Dr Mohsen Sayyah

Mohsen graduated in Mechanical Engineering in Iran in 2009. He then moved to the UK and studied MSc Sports Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University in 2012. Mohsen completed his PhD in Sports Biomechanics at Loughborough University in 2018.

Mohsen is now a Research Associate at the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University.

Mohsen’s research interests lie in the areas of physical activity and public health. He is particularly interested in the interaction between exercise, diet and obesity-related chronic disease. Mohsen is currently undertaking research examining the impact of multicomponent lifestyle health behaviour intervention in long distance lorry drivers (The SHIFT study).

Mohsen also has a keen interest in the fields of sports biomechanics and motor control, investigating the mechanics of technique in springboard diving and how aspects of motor control influence and limit diving performance.

• Sayyah, M., Clemes, S.A, Maylor, B.D., Edwardson, C.L., Sherry, A.P., Ruettger, K., Chen, Y.-L., Varela-Mato, V., Guest, A.J., King, J.A., Paine, N.J., & Rowlands. A.V. (2024). The Effect of Vehicle Motion (Cab Vibration) on Accelerometer Cut-Point Determined Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 7, 1-10. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1123/jmpb.2024-0027
• Guest, A.J., Clemes, S.A., King, J.A., Chen, Y.-L., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A.P., Varela-Mato, V., Paine, N.J. (2023). Attenuated cardiovascular reactivity to acute psychological stress predicts future fatigue symptoms in truck drivers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 65(3):p 228-234, March. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002715
• Sherry, A.P., Clemes, S.A., Chen, Y.-L., Edwardson, C., Gray, L.J., Guest, A.J., King, J.A., Rowlands, A.V., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Varela-Mato, V., Iuliana, H. (2023). Sleep Variability in UK Long Distance Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 65(1):p 67-73, January. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002687
• Ruettger, K., Clemes, S.A., Chen, Y.-L., Edwardson, C.L., Guest, A., Gilson, N.D., Gray, L.J., Johnson, V., Paine, N.J., Sherry, A.P., Sayyah, M., Troughton, J., Varela-Mato, V., Yates, T., King, J.A. (2022). Drivers with and without Obesity Respond Differently to a Multi-Component Health Intervention in Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 15546. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315546
• Guest, A.J., Paine, N.J., Chen, Y.-L., Chalkley, A., Munir, F., Edwardson, C.L., Gray, L.J., Johnson, V., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A., Troughton, J., Varela-Mato, V., Yates, T., King, J., Clemes, S.A. (2022). The structured health intervention for truckers (SHIFT) cluster randomised controlled trial: a mixed methods process evaluation. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 19, 79. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-022-01316-x
• Clemes, S.A., Varela-Mato, V., Bodicoat, D.H., Brookes, C.L., Chen, Y.-L., Edwardson, C.L., Gray, L.J., Guest, A., Johnson, V., Munir, F., Paine, N.J., Richardson, G., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A., Di Paola, A., Troughton, J., Yates, T., King, J.A. (2022). The effectiveness of the Structured Health Intervention For Truckers (SHIFT): a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT). BMC Med 20, 195. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02372-7
• Ruettger, K., Varela-Mato, V., Chen, Y-L., Edwardson, C., Guest, A., Gilson, N., Gray, L., Paine, N., Sherry, A., Sayyah, M., Yates, T., King, J., Clemes, S. (2022). Physical activity, sedentary time and cardiometabolic health in heavy goods vehicle drivers: a cross-sectional analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, ISSN: 1076-2752. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002484.
• Sherry, A.P., Clemes, S.A., Chen, Y.-L., Edwardson, C., Gray, L.J., Guest, A.J., King, J.A., Rowlands, A.V., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Varela-Mato, V., Iuliana, H. (2021). Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine Published Online First: 19 August 2021. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2021-107643
• Guest, A.J., Clemes, S.A., King, J.A., Chen, Y.-L., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A.P., Varela-Mato, V., Paine, N.J. (2021). Attenuated cardiovascular reactivity is related to higher anxiety and fatigue symptoms in truck drivers. Psychophysiology. 2021;00:e13872. DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13872
• Longman, D.P., Shaw, C.N., Varela-Mato, V., Sherry, A.P., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Guest, A.J., Chen, Y.-L., Paine, N.J., King, J.A. et al. (2021). Time in Nature Associated with Decreased Fatigue in UK Truck Drivers. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18, 3158. DOI:   10.3390/ijerph18063158
• Sayyah, M., King, M.A., Hiley, M.J., & Yeadon, M.R. (2020). Functional variability in the takeoff phase of one metre springboard forward dives. Human Movement Science, 72, 102634. DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2020.102634
• Sayyah, M., Hiley, M.J., King, M.A., & Yeadon, M.R. (2018). Functional variability in the flight phase of one metre springboard forward dives. Human Movement Science, 59, 234-243. DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2018.04.014