Dr Simon Lack

Profile

ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1732-9606

Dr Lack currently leads the MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine programme.  He completed his PhD in 2017, having investigated the interaction of hip and foot biomechanics in the development and management of patellofemoral pain. During his doctoral studies, he continued to work as a specialist physiotherapist within private sports medicine facilities (Pure Sports Medicine) and with elite scholarship athletes at the University of East London.

He graduated from Queen Mary University in 2011 with a Masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine and has been building his clinical academic career since. His leadership of the Sports and Exercise Medicine MSc programme, combines his clinical and academic experience to help guide the delivery and development of the programme. His main research interests centre on the assessment and delivery of targeted interventions, through a greater understanding of treatment effect mechanisms, for common knee complaints, in particular, patellofemoral pain and patellofemoral osteoarthritis.  

Research

Group members

Within the Centre of Sports and Exercise Medicine I am very fortunate to work alongside some fantastic colleagues. This team includes:

Professor Dylan Morrissey, Dr Bradley Neal, Dr Stuart Miller, Dr Katrine Kryger, Dr Gemma Pugh, Dr Manuela Angioi, Dr Ritan Mehta, Dr Ian Beasley, Dr Nikos Malliaropoulos, Mr Trevor Prior, Dr Nat Padhiar.

Summary

The clinical application and implementation of evidence-based medicine is the primary objective of my academic endeavours.  I have had the privilege of working with fantastic collaborators both nationally and internationally, producing peer-reviewed publication and translational resources to help achieve this objective.  Research studies completed as part of my MSc and PhD studies have included both laboratory and clinical based measurements, in combination with audit and questionnaire studies, which have been conducted within both asymptomatic and patient populations.  I have secured multiple small project grants to complete these studies and look forward to developing these research ideas to deliver within larger scale, pragmatic clinical trials. 

Publications

• Neal BS, Lack SD, Bartholomew C et al. (2024). Best practice guide for patellofemoral pain based on synthesis of a systematic review, the patient voice and expert clinical reasoning.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108110

  
  

  QMRO:
• Lack SD, Bartholomew C, North T et al. . The effects of a two-week neuromuscular intervention on biopsychosocial variables in people with patellofemoral pain: an observational study.

  
  

  DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1087061

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/88345
• Neal BS, Miller SC, Goodall A et al. (2022). Variables associated with successful outcome after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in recreational athletes: A prospective cohort study.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2022.08.017

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/83418
• Neal BS, Bartholomew C, Barton CJ et al. (2022). Six Treatments Have Positive Effects at 3 Months for People With Patellofemoral Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis..

  
  

  DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2022.11359

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/83420
• Alsaleh SA, Murphy N, Miller SC et al. (2022). Corrigendum to “Local neuromuscular characteristics associated with patellofemoral pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis”[Clinical Biomechanics 90 (2021) 105509].

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105718

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/83419
• Ferreira AS, Lack S, Taborda B et al. (2022). Body fat and skeletal muscle mass, but not body mass index, are associated with pressure hyperalgesia in young adults with patellofemoral pain.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.bjpt.2022.100430

  
  

  QMRO:
• Curran AJ, Neal BS, Barber P et al. (2022). Clinicians’ experience of the diagnosis and management of patellofemoral pain: A qualitative exploration.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102530

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76945
• Alsaleh S, Murphy N, Miller SC et al. (2022). 100 Local neuromuscular characteristics associated with patellofemoral pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Abstracts

  
  

  DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-sportskongres.19

  
  

  QMRO:
• Vicenzino BT, Rathleff MS, Holden S et al. (2022). Developing Clinical and Research Priorities for Pain and Psychological Features in People With Patellofemoral Pain: An International Consensus Process With Health Care Professionals..

  
  

  DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2022.10647

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76943
• Barber P, Lack SD, Bartholomew C et al. (2022). Patient experience of the diagnosis and management of patellofemoral pain: A qualitative exploration.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102473

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/76946

Collaborators

External

• Dr Christian Barton (LaTrobe University, Melbourne)
• Dr Danilo Oliveria De Silva (LaTrobe University, Melbourne)
• Dr Michael Rathleff (Aalborg University, Denmark)

News

• MACP podcast on PFP
• Sports Kongres presentation 2016
• PodChat live session