About

Hello! Thanks for taking the time to visit my site. Here’s what you need to know before going any further… I’m a Ph.D student at Cardiff Metropolitan University, investigating the various injuries sustained by professional Rugby Union players. My current projects include analysing injury rates through traditional epidemiological techniques, probability based analysis and using performance analysis techniques to investigate injury mechanisms in matches. I’m a frequent R user, occasional Pythonista and have a complicated relationship with Excel.

Research

• Bitchell et al. 2020. Recurrent and Subsequent Injuries in Professional and Elite Sport: a Systematic Review.
• Bitchell et al. 2020. Four-year match injury surveillance in male Welsh professional Rugby Union teams.
• Bitchell et al. 2019. Spring-mass characteristics during human locomotion: Running experience and physiological considerations of blood lactate accumulation.