Dr. Samantha Winter

Lecturer, Sport & Exercise Biomechanics
Photograph of Dr. Samantha Winter.

Contact

Email: sbw@aber.ac.uk
Phone: 01970 622295

Profile

Sam received her B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences from The University of Birmingham, and an M.Sc. in Kinesiology (Biomechanics), a Master’s degree in Applied Statistics and a Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Biomechanics) from The Pennsylvania State University.

Research

Principal Areas of Interest:

Steadiness in isometric force production including changes with aging and strength training, mechanical models of muscle, the application of non-linear dynamics to movement, such as the effect of gait interventions on the fractal properties of the ground reaction force and joint moments, and changes in postural stability with aging.

Staff Publications

Winter, S. L. & Challis, J.H. (2010) The expression of the skeletal muscle force-length relationship in vivo: a simulation study. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 262, 634-643.

Higgs, F. and Winter, S. L. (2009) The effect of a four week proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching program on isokinetic torque production. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 25, 1442-1447.

Winter, S. L. and Challis, J. H. (2010) The force-length curves of the human rectus femoris and gastrocnemius muscles in vivo. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 26, 45-51.      

Challis, J. H., Murdoch, C., and Winter, S. L. (2008) Mechanical properties of the human heel pad: a comparison between populations. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 24,  377-381.

Muri, J., Winter, S.L., and Challis, J.H. (2008) Changes in segmental inertial properties with age. Journal of Biomechanics 41, 1809-1812.

Winter, S.L., and Challis, J.H. (2008) Reconstruction of the human gastrocnemius force-length curve in vivo: Part 1, model based validation of method. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 24, 197-206.

Winter, S.L., and Challis, J.H. (2008) Reconstruction of the human gastrocnemius force-length curve in vivo: Part 2, experimental results. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 24, 207-214.

Infantalino, B, W., Gales, D.J., Winter, S.L., and Challis, J.H. (2007) The validity of ultrasound estimation of muscle volumes. Journal of Applied Biomechanics 23, 213-217.