Dr Angela Hibbs

Assistant Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Angela is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University in Sports Biomechanics and Sports Performance Analysis. Angela is also the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Lead at Northumbria University. Previously Angela worked in the applied elite sport environment working at both the Australian Institute of Sport and the English Institute of Sport providing performance analysis support to individual and team sports at the elite level.

Her research interests include the use of virtual reality technologies to promote healthy lifestyles and exploring the complex and dynamic process of the student transition into higher education and exploring the enables and barriers to the development of student belonging.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Use of Virtual reality technology on exercise preferences

Student transition into Higher Education

Student Belonging

Key Publications

Impact of virtual reality immersion on exercise performance and perceptions in young, middle-aged and older adults, Hibbs, A., Tempest, G., Hettinga, F., Barry, G. 30 Oct 2024, In: PLoS One
Previous education experience impacts student expectation and initial experience of transitioning into higher education, Timmis, M., Hibbs, A., Polman, R., Hayman, R., Stephens, D. 26 Nov 2024, In: Frontiers in Education
Sport students’ experiences of teaching and learning in the United Kingdom: A comparison between further and higher education settings, Hibbs, A., Hayman, R., Fox, E., Wilson, S., Timmis, M., Stephens, D., Polman, R. 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education
Reliability and Precision of Sonography of the Lumbar Multifidus and Transversus Abdominis During Dynamic Activities, Gibbon, K., Debuse, D., Hibbs, A., Caplan, N. Mar 2017, In: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Isolated Core Training Improves Sprint Performance in National-Level Junior Swimmers, Weston, M., Hibbs, A., Thompson, K., Spears, I. Mar 2015, In: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
Phasic-to-tonic shift in trunk muscle activity relative to walking during low-impact weight bearing exercise, Caplan, N., Gibbon, K., Hibbs, A., Evetts, S., Debuse, D. 1 Nov 2014, In: Acta Astronautica
The effect of a 12 week core training regimen on electromyographic activation in national-level junior swimmers, Hibbs, A., Weston, M., Thompson, K., Spears, I., Dixon, J. 8 Dec 2014, In: Journal of Athletic Enhancement
Strategy and tactics in sports performance, Hibbs, A., O’Donoghue, P. 14 Feb 2013, Routledge Handbook of Sports Performance Analysis, London, Taylor & Francis
Peak and average rectified EMG measures: Which method of data reduction should be used for assessing core training exercises?, Hibbs, A., Thompson, K., French, D., Hodgson, D., Spears, I. 2011, In: Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Analysis of speed, stroke rate, and stroke distance for world-class breaststroke swimming, Garland, S., Hibbs, A., Kleshnev, V. 2009, In: Journal of Sports Sciences

PGR Supervision

Christopher Rogers Start Date: 01/03/2025

Qualifications

Sport MSc September 01 2002
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2010
Information not provided British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) 2010