Staff Profiles
Dr Gabor Barton (MD, PhD)
Reader in Biomechanics
Gabor Barton graduated in 1993 from the Medical University of Pecs, Hungary with distinction (Summa Cum Laude). Following a three years research programme at LJMU he took up a position at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool where he had been running the Clinical Gait Analysis service for five years. After returning to LJMU as Senior Lecturer in Biomechanics he completed his PhD and currently he is Reader in Biomechanics.
Areas of teaching
- Clinical gait analysis
- Virtual rehabilitation
- Functional anatomy
- Biomechanics of gait and injuries
- Sports biomechanics
- Sports injuries
- Sports technology
Areas of research focus
Gabor is advisory board member of LJMU’s Centre for Health and Social Care Informatics, LJMU’s Institute of Health Research (Co-Lead of the Quality of life, living with chronic conditions Network), the European Society of Movement Analysis for Adults and Children (ESMAC), and the Clinical Movement Analysis Society UK and Ireland (CMAS) indicating the scope of his research interests.
Gabor is lead investigator in several externally and internally funded research projects concerned with the use of virtual reality games training of postural control in children with cerebral palsy (in collaboration with Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, The Movement Centre in Oswestry, and MotekMedical in Amsterdam) and the assessment of upper limb function and rehabilitation following tendon transfer in tetraplegia (in collaboration with the Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Southport & Ormskirk Hospital). Gabor's research activity also covers the application of artificial neural networks to support decision making in clinical gait analysis.
Research grants
- £298,000 - Movement Function Research Laboratory, Joint applicant, Science Research Investment Fund 2 (HEFCE), 2003.
- £85,000 - Modelling Training and Performance in Competitive Cyclists, Co-Investigator, EPSRC – UK Sport “Achieving Gold”, 17/10/2007 - 16/10/2008 (12 months).
- £102,917 - Training and Testing Core Control using Virtual Reality Games: A Pilot Study, Principal Investigator, The WellChild Trust, 01/09/2008 – 28/02/2010 (18 months).
- £7,974 - Towards the clinical implementation of games based core control training, Co-Applicant, Charitable Funds, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 05/01/2009 – 05/04/2009 (3 months).
- £80,820 - Research Consultancy in Virtual Rehabilitation, Principal Applicant, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (NIHR FSF fund), 01/04/2009 – 31/03/2012 (3 years).
- £41,370 - Improvement of selective movement control using custom made computer games, Principal Investigator, Institute for Health Research LJMU, 03/09/2009 (3 years PhD studentship).
- £7,000 - Development of a virtual reality mirror box for pain research, Co-Applicant, Institute for Health Research LJMU, 07/09/2009- 27/08/2010 (12 months).
Consultancy/Enterprise
Through the Biomechanical Assessment Service he is capitalising on his clinical and gait analysis background aiming to help members of the public with movement problems.
Contact Details Telephone:
+44 (0)151 904 6263
Fax:
+44 (0)151 904 6284
