Craig and Dr Isabel Moore lead the Cardiff School of Sport, Sports injury Research Group (SiRG). SiRG collaborates with governing bodies such as the Welsh Rugby Union, the England and Wales Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council to provide Injury Risk Management services and research.
List of Publications
Refereed Journal Papers
Davies, M., Moore, I. S., Moran, P., Mathema, P. & Ranson, C. A. (2016). Cervical range of motion, cervical and shoulder strength in senior versus age-grade Rugby Union International front-row forwards. Phys Ther Sport 19, 36-42.
King, M. A., Worthington, P. J. & Ranson, C. A. (2016). Does maximising ball speed in cricket fast bowling necessitate higher ground reaction forces? J Sports Sci 34, 707-712.
Mathema, P., Evans, D., Moore, I. S., Ranson, C. & Martin, R. (2016). Concussed or Not? An Assessment of Concussion Experience and Knowledge Within Elite and Semiprofessional Rugby Union. Clin J Sport Med 26, 320-325.
Orchard, J. W., Ranson, C., Olivier, B., Dhillon, M., Gray, J., Langley, B., Mansingh, A., Moore, I. S., Murphy, I., Patricios, J., Alwar, T., Clark, C. J., Harrop, B., Khan, H. I., Kountouris, A., Macphail, M., Mount, S., Mupotaringa, A., Newman, D., O'Reilly, K., Peirce, N., Saleem, S., Shackel, D., Stretch, R. & Finch, C. F. (2016). International consensus statement on injury surveillance in cricket: a 2016 update. Br J Sports Med.
Psaila, M. & Ranson, C. A. (2016). Risk factors for lower leg, ankle and foot injuries during basic military training in the Maltese Armed Forces. Physical Therapy in Sport in press.
Varley, I., Greeves, J. P., Sale, C., Friedman, E., Moran, D. S., Yanovich, R., Wilson, P. J., Gartland, A., Hughes, D. C., Stellingwerff, T., Ranson, C., Fraser, W. D. & Gallagher, J. A. (2016a). Functional polymorphisms in the P2X7 receptor gene are associated with stress fracture injury. Purinergic Signal 12, 103-113.
Moore, I. S., Ranson, C. & Mathema, P. (2015). Injury Risk in International Rugby Union: Three-Year Injury Surveillance of the Welsh National Team. Orthop J Sports Med 3, 2325967115596194.
Varley, I., Hughes, D. C., Greeves, J. P., Stellingwerff, T., Ranson, C., Fraser, W. D. & Sale, C. (2015). RANK/RANKL/OPG pathway: genetic associations with stress fracture period prevalence in elite athletes. Bone 71, 131-136.
Ranson, C., Hurley, R., Rugless, L., Mansingh, A. & Cole, J. (2013a). International cricket injury surveillance: a report of five teams competing in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Br J Sports Med 47, 637-643.
Ranson, C., Peirce, N. & Young, M. (2013b). Batting head injury in professional cricket: a systematic video analysis of helmet safety characteristics. Br J Sports Med 47, 644-648.
Ranson, C. & Young, M. (2013). Putting a lid on it: prevention of batting helmet related injuries in cricket. Br J Sports Med 47, 609-610.
Worthington, P., King, M. & Ranson, C. (2013a). The influence of cricket fast bowlers' front leg technique on peak ground reaction forces. J Sports Sci 31, 434-441.
Worthington, P. J., King, M. A. & Ranson, C. A. (2013b). Relationships between fast bowling technique and ball release speed in cricket. J Appl Biomech 29, 78-84.
Ranson, C. A., Burnett, A. F. & Kerslake, R. W. (2010). Injuries to the lower back in elite fast bowlers: acute stress changes on MRI predict stress fracture. J Bone Joint Surg Br 92, 1664-1668.
Ranson, C., King, M., Burnett, A., Worthington, P. & Shine, K. (2009). The effect of coaching intervention on elite fast bowling technique over a two year period. Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports 8, 261-274.
Ranson, C., Burnett, A., O'Sullivan, P., Batt, M. & Kerslake, R. (2008a). The lumbar paraspinal muscle morphometry of fast bowlers in cricket. Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine 18, 31-37.
Ranson, C. & Gregory, P. (2008). Shoulder injury in professional cricketers. Physical Therapy in Sport 9, 34-39.
