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Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper (2025)
Journal Article
Price, O. J., Papadopoulos, N. G., Antolín Amérigo, D., Backer, V., Bougault, V., Del Giacco, S., Gawlik, R., Eguiluz-Gracia, I., Heffler, E., Janson, C., McDonald, V. M., Moreira, A., Simpson, A., & Bonini, M. (2025). Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper. Allergy, https://doi.org/10.1111/all.16573

Exercise is an important treatment for people with asthma and should be considered alongside pharmacological therapy when developing personalised asthma management plans. Despite this, there remains limited guidance concerning the practicalities of a... Read More about Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper.

Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Crooks, M. G., Wright, C., Hart, S., Allgar, V., English, A., Swan, F., Dyson, J., Richardson, G., Twiddy, M., Cohen, J., Simpson, A., Huang, C., Sykes, D. L., & Johnson, M. (2025). Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), Article e002327. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002327

Introduction Breathlessness is common and impairs the quality of life of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-IPF fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (ILD). We report the findings of a multicentre, fast-track (wait-list), mixed-met... Read More about Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial.

Multimodal prehabilitation in people awaiting acute inpatient cardiac surgery: Study protocol for a pilot feasibility trial (PreP-ACe) (2025)
Journal Article
Raut, S., Hales, A., Twiddy, M., Dixon, L., Ngaage, D., Yates, D., Danjoux, G., & Ingle, L. (2025). Multimodal prehabilitation in people awaiting acute inpatient cardiac surgery: Study protocol for a pilot feasibility trial (PreP-ACe). PLoS ONE, 20(3 March), Article e0307341. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307341

Background The concept of “prehabilitation,” or optimising individual physical and mental wellbeing prior to surgery is well established in cancer and orthopaedic populations. However, amongst the cardiac surgery population, the concept is relatively... Read More about Multimodal prehabilitation in people awaiting acute inpatient cardiac surgery: Study protocol for a pilot feasibility trial (PreP-ACe).

A comparison between a new foot-mounted inertial measurement system and a local positioning system in amateur futsal (2025)
Thesis
Witter, W. (2025). A comparison between a new foot-mounted inertial measurement system and a local positioning system in amateur futsal. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5089199

This study aimed to 1) establish the level of agreement between a foot-mounted inertial measurement system (PlayerMaker™) and a local positioning system (Catapult ClearSky™) for time-motion analysis variables in recreational futsal, (2) determine the... Read More about A comparison between a new foot-mounted inertial measurement system and a local positioning system in amateur futsal.

Life Beyond Olympic Sport: A Foucauldian Examination of Olympians’ Experiences and Coaches’ Perspectives of Athletic Retirement (2025)
Thesis
Boardman, N. (2025). Life Beyond Olympic Sport: A Foucauldian Examination of Olympians’ Experiences and Coaches’ Perspectives of Athletic Retirement. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5085050

The Olympic project is built upon modernist foundations. Olympic sport cultures across the world have been shaped by modernist, neoliberal discourses that emphasise the importance of athlete control and performance. In recent years, reports by NGBs,... Read More about Life Beyond Olympic Sport: A Foucauldian Examination of Olympians’ Experiences and Coaches’ Perspectives of Athletic Retirement.

Does team size affect Scottish male academy soccer player technical, locomotor and psychosocial outcomes during age and maturity bio-banded small-sided games? (2025)
Journal Article
King, M., Barrett, S., Mclellan, R., Cox, J., Brown, M., Mackenzie, S., & Towlson, C. (in press). Does team size affect Scottish male academy soccer player technical, locomotor and psychosocial outcomes during age and maturity bio-banded small-sided games?. Journal of sports sciences, https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2025.2456408

The timing of the adolescent growth spurt (i.e. peak height velocity [PHV]) varies greatly, causing significant differences in maturity-related anthropometric and physical development among chronologically age-categorised youth soccer players. These... Read More about Does team size affect Scottish male academy soccer player technical, locomotor and psychosocial outcomes during age and maturity bio-banded small-sided games?.

Optimisation of the preparation phase for orthopaedic surgery: Study protocol for a student-led multimodal prehabilitation feasibility trial (BoneFit) (2025)
Journal Article
Ingle, L., Snook, J., Smith, L., Oliver, B., Bray, J., Wells, L., Moorhouse, J., Dixon, L., Simpson, P., Osman, S., Saxton, J., Rajendran, A., Gopalakrishnan, G., & Symes, T. (2025). Optimisation of the preparation phase for orthopaedic surgery: Study protocol for a student-led multimodal prehabilitation feasibility trial (BoneFit). PLoS ONE, 20(2 February), Article e0314680. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314680

Background Since the Covid-19 pandemic, a surgical backlog for total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) surgery remains in the United Kingdom. Multimodal prehabilitation pathways (encompassing exercise, nutritional support and psy... Read More about Optimisation of the preparation phase for orthopaedic surgery: Study protocol for a student-led multimodal prehabilitation feasibility trial (BoneFit).

Doing qualitative data analysis (2025)
Book Chapter
Ives, B., Clayton, B., Gale, L., Holdom, T., & Nichol, A. (2025). Doing qualitative data analysis. In L. Nelson, R. Groom, & P. Potrac (Eds.), Research Methods in Sports Coaching (245-253). (2nd edition). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003381891-30

This chapter discusses how to analyse, make sense of, and write up qualitative data in sport coaching research. It starts by introducing qualitative data analysis, its overarching goal, and different forms of analysis used in sport coaching research.... Read More about Doing qualitative data analysis.

A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Anti-Doping Education for University Students (2025)
Journal Article
Nicholls, A. R., Lazuras, L., Petrou, M., Corazza, O., Santos, C., Nunes, A. J., Rynkowski, M., Martins, J. F., Zandonai, T., Kühn, U., & Tota, Ł. (2025). A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Anti-Doping Education for University Students. Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 5, Article 100168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etdah.2024.100168

Abstract
Background: Doping poses a threat to the integrity of sport and the health of athletes who dope, including university students. In this systematic review, we identified the content of anti-doping education that universities provide, the dis... Read More about A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Anti-Doping Education for University Students.

Comparing the technical and individual possession statistics of academy players across different age groups in match-play (2025)
Journal Article
Escreet, E., Barrett, S., Toner, J., Iga, J., & Towlson, C. (2025). Comparing the technical and individual possession statistics of academy players across different age groups in match-play. PLoS ONE, 20(1), Article e0316833. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316833

Background: Youth soccer players in the UK transition into the professional game at 16 years of age. Understanding the differences between youth and professional standards can help coaches and clubs to support player development during this transitio... Read More about Comparing the technical and individual possession statistics of academy players across different age groups in match-play.