur during manoeuvres such as landing, accelerating and the side-cut. This investigation has assessed the prevalence and manoeuvres associated with nonco...

Time-motion analysis and heart rate response during elite male hockey competitions versus training

Journal Article
Johnston, T., Sproule, J., McMorris, T., & Maile, A. (2014)
Time-motion analysis and heart rate response during elite male hockey competitions versus training. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 46(3), 189-203
Time motion analysis of hockey in competition and training.

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