Professor Mike Callaghan

Professor of Clinical Physiotherapy, Manchester Metropolitan University

About Professor Mike Callaghan

Michael Callaghan is Professor of Clinical Physiotherapy at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in the Emergency Medicine Department at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Manchester. He is also Head of Physical Therapies at Manchester United FC.

His general area of research is the assessment and rehabilitation of the lower limb which over the past few years has featured the treatment of patellofemoral pain caused by osteoarthritis. He has completed the largest ever clinical trial to assess the use of therapeutic knee bracing for painful patellofemoral OA using contrast enhanced MRIs.

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