Research output per year
Research output per year
DPhil
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I am interested in discussing potential PhD projects in the following areas:
- Performance analysis in equestrian sport
- Evaluation of race and sport horse welfare and quality of life
- Evaluation of injury and disease risk factors in horse sports
Research activity per year
Jane has taught within Higher Education across animal, equine and veterinary fields. She is a qualified veterinary nurse and gained her Masters in Equine Science before completing her doctorate exploring the application of surface electromyography (EMG) as a tool to assess muscle adaptation during training in racehorses and sport horses. Her main areas of professional interest include:
1. Scientific evaluation of equestrian performance and training, and how these link to equine welfare: horse, rider and horse and rider partnership including epidemiological analysis of injury related risk factors and prediction of performance, Electromyographic analysis of equine muscle activity during training and rehabilitation, role of physiological analysis during training, and evaluation of the demands of competition on horse and rider.
2. Rider impacts on equitation: rider personality, decision-making, kinematic evaluation of the rider and horse-rider dyad, rider and jockey wellbeing, rein tension and EMG during ridden exercise and factors which influence rider reaction times.
3. Reliability assessment: applying statistical techniques to test the reliability and validity of accepted industry practices and proposed standardised tests to promote evidence informed practice e.g. lameness scoring, posture assessment, range of movement post therapeutic interventions.
Jane is the co-editor and author of Training for Equestrian Performance with Dr David Evans, and The Complete Textbook of Animal Health and Welfare, is a former Honorary President of the International Society of Equitation Science, and a founding member of the Sporthorse Welfare Foundation. Jane is keen that research should not just be for academics and works regularly with riders and trainers across showjumping, eventing and racing to help them improve their horses’ success.
Equine, DPhil, Evaluation of Surface Electromyography as a valid tool within Equine Science, University of the West of England (UWE)
Award Date: 1 Oct 2015
Equine Science, Masters, Hartpury University
Award Date: 1 Aug 2009
Education, PGCE, Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Plymouth University
Award Date: 1 Aug 2006
Education, Cert ED, Plymouth University
Award Date: 1 Aug 2004
Veterinary Nursing, RCVS Veterinary Nursing Certificate, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Award Date: 1 Jan 1998
Honorary President, International Society for Equitation Science
Trustee, Mare and Foal Sanctuary
Treasurer , Sporthorse Welfare Foundation
External Examiner, University of Edinburgh
External Examiner, University of Limerick
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Lay press/specialist publication › Article in lay press/specialist publication
Jane Williams (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
Jane Williams (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference Keynote speech
M Edmund (Speaker), Lorna Cameron (Speaker), Russell Mackechnie-Guire (Speaker), David J Marlin (Speaker) & Jane Williams (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
Vicki Walker (Speaker), Hilary M Clayton (Speaker), Jane Williams (Speaker), J. Nixon (Speaker), M Fisher (Speaker), D Fisher (Speaker) & Russell Mackechnie-Guire (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
Rachel Persad (Speaker), Lee Miller (Speaker), Mandy Robbins (Speaker), Jennifer Wright (Speaker) & Jane Williams (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
19/3/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
3/11/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Emma Davies, Geoff Lovell, Jane Williams & Will McConn-Palfreymann
1/7/20 → 6/7/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
3/4/20 → 18/5/20
5 items of Media coverage, 2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Press / Media