Patria Hume

Patria Anne Hume is a New Zealand sports biomechanics academic. She is currently a full-time professor of human performance at the Auckland University of Technology Sport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ) at AUT Millennium.

Hume represented New Zealand in rhythmic gymnastics for six years, before coaching gymnasts who won medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Hume's notable doctoral gradudates include Professor Erica Hinckson; Dr Doug King; Dr Ken Quarrie; Associate Professor Chris Whatman; Associate Professor Kelly Sheerin; Dr Clara Soper; Dr Jennie Coker; Dr Simon Gianotti; Dr Simon Gianotti; Dr Joshua McGeown; Dr Stephven Kolose; Dr Brian Russell; Dr Steve Hollings; Dr Simon Pearson; Dr Sarah Kate Miller; Dr Pornratshanee Weerapong; Dr Peter Maulder; Dr Lisa McDonnell; Dr Matt Kritz; Dr Jennifer Hewitt; Dr Rodrigo Bini; Victoria Neilson; Dr Ian Renshaw; Dr Boris Bacic; Dr Bobby Wilcox; Dr Anna Lorimar; Dr Scott Brown; Stephen Kara; Mel Henderson; Mark Jones; Glen Joe; Dan Vogel; Paul Davey; Karoline Cheng; Amy Honeyfield.

Honours and awards Hume was named a fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports at the 2010 conference in Marquette, Michigan.

In March 2021, Hume was created a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising that her research has "helped transform concussion injury awareness and management in New Zealand and internationally".

In the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours, Hume was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports science and injury prevention.

Professor Hume is Honorary Professor Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Honorary Professor Law School University of Western Australia. Professor Hume is full time Professor of Human Performance at Auckland University of Technology, based at AUT Millennium.

Selected works

King, D., Hume, P. A., Cummins, C., Foskett, A., & Barnes, M. J. (2020). Changes in the stress and recovery of injured versus non-injured amateur domestic women's rugby union team players over a competition season in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine, 46(2). McGeown, J., Kara, S., Crosswell, H., Borotkanics, R., Hume, P. A., Quarrie, K., & Theadom, A. (2019). Predicting sport-originated brain injury recovery trajectory using initial clinical assessment findings: a retrospective cohort study. Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01240-4 King, D., Hume, P. A., Gissane, C., & Clark, T. (2017). Semi-professional rugby league players have higher concussion risk than professional or amateur participants: A pooled analysis. Sports Medicine, 47(2), 197–205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-016-0576-z Pearson, S. N., Hume, P. A., Cronin, J. B., & Slyfield, D. (2016). America's Cup sailing: Effect of standing arm-cranking (‘grinding’) direction on muscle activity, kinematics, and torque application. Sports, 4(3), 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports4030037 Hewit, J. K., Cronin, J. B., & Hume, P. A. (2012). Asymmetry in multi-directional jumping tasks. Physical Therapy in Sport, 13(4), 238–242. Bradshaw, E., & Hume, P. A. (2012). Biomechanical approaches to identify and quantify injury mechanisms and risk factors in women's artistic gymnastics. Sports Biomechanics, 11(3), 324–341. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2011.650186 Hume, P. A., Hopkins, W. G., Robinson, D. M., Robinson, S. M., & Hollings, S. C. (1993). Predictors of attainment in rhythmic sportive gymnastics. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 33(4), 367–377. Hume, P. A. (1993). Netball injuries in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine, 21(2), 27–31. Hopkins, W. G., Hume, P. A., Robinson, D. M., & Robinson, S. M. (1991). Training intensity of elite male distance runners. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 23(9), 1078–1082.