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Professor Keith Stokes joined the University of Bath in 2002 and has established strong partnerships with stakeholders in Rugby Union and other sports to investigate injury risk in sport and to develop and evaluate strategies to reduce injury risk. He also has a strong interest in the prevention of frailty in older adults.
He has published over 150 articles in journals such as the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine, American Journal of Sports Medicine, International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, and the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Keith has supervised 26 PhD students to completion. He has attracted over £5 million in external funding from agencies such the Rugby Football Union, The RFU Injured Players Foundation, World Rugby, United Kingdom Sports Council and BBSRC.
He was editor for the International Journal of Sports Medicine from 2016-2023, and is on the Advisory Board (Biological Sciences) of the Journal of Sports Sciences.
He is a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2013, Keith received a University Knowledge Exchange Award in partnership with the Rugby Football Union.
Inaugural Lecture
Professor Stokes presented his inaugural lecture on 'Big Impacts in Rugby Union: tackling safety with science'. In this lecture, he explored the risk of injury in rugby from schoolboy level through to professional players and described work carried out at the University of Bath that resulted in a global change to the Laws of Rugby Union in relation to the scrum.
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PRISP: Professional Rugby Injury Surveillance Project
Hudson, S. (PI) & Stokes, K. (PI)
12/09/22 → …
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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Community Rugby Injury Surveillance Project: 2021-2024 (amendment)
Stokes, K. (PI), McKay, C. (CoI), Williams, S. (CoI), Freeman-Eves, T. (Researcher), Roberts, S. (Researcher) & White, V. (Researcher)
1/09/21 → 31/08/27
Project: UK charity
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RFU-Activate programme development
McKay, C. (PI), Hislop, M. (PI), Stokes, K. (PI) & Roberts, S. (PI)
1/03/17 → …
Project: Other
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Enhancing Research Culture Grant Application: Injury prevention in female youth rugby union: engaging with a novel group to improve research understanding
West, S. (PI) & Stokes, K. (PI)
Project: Research-related funding
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CIHR-Smith Foreign Student Study Supplement
West, S. (CoI), Kolstad, A. (PI) & Stokes, K. (PI)
12/05/24 → 14/07/24
Project: Research-related funding
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A Comparison of Suspected Injuries, Suspected Concussions, and Match Events in Male and Female Canadian High School 15s and 7s Rugby
Price, T., West, S., Shill, I. J., Hendricks, S., Stokes, K. & Emery, C., 31 Jan 2026, In: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 36, 1, p. 23-29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can a novel computer vision-based framework detect head-on-head impacts during a rugby league tackle?
Mohan, M., Weaving, D., Gardner, A. J., Hendricks, S., Stokes, K. A., Phillips, G., Cross, M., Owen, C. & Jones, B., 27 Mar 2026, In: Injury Prevention. 32, 2, p. 228-234Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changing playing surfaces is associated with increased injury incidence and burden rates in men’s elite Rugby Union
Robertson, C., Williams, S., West, S., Kemp, S. P. T., Cross, M. & Stokes, K., 2 Jun 2026, (Acceptance date) In: Journal of Sports Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contributors to negative biopsychosocial outcomes in rugby players (CoNBO): part 1 the systematic review
Parmley, J., Whitehead, S., Weaving, D., Till, K., West, S. W., Brown, J., Cross, M., Davies, P., Falvey, É. C., Flahive, S., Gardner, A. J., Hendricks, S., Johnston, R., Kemp, S. P. T., Mellalieu, S. D., Owen, C., Phillips, G., Ramirez, C., Scantlebury, S. & Starling, L. & 4 others, , 10 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine. 12, 1, e002549.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Head Acceleration Event Exposure during Pre-Season Training in Elite Men's Rugby Union
Hudson, S., Roe, G., Cross, M., Jones, B., Kemp, S. & Stokes, K., 15 Jul 2026, In: Sports Medicine - Open. 12, 1, 100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of a graded exercise test to determine peak fat oxidation in individuals with low cardiorespiratory fitness
Chrzanowski-Smith, O. (Creator), Edinburgh, R. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. (Creator), Betts, J. (Contributor) & Stokes, K. (Contributor), University of Bath, 5 Nov 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00706
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Data set for 'Habitual physical activity levels do not predict leg strength and power in healthy, active older adults'
Perkin, O. (Creator), McGuigan, P. (Creator), Thompson, D. (Creator) & Stokes, K. (Creator), University of Bath, 22 Jun 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00491
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Dataset for "The effect of age on technique variability and outcome variability during a leg press"
Wilson, C. (Creator), Perkin, O. (Creator), McGuigan, P. (Creator) & Stokes, K. (Creator), University of Bath, 2016
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00179
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Dataset for 'Exercise snacking to improve muscle function in healthy older adults: A pilot study'
Perkin, O. (Creator), McGuigan, P. (Creator) & Stokes, K. (Creator), University of Bath, 3 Oct 2019
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00701
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