Sarah Martin

• Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) level 1 golf
• England Golf Community Golf Instructor
• Medical Acupuncture
• MEd Professional Development, University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth
• PGCE Post-Compulsory Education, University of Wolverhampton
• BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy, University of Birmingham

• Sports Therapy
• Exercise Rehabilitation
• Manual Therapy
• Pathology of Musculoskeletal Injury
• Golf Injury Biomechanics
• Pre-Participation Screening
• Isokinetic Dynamometry for Screening and Rehabilitation

My current research for my PhD (University of Exeter) explores changes in biomechanics as a function of age in senior golfers. Primarily this research focuses on lower body force production and movement screening.

As part of the teaching teams collaborative research projects, I have investigated the effects of a pneumatic compression device on peripheral blood flow and physical performance development in elite youth female footballers.

I actively engage in performance-related research within Professional motorcycle speedway and have peer-reviewed publications in this field.

My previous research interests have focused on physical activity engagement in Secondary PE, and Adherence Strategies within Home Exercise Programmes for Rehabilitation.

Martin, S., Evans, V., Salmon, J., Dixon, S., & Williams, G. (2025). The Development of the Senior Golfers Movement Assessment (SGMA) and Its Associated Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability. International Journal of Golf Science, 13(1), 1-14.

Martin, S., Evans, V., Bright, T. E., Dixon, S., & Williams, G. (2024). The Senior Golf Movement Assessment (SGMA) as a predictor of Clubhead Speed in amateur senior male golfers. In J.R. Roberts, A.C. Mears & M. Hiley (Eds.) Proceedings of the 11th World Scientific Congress of Golf (pp. 15–16). Golf Science, Loughborough University.

British Association of Sport Rehabilitators (BASRaT). (2024). BASRaT Educational Framework. 12th ed. Salford: BASRaT.

Markowski, M., Szczepan, S., ZatoÅ, M., Martin, S. & Michalik, K. (2023). The importance of reaction time to the starting signal on race results in elite motorcycle speedway racing. Plos One, 18(1), e0281138.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281138

Martin S., Doggart L. & Bloxham S. (2019). A physical profile of novice and experienced professional motorcycle speedway riders. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 15, DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.19.08775-9

Evans, V. & Martin, S. (2019). The effect of intermittent pneumatic compression on blood flow in the ankle. Journal of Sport Sciences 37(SUP1) 1-93

Martin, S. and Arthur, J. (2015) The effectiveness of Core PE lessons to improve physical fitness (AIESEP Conference). Revista Espanola de educacion fisica y deportes, Vol. 410, No. 8 (Supl.): 166-167.

Martin, S. (2014) The relationship between heart rate and positioning in professional speedway riders (BASES Conference). Journal of Sports Sciences, 32(S2): i1-i33.

Martin, S. (2012) The effects of different modes of instruction on adherence rates to an unsupervised proprioception-based rehabilitation programme for the chronically unstable ankle. Journal of Sports Therapy, 6(1).

British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT)

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) level 1

British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT) - Accreditation Board

External Examiner - Cardiff Metropolitan University, MSc Sport Rehabilitation

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External Examiner - University of Salford, BSc Sport Rehabilitation

Member of the Plymouth Marjon University Research Ethics Panel

Member of the Plymouth Marjon University Peer-Assisted Learning project

Member of the Plymouth Marjon University Pedagogical Innovation Forum (PIF)