Ranson, C. A., Burnett, A. F., O'Sullivan, P. B., Batt, M. E. & Kerslake, R. (2008b). The lumbar paraspinal muscle morphometry of fast bowlers in cricket. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 18, 31-37.
Roigpull, M. & Ranson, C. (2007). Eccentric muscle actions: Implications for injury prevention and rehabilitation. Physical Therapy in Sport 8, 88-97.
Ranson, C. A., Burnett, A. F., Kerslake, R., Batt, M. E. & O'Sullivan, P. B. (2006). An investigation into the use of MR imaging to determine the functional cross sectional area of lumbar paraspinal muscles. Eur Spine J 15, 764-773.
Ranson, C. A., Kerslake, R. W., Burnett, A. F., Batt, M. E. & Abdi, S. (2005). Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic professional fast bowlers in cricket. J Bone Joint Surg Br 87, 1111-1116.
Editorials
Ranson, C. & Young, M. (2012). Putting a lid on it: prevention of batting helmet related injureis in cricket.
British Journal of Sports Medicine.47(10), 609-610. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091889
Books
Harris, P. F. Ranson, C. A. & Robertson, A. (2013).
Anatomy for Problem Solving in Sports Medicine: The Knee. M&K Publishing.
Harris, P. F. & Ranson, C. A. (2011).
Anatomy for Problem Solving in Sports Medicine: The Back. Nottingham: Nottingham University Press.
Harris, P. F. & Ranson, C. A. (2008).
Atlas of Living & Surface Anatomy for Sports Medicine. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Book Chapters
Ranson, C.A., Joyce, D., & McGuigan, P. (2014). Managing Tendinopathy in Sport. In D. Joyce & D. Lewindon (Eds.), High Performance Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation: An integration of world class sports medicine and performance science: Human Kinetics.
Ranson, C., & Joyce, D. (2014). Enhancing Movement Efficiency: effective force application and avoiding energy leaks. In D.Joyce & D. Lewindon (Eds.), High performance training for sports: Human Kinetics.
Conference Keynote Presentations
Ranson, C. (2016). Injury and illness prevention models in elite sport. WRU Annual Sports Medicine Conference. Principality Stadium: WRU.
2015 British Association of Sports Medicine Annual Conference. Cardiff, Wales. Invited presenter. Injury prevention strategies for Rugby and Football.
2015 UK Military Rehabilitation Conference. London, UK. Keynote presenter. What's new in hamstring strain prevention & management
2014 UKSCA 10th Annual Conference, Chesford Grange, Warwickshire. Integrating Injury Prevention and Athlete Preparation: The cricket, athletics and rugby experience.
2014 Isokinetic Football Medicine Conference. Invited international presenter. Milan, Italy
2013 International Federation of Sports Physical Therapists Congress. Invited international presenter. Pretoria, South Africa
2013 South African Sport Physiotherapy Association Congress, Invited international presenter. Pretoria, South Africa
2011 South African Sports Medicine Association Congress. Invited international presenter. Johannesburg, South Africa
Conference Presentations
Psaila, M., Ranson, C. A. & Micallef-Stafrace, K. (2015). Risk factors for leg, ankle and foot injuries during basic military training in the maltese armed forces. European Federation of Sports Medicine Association: 9th European Congress Antwerp, Belgium.
Mathema, P., Ranson, C., & Moore, I. (2014). National team rugby player injury types, rates and risk factors over two-years.
British Journal of Sports Medicine,
48, 635.
Mathema, P., Moore I., Ranson, C. (2014). Do tournament schedule and squad composition influence injury types and rates in international rugby? British Journal of Sports Medicine,
48, 635.
Moore, I., Mathema, P., & Ranson, C. (2014). The impact of injury in welsh professional rugby.
British Journal of Sports Medicine,
48, 642.
Mount, S., Moore, I., & Ranson, C. (2014). Injury types and rates in an international cricket team: application of subsequent injury categorisation.
British Journal of Sports Medicine,
48, 642
Mount, S., Moore, I., & Ranson, C. Three-year cricket injury surveillance: Fast bowlers are the biggest injury burden.
5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Mount, S., Moore, I., & Ranson, C. Bowlers are at greater risk of sustaining ‘related', subsequent injuries than batters or wicket-keepers.
