Dr Michael Thelwell PhD
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow
- School of Sport and Physical Activity
- Sport and Physical Activity Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre
- Advanced Wellbeing Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre
- Health Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
Summary
I am a Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow in advanced human body measurement techniques and 3D surface-imaging for assessing physical health. My research interests include the use of 3D surface-imaging and advanced human body measurement techniques to improve the assessment of physical health. Currently working with collaborators at Leipzig University assessing human body shape within health applications (for example, the early detection of diabetes and metabolic syndrome) and developing improved methods of for chemotherapy dose prescription.
About
I am a Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow in advanced human body measurement and 3D surface-imaging within the Sports Engineering Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Group at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.
I graduated from Loughborough University in 2014 with a BSc in Sports Technology, during which I completed a year in industry working at PING Golf as an Analysis and Testing Engineer. I then moved to Ï㽶ÊÓƵ where I graduated with an MSc with Distinction in Sports Engineering before completing my PhD, titled 'Assessing human morphology using statistical shape analysis'.
Recently, my work has focused on how advanced measures can be utilised within cancer treatment, specifically the assessment of cancer-related cachexia and improving the accuracy of body measures used in chemotherapy dose prescription. I am currently completing an Early Career Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Innovation Fellowship, further developing this research area of advanced body measurement within anti-cancer treatment.
Teaching
School of Sport and Physical Activity
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Courses taught:
BSc Sport and Exercise Science
BSc Sport and Exercise Technology
MSc Sports Engineering
Modules taught:
Foundations of Human Factors for Sport and Exercise Technology (L4)
Foundations of Measurement for Sport and Exercise (L4)
Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise (L5)
Applied Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise (L6)
Measurement in Sports Engineering (L7)
Human Factors in Sports Engineering (L7) - Module Leader
Publications
Journal articles
Rosenthal, K., Frith, G., Keen, C., Myers, A., Phillips, G., Pickering, K., ... Copeland, R. (2024). . European Journal of Public Health, 34 (Supple).
Myers, A., Humphreys, L., Thelwell, M., Pickering, K., Frith, G., Phillips, G., ... _, _. (2024). . Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1-12.
Hodson, S., Keen, C., Thelwell, M., Myers, A., Humphreys, L., Frith, G., ... Copeland, R. (2024). . Physiotherapy, 123 (Supp 1), e21-e22.
Keen, C., Phillips, G., Thelwell, M., Humphreys, L., Evans, L., Myers, A., ... Copeland, R. (2024). Correction: Keen et al. Establishing Innovative Complex Services: Learning from the Active Together Cancer Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation Service. Healthcare 2023, 11, 3007. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 12 (12), 1175.
Nield, L., Thelwell, M., Chan, A., Choppin, S., & Marshall, S. (2024). . Obesity Pillars, 9.
Humphreys, L., Myers, A., Frith, G., Thelwell, M., Pickering, K., Mills, G.H., ... Copeland, R. (2024). . Healthcare, 12 (7).
Myers, A., Barlow, R., Baldini, G., Campbell, A., Carli, F., Carr, E., ... Copeland, R. (2024). . British Journal of Anaesthesia.
Thelwell, M., Masters, N., Appleyard, R., & Bullas, A.M. (2024). . Applied Sciences, 14 (2).
Keen, C., Phillips, G., Thelwell, M., Humphreys, L., Evans, L., Myers, A., ... Copeland, R. (2023). . Healthcare, 11 (23).
Burton, C., Dawes, H., Goodwill, S., Thelwell, M., & Dalton, C. (2023). . PLOS ONE, 18 (1).
Bullas, A.M., Greenwood, R., Thelwell, M., & Choppin, S. (2022). . Applied Sciences, 12 (17).
Choppin, S., Bullas, A., & Thelwell, M. (2022). . International Journal of Environmental Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Public Health, 19 (14).
Thelwell, M., Bullas, A., Kühnapfel, A., Hart, J., Ahnert, P., Wheat, J., ... Choppin, S. (2022). . PLOS ONE, 17 (3).
Fowler-Davis, S., Platts, K., Thelwell, M., Woodward, A., & Harrop, D. (2021). PLoS ONE, e0259533.
Chiu, C.-.Y., Ciems, R., Thelwell, M., Bullas, A., & Choppin, S. (2021). . European Journal of Sport Science.
Choppin, S., Clarkson, S., Bullas, A., Thelwell, M., Heller, B., & Wheat, J. (2020). . Journal of Biomechanics, 110151.
Thelwell, M., Chiu, C.-.Y., Bullas, A., Hart, J., Wheat, J., & Choppin, S. (2020). . Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 12125.
Chiu, C.-.Y., Thelwell, M., Senior, T., Choppin, S., Hart, J., & Wheat, J. (2019). Comparison of depth cameras for three-dimensional reconstruction in medicine. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 233 (9), 938-947.
Conference papers
Hill, S., Thelwell, M., & Probst, H. (2024). Could surface imaging in breast cancer radiotherapy detect early lymphoedema? : The Calibrate Study. RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY, 194, S5615-S5618.
Thelwell, M.J., Myers, A., Humphreys, L., Frith, G., Pickering, K., Phillips, G., ... Copeland, R. (2023). O.3.2-1 Evaluation of the Active Together multi-modal cancer rehabilitation service embedded within clinical care. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 33, I59.
Bullas, A., Thelwell, M., & Choppin, S. (2022). . International Journal of Kinanthropometry, 2 (S1), 2.
Thelwell, M., BULLAS, A., KUHNAPFEL, A., Hart, J., AHNERT, P., Wheat, J., ... CHOPPIN, S. (2020). . Proceedings of 3DBODY.TECH 2020 - 11th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies, Online/Virtual, 17-18 November 2020.
Chiu, C.Y., Thelwell, M., Goodwill, S., & Dunn, M. (2020). Accuracy of Anthropometric Measurements by a Video-Based 3D Modelling Technique.
Theses / Dissertations
Thelwell, M. (2021). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Choppin, S., Wheat, J., Hart, J., & Bullas, A.
Other activities
Reviewer for multiple academic journals including: American Journal of Physical Anthropology; International Journal of Environmental Ï㽶ÊÓƵ & Public Health; Journal of Applied Ergonomics; Journal of Applied Sciences.
Member of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK).
Postgraduate supervision
Current:
Advanced body measurement techniques and 3D surface imaging - Jamie Allan (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia)
Physical Activity in Advanced Cancer Patients - Niall Finnegan (SHU)
Media
Sport and physical activity