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Misuse of the term ‘load’ in sport and exercise science (2021)
Journal Article
Staunton, C. A., Abt, G., Weaving, D., & Wundersitz, D. W. (in press). Misuse of the term ‘load’ in sport and exercise science. Journal of science and medicine in sport / Sports Medicine Australia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2021.08.013

Despite the International System of Units (SI), as well as several publications guiding researchers on correct use of terminology, there continues to be widespread misuse of mechanical terms such as ‘work’ in sport and exercise science. A growing con... Read More about Misuse of the term ‘load’ in sport and exercise science.

SupPoRtive Exercise Programmes for Accelerating REcovery after major ABdominal Cancer surgery trial (PREPARE-ABC): Pilot phase of a multicentre randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Hernon, J., Saxton, J., Jones, M., Howard, G., Swart, A. M., Clark, A., Stirling, S., Turner, D., Murdoch, J., Nortje, J., Bach, S., Fearnhead, N., Din, F., Stephens, A., Lund, J., Tou, S., Kelly, S., Ziprin, P., Dennis, R., Smart, N., …Dresser, K. (2021). SupPoRtive Exercise Programmes for Accelerating REcovery after major ABdominal Cancer surgery trial (PREPARE-ABC): Pilot phase of a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Colorectal Disease, 23(11), 3008-3022. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15856

Aim: PREPARE-ABC is a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial including an internal pilot designed to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of pre- and postoperative exercise in relation to short- and longer-term postoperative recovery... Read More about SupPoRtive Exercise Programmes for Accelerating REcovery after major ABdominal Cancer surgery trial (PREPARE-ABC): Pilot phase of a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Provision of exercise services in patients with peripheral artery disease in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Harwood, A. E., Pymer, S., Ibeggazene, S., Ingle, L., Caldow, E., & Birkett, S. T. (in press). Provision of exercise services in patients with peripheral artery disease in the United Kingdom. Vascular, https://doi.org/10.1177/17085381211035259

Objectives: Supervised exercise programmes (SEPs) are a vital treatment for people with intermittent claudication, leading improvements in walking distance and quality of life and are recommended in multiple national and international guidelines. We... Read More about Provision of exercise services in patients with peripheral artery disease in the United Kingdom.

Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment (2021)
Journal Article
Lemanska, A., Poole, K., Manders, R., Marshall, J., Nazar, Z., Noble, K., …Faithfull, S. (2022). Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(1), 347-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06404-5

Purpose: To report patient activation, which is the knowledge, skills, and confidence in self-managing health conditions, and patient-reported outcomes of men after prostate cancer treatment from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention. Methods:... Read More about Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment.

Love is in the hair: arginine methylation of human hair proteins as novel cardiovascular biomarkers (2021)
Journal Article
Marsden, A. J., Riley, D. R., Birkett, S., Rodriguez-Barucg, Q., Guinn, B. A., Carroll, S., …Beltran-Alvarez, P. (in press). Love is in the hair: arginine methylation of human hair proteins as novel cardiovascular biomarkers. Amino acids, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-021-03024-5

Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death worldwide. Extensive cardiovascular biomarkers are available using blood tests but very few, if any, investigations have described non-invasive tests for cardiovascular biomarkers based on readily av... Read More about Love is in the hair: arginine methylation of human hair proteins as novel cardiovascular biomarkers.

Aquatic Therapy for improving Lower Limbs Function in Post-stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Ghayour Najafabadi, M., Shariat, A., Dommerholt, J., Hakakzadeh, A., Nakhostin-Ansari, A., Selk-Ghaffari, M., …Cleland, J. A. (in press). Aquatic Therapy for improving Lower Limbs Function in Post-stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2021.1929011

Background: Lower limb disability is common in chronic stroke patients, and aquatic therapy is one of the modalities used for the rehabilitation of these patients. Objectives: To summarize the evidence of the effects of aquatic therapy on lower limb... Read More about Aquatic Therapy for improving Lower Limbs Function in Post-stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

‘I guess I was surprised by an app telling an adult they had to go to bed before half ten’: a phenomenological exploration of behavioural ‘nudges’ (2021)
Journal Article
Toner, J., Allen-Collinson, J., & Jones, L. (2021). ‘I guess I was surprised by an app telling an adult they had to go to bed before half ten’: a phenomenological exploration of behavioural ‘nudges’. Qualitative research in sport, exercise and health, https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2021.1937296

In recent years, the role of self-tracking technologies has been investigated, debated and critiqued within qualitative research circles. The principal means by which self-tracking technologies seek to promote health-related behaviours and behaviour... Read More about ‘I guess I was surprised by an app telling an adult they had to go to bed before half ten’: a phenomenological exploration of behavioural ‘nudges’.

'I guess I was surprised by an app telling an adult they had to go to bed before half ten’: A phenomenological exploration of behavioural ‘nudges’ (2021)
Journal Article
Toner, J., Allen-Collinson, J., & Jones, L. (in press). 'I guess I was surprised by an app telling an adult they had to go to bed before half ten’: A phenomenological exploration of behavioural ‘nudges’. Qualitative research in sport, exercise and health, https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2021.1937296

In recent years, the role of self-tracking technologies has been investigated, debated and critiqued within qualitative research circles. The principal means by which self-tracking technologies seek to promote health-related behaviours and behaviour... Read More about 'I guess I was surprised by an app telling an adult they had to go to bed before half ten’: A phenomenological exploration of behavioural ‘nudges’.

An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Home-based Exercise Programmes for Individuals with Intermittent Claudication. (2021)
Journal Article
Pymer, S., Ibeggazene, S., Palmer, J., Tew, G., Ingle, L., Smith, G., …Harwood, A. (2021). An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Home-based Exercise Programmes for Individuals with Intermittent Claudication. Journal of vascular surgery, 74(6), 2076-2085.e20

Objectives: Supervised exercise programmes (SEP) are effective for improving walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication (IC) but provision and uptake rates are sub-optimal. Access to such programmes has also been halted by the Corona... Read More about An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Home-based Exercise Programmes for Individuals with Intermittent Claudication..

A systematic review of exercise testing in patients with intermittent claudication: A focus on test standardisation and reporting quality in randomised controlled trials of exercise interventions (2021)
Journal Article
Birkett, S., Harwood, A., Caldow, E., Ibeggazene, S., Ingle, L., & Pymer, S. (2021). A systematic review of exercise testing in patients with intermittent claudication: A focus on test standardisation and reporting quality in randomised controlled trials of exercise interventions. PLoS ONE, 16(5 May), Article e0249277. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249277

A systematic review was conducted to identify the range of terminology used in studies to describe maximum walking distance and the exercise testing protocols, and testing modalities used to measure it in patients with intermittent claudication. A se... Read More about A systematic review of exercise testing in patients with intermittent claudication: A focus on test standardisation and reporting quality in randomised controlled trials of exercise interventions.