5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Mount, S., Moore, I., & Ranson, C. Daily exposure during one-year of international cricket.
5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Mount, S., Moore, I., & Ranson, C. Fast bowler match and training workload patterns during international cricket.
5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Mansingh. A., Moore I., & Ranson, C. Longitudinal injury surveillance for an international team cricket.
5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Newman, D., Moore, I., Langley, B., Peirce, N., & Ranson C. Five-year injury types and rates of First Class County Cricket.
5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Langley, B., Ranson, C., & Moore, I. S. Five year epidemiology of muscle injuries in professional cricket.
5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Cutti, A.G., Ranson, C.A., Burnett, A.F. Development of a standardised system for the assessment of suspected illegal bowling action in cricket. 5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Ranson, C.A. Mixed actions and shoulder counter-rotation: Unlikely mechanical risk factors for lower back stress fracture in fast bowlers. 5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Ranson, C.A. Trials and Tribulations of Designing and Implementing Improved Cricket Helmet Safety Standards. 5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
McCaig, S., Ranson, C.A. and Warren. A. The physical characteristic associated with throwing arm pain in elite adolescent cricketers. 5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
McCaig, S., Ranson, C.A. and Warren. A. The impact of throwing arm pain on cricket training and match availability and performance in elite adolescent cricketers. 5th World Congress of Science & Medicine in Cricket, Sydney March 2015
Dacombe, P., Ranson, C., McCaig, S. & Young, M. (2011). A reliability assessment examining the inter- and intraobserver reliability of the current England and Wales Cricket Board musculoskeletal profiling protocol.
British Journal of Sports Medicine 45:e1.
Worthington, P., King, M. & Ranson, C. (2009). The effect of selected kinematics on ball speed and ground reaction forces in fast bowling.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, 297-300.
Worthington, P., Ranson, C., King, M., Burnett, A. & Shine, K. (2009b). The effect of individualised coaching interventions on elite young bowlers' technique.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, 260-263.
Ranson, C., Burnett, A., King, M., O’Sullivan, P., Cornish, R. & Batt, M. (2008a). Acute lumbar stress injury, trunk kinematics, lumbar MRI and paraspinal muscle morphology in fast bowlers in cricket. In: Kwon, Y. H., Shim, J., Shim, J. K. & Shin, I. S. (eds.)
XXVI International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports. Seoul National University, 233-236.
Burnett, A. F. & Ranson, C. A. (2007). Stress fractures in fast bowlers in cricket: Why you win the toss and bat.
World Arthritis Day Seminar Perth.
Gregory, P. L. & Ranson, C. A. (2007). Shoulder injuries in professional cricketers.
3rd World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket. Barbados.
Ranson, C. A., Burnett, A. F. & Kerslake, R. W. (2007). Lumbar spine MRI abnormalities in professional and elite junior fast bowlers in cricket.
3rd World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket. Barbados.
Worthington, P., King, M. & Ranson, C. A. (2007). A comparison of two and three dimensional measures of lower trunk side-flexion in fast bowlers.
3rd World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket. Barbados.
Ranson, C., Burnett, A. F., Kerslake, R. W., Batt, M. E. & O'Sullivan, P. B. (2006a). Grammer Award Presentation: An investigation into the use of MR imaging to determine the functional cross sectional area of lumbar paraspinal muscles.
Eurospine. Istanbul.
Patel, N., Ranson, C. A. & Burnett, A. F. (2005). A three-dimensional analysis of the amount of available trunk motion utilised during fast bowling in cricket.
British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine Annual Congress. Edinburgh, Scotland: British Journal of Sports Medicine, 89-94.
Burnett, A. F., Ranson, C. A., Dankaerts, W. & O’Sullivan, P. B. (2004). An overview of methods for evidence based practice in spinal rehabilitation.
AAESS: Exercise and Sports Science Conference 2004: From Research to Practice. Brisbane: Central Queensland University.
Ranson, C., Kerslake, R., Burnett, A., Batt, M. & Abdi, S. (2004). MR imaging abnormalities of the lumbar spine in professional fast bowlers in cricket.
2nd ECB Science and Medicine in Cricket Conference. Loughborough UK: England and Wales Cricket Board.
