Projects (26)

Patient acceptability to a novel prosthetic device: A randomised feasibility study in older patients with vascular-related amputations and multimorbidities Apr 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2023
Background: Almost 6,000 people have a leg amputated in the UK annually. These are mostly patients over 50 years and usually with diabetes and/or blood vessel problems. Older patients are often prescribed standard ankle-foot prostheses, unlike those... Read More about Patient acceptability to a novel prosthetic device: A randomised feasibility study in older patients with vascular-related amputations and multimorbidities.

Assessing the health economics of two home-based exercise programmes in obese adults Jun 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2021
Obesity is a public health concern of epidemic proportions, increasing in prevalence across most demographics and increasingly younger ages (Ng et al., 2014) and is a risk factor for a myriad of other psychosocial, physiological, and musculoskeletal... Read More about Assessing the health economics of two home-based exercise programmes in obese adults.

The dose response relationships between measures of training load and changes in fitness in professional youth soccer players Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2018

Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education - Erasmus Sport Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019
The use of performance enhancing drugs represents a threat to European sport, because doping undermines the key principles of open and fair competition. Doping also poses a significant threat to the physical and mental health of athletes. Although on... Read More about Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education - Erasmus Sport.

An introduction to Total Sweet Xylitol Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
Purpose of the current project is to;

1) Determine the impact of Xylitol on weekly calorific intake
2) Access subjective satiation levels
3) Explore the relationship between gut hormone response and Xylitol consumption.

Maximising musculoskeletal function for falls prevention in lower-limb amputees May 1, 2015 - Apr 30, 2018
The burden of lower-limb amputation and the associated health comorbidities is complex. More than 52% of lower-limb amputees (LLAs) fall each year, with 75% as recurrent fallers. Previous research has made evidence-based recommendations for targeted... Read More about Maximising musculoskeletal function for falls prevention in lower-limb amputees.

Knee Pain Method Validation Collaboration Jan 1, 2016 - Jul 31, 2017

Development and Validation of the Adolescent Sport Drug Inventory (ASDI) and Factors that Influence Attitudes among Adolescents Jan 1, 2014 - Sep 30, 2024
The primary aim of this project is to develop and then validate the Adolescent Sport Drug Inventory (ASDI) among adolescent athletes from different cultures (UK, US, Hong Kong, and Australia) and then use the ASDI to explore maturational, environment... Read More about Development and Validation of the Adolescent Sport Drug Inventory (ASDI) and Factors that Influence Attitudes among Adolescents.

The Effectiveness of the Play Clean Group Based and the Mobile Applications (iPlayClean) Anti-Doping Education Programs for Adolescent Athletes and their Entourage: A Randomized Control Trial Nov 1, 2016 - Apr 30, 2026
This program of research will examine the effectiveness of the group based and website anti-doping education programs for high-level adolescent athletes and their entourage (i.e., coaches and parents). David Howman, the WADA director general, recentl... Read More about The Effectiveness of the Play Clean Group Based and the Mobile Applications (iPlayClean) Anti-Doping Education Programs for Adolescent Athletes and their Entourage: A Randomized Control Trial.

Health and Well Being of Female Football Players in the Preparation for Competition in the Heat Mar 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2017

A double-blind, randomized control trial to evaluate the effect of high protein high fibre yogurts on weight loss in overweight and obese women Jun 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2017

Maturity-status ‘bio-banding’ as a tool for ongoing talent (de)selection of academy soccer players using a multi-disciplinary approach Jun 1, 2018 - May 31, 2019
UEFA Research Grant 2018-2019

Understanding and promoting WhIslteblowing oN DOPing irregularities in the EU Jan 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
The White Paper on Sport (2007) revealed that performance enhancing drugs in sport represents a threat to European sport. Little is known about the true prevalence of doping in sport. Although the World Anti-Doping Agency typically report that 1-2% o... Read More about Understanding and promoting WhIslteblowing oN DOPing irregularities in the EU.

SOCS VASC - Stabilising suppressor of cytokine signalling 3 (SOCS3) to limit vascular re-modelling in vein graft failure and in-stent restenosis Dec 1, 2019 - May 31, 2022

A phase II, randomised feasibility trial of a tailored, home-based exercise programme on disease-free survival among early stage high-risk recurring cancers in Yorkshire Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
To determine the effect exercise has on preventing secondary cancers and improving 5-year survival rates among people diagnosed with breast, bowel, lung, or prostate cancers in Yorkshire.

Ideas Fund - Menopause 'hull support network Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022

TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital. Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
People with cancer have to travel to specialist cancer hospitals to access treatments such as radiotherapy. A number of studies have identified an association between patients living further away from a cancer centre and being less likely to be treat... Read More about TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital..

PREPARE ABC:SupPoRtive Exercise Programmes for Accelerating REcovery after major ABdominal Cancer surgery Jul 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2024

Digital delivery of lifestyle behaviour change in patients requiring cardiac surgery? A scoping exercise focusing on patients and healthcare professionals Sep 12, 2022 - Jan 24, 2024
Patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) benefit from cardiac rehabilitation (Class 1, Level A evidence). CR is recommended by the WHO, NICE and the NHS. Pre and post operative lifestyle was a high priority, as independently ju... Read More about Digital delivery of lifestyle behaviour change in patients requiring cardiac surgery? A scoping exercise focusing on patients and healthcare professionals.

HIV infection, cardiac dysfunction and effects of rehabilitation in patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy Jan 3, 2022 - Jan 6, 2025