Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Isobel Jacob
Senior Lecturer
Isobel is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Health.
As a Senior Lecturer within the School of Health, Isobel currently teaches on the BSc and MSc Sports and Exercise Therapy and Physiotherapy programmes. Isobel is involved in all levels of study from 4-7, and currently modules leads on Applied Anatomy (Physiotherapy) at level 4 and Research Methods at level 5 (Sports and Exercise Therapy). She supervises research students at Honours and Masters levels.
Isobel joined the team in 2020 having previously completed her PhD in the School of Health whereby she also taught part time across the BSc programmes. Prior to enrolling onto the PhD, she worked in Further Education where she taught Sports Science at a college for two years after graduating with a First Class Honours in Sports and Exercise Science from Leeds Metropolitan (now Beckett) in 2014 and going on to achieve a Distinction in her PGCE (14+) in 2015 from Bolton University.
Current Teaching
- MSc Physiotherapy (pre-registration)
- BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
- MSc Sports Therapy
- MSc Sports Medicine
- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Therapy
Research Interests
Isobel's Doctoral research explored age-related characteristics in muscle morphology, function and functional capability in healthy adults aged 18 to 70 years. The Doctoral research involved conducting both primary and secondary research to skeletal muscle health across 18-70yrs. The findings from the research provided tentative evidence that muscle morphology, function and functional capability decline between 18 and 70 years and that this rate of decline is greater from 50 years onwards. A strong focus within the Doctoral research was the use of B mode Ultrasonography to measure age-related changes in skeletal muscle thickness, architecture and echo intensity. The Doctoral research provided steps towards standardising measurements of muscle morphology using B mode Ultrasonography.
Isobel is keen to undertake research to improve the skeletal muscle health of adults. In particular, Isobel is interested in exploring the prevalence and impact of sarcopenia in various populations, including younger adults, adults with long term conditions and adults from various communities.
Ask Me About
- Ageing
- Health
- Physiology
- Sport science
Selected Outputs
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Jones A; Jones G; Johnson MI; Hind K; Jacob I; Francis P (2023) Muscle contractile properties of professional soccer players according to playing position and limb dominance. Journal of Elite Sport Performance, 3 (1), pp. 1-12.
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Jacob I; Johnson MI; Jones G; Jones A; Francis P (2022) Age-related differences of vastus lateralis muscle morphology, contractile properties, upper body grip strength and lower extremity functional capability in healthy adults aged 18 to 70 years. BMC Geriatrics, 22 (1),
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Carpenter EJ; Francis P; Jacob I; Jones A (2022) An investigation into the between-day reliability of muscle contractile properties measured using Tensiomyography. Journal of Elite Sport Performance, 1 (2),
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Jacob I; Francis P; Jones G; Johnson MI (2021) Comment on: “Application of ultrasound for muscle assessment in sarcopenia: towards standardized measurements” and “Application of ultrasound for muscle assessment in sarcopenia: 2020 SARCUS update”. European Geriatric Medicine
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Jacob I; Jones G; Francis P; Johnson MI (2021) The effect of limb position on measured values of vastus lateralis muscle morphology using B Mode ultrasound. Translational Sports Medicine, 4 (6), pp. 697-705.
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Francis P; Thornley I; Jones A; Johnson MI (2020) Pain and Function in the Runner a Ten (din) uous Link. Medicina (Kaunas), 56 (1),
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Thornley I; Hynd J; Stein S; Butterworth M; Hind K; Francis P (2019) A new approach to the classification of muscle health: preliminary investigations. Physiological Measurement, 40 (8),
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Thornley I; Mayhew L; Johnson M; Francis P (2018) Reliability of B mode ultrasonography for measuring vastus lateralis muscle thickness and architecture.
