Outputs (152)

Validation of field-based running tests to determine maximal aerobic speed in professional rugby league (2024)
Journal Article
Bennett, T., Marshall, P., Barrett, S., Malone, J., Simpson, A., Bray, J., Christopherson, C., Nickolay, T., Metcalfe, J., & Towlson, C. (2024). Validation of field-based running tests to determine maximal aerobic speed in professional rugby league. PLoS ONE, 19(7 July), Article e0306062. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306062

Practitioners place importance on high-speed running (HSR) to monitor training practice and match-play demands, whilst attempting to maximise fitness and minimize the risk of injury occurrence. Practitioners apply various methods to quantify HSR, suc... Read More about Validation of field-based running tests to determine maximal aerobic speed in professional rugby league.

A co-produced teaching experience to promote nursing students’ care and compassion towards mental health service users (2024)
Digital Artefact
Davenport, C., & O'Brien, S. (2024). A co-produced teaching experience to promote nursing students’ care and compassion towards mental health service users. [Website]

This blog describes a teaching session we co-produced and delivered to around 300 second year student nurses. We recently followed it up by publishing an article reflecting on the experience (O’Brien and Davenport, 2024) and highlighting the need for... Read More about A co-produced teaching experience to promote nursing students’ care and compassion towards mental health service users.

Inter- and intra-observer reliability and agreement of O<inf>2</inf>Pulse inflection during cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A comparison of subjective and novel objective methodology (2024)
Journal Article
Nickolay, T., McGregor, G., Powell, R., Begg, B., Birkett, S., Nichols, S., Ennis, S., Banerjee, P., Shave, R., Metcalfe, J., Hoye, A., & Ingle, L. (2024). Inter- and intra-observer reliability and agreement of O2Pulse inflection during cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A comparison of subjective and novel objective methodology. PLoS ONE, 19(3 March), Article e0299486. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299486

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the ‘gold standard’ method for evaluating functional capacity, with oxygen pulse (O2Pulse) inflections serving as a potential indicator of myocardial ischaemia. However, the reliability and agreement of iden... Read More about Inter- and intra-observer reliability and agreement of O<inf>2</inf>Pulse inflection during cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A comparison of subjective and novel objective methodology.

Validation of Field-Based Running Tests to Determine Maximal Aerobic Speed in Professional Rugby League: Anonymised data set (2024)
Data
McLaren-Towlson, C., Marshall, P., Simpson, A., Bray, J., & Nickolay, T. (2024). Validation of Field-Based Running Tests to Determine Maximal Aerobic Speed in Professional Rugby League: Anonymised data set. [Data]

Practitioners place importance on high-speed running (HSR) to monitor training practice and match-play demands, whilst attempting to maximise fitness and minimize the risk of injury occurrence. Practitioners apply various methods to quantify HSR, suc... Read More about Validation of Field-Based Running Tests to Determine Maximal Aerobic Speed in Professional Rugby League: Anonymised data set.

Embedding the service user voice to co-produce UK mental health nurse education—A lived experience narrative (2024)
Journal Article
O'Brien, S., & Davenport, C. (2024). Embedding the service user voice to co-produce UK mental health nurse education—A lived experience narrative. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.13031

What is known on the subject?: Co-production aims to value service user voices and is increasingly used in healthcare. Less is known about how co-production in nursing education is experienced by service users. What the paper adds to existing knowled... Read More about Embedding the service user voice to co-produce UK mental health nurse education—A lived experience narrative.

HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy (2024)
Digital Artefact
Walker, J., Smith, L., Hilton, A., Alfred, L., Scholin, L., & Ahankari, A. (2024). HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy

Opening paragraph:
Pregnancy is a transformative period in a woman’s life and an important time to lay strong foundations for infant health and wellbeing that can last a lifetime. The health and wellbeing of the mother, her unborn baby and wider fam... Read More about HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy.

Dyadic perspectives on loneliness and social isolation among people with dementia and spousal carers: findings from the IDEAL programme (2023)
Journal Article
Rippon, I., Victor, C. R., Martyr, A., Matthews, F. E., Quinn, C., Rusted, J. M., Jones, R. W., Collins, R., van Horik, J., Pentecost, C., Allan, L., & Clare, L. (in press). Dyadic perspectives on loneliness and social isolation among people with dementia and spousal carers: findings from the IDEAL programme. Aging and Mental Health, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2286618

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the impact of self and partner experiences of loneliness and social isolation on life satisfaction in people with dementia and their spousal carers. Methods: We used data from 1042 dementia caregiving dyads... Read More about Dyadic perspectives on loneliness and social isolation among people with dementia and spousal carers: findings from the IDEAL programme.

Promoting an alcohol-free (dry) pregnancy not just for Dry January (2023)
Digital Artefact
Walker, J., Smith, L., Hilton, A., Alfred, L., Scholin, L., & Ahankari, A. (in press). Promoting an alcohol-free (dry) pregnancy not just for Dry January

Opening paragraph:
Many people make resolutions to take steps towards a healthier lifestyle after the New Year, and ‘Dry January’ is an opportunity to think about cutting down on alcohol consumption.

Making healthy resolutions are also important... Read More about Promoting an alcohol-free (dry) pregnancy not just for Dry January.

The Evolution of Scientific Visualisations: A Case Study Approach to Big Data for Varied Audiences (2022)
Book Chapter
Lunn, A. J., Shaw, V., & Winder, I. C. (2022). The Evolution of Scientific Visualisations: A Case Study Approach to Big Data for Varied Audiences. In L. Shapiro, & P. M. Rea (Eds.), Biomedical Visualisation (51-84). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10889-1_3

Visual representations of complex data are a cornerstone of how scientific information is shared. By taking large quantities of data and creating accessible visualisations that show relationships, patterns, outliers, and conclusions, important resear... Read More about The Evolution of Scientific Visualisations: A Case Study Approach to Big Data for Varied Audiences.

Practical considerations of dissolved oxygen levels for platelet function under hypoxia (2021)
Journal Article
Kusanto, B., Gordon, A., Naylor-Adamson, L., Atkinson, L., Coupland, C., Booth, Z., Ahmed, Y., Pires, I. M., Stasiuk, G. J., Sturmey, R., Calaminus, S. D., & Arman, M. (2021). Practical considerations of dissolved oxygen levels for platelet function under hypoxia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(24), Article 13223. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413223

Investigating human platelet function in low-oxygen environments is important in multiple settings, including hypobaric hypoxia (e.g., high altitude), sea level hypoxia-related disease, and thrombus stability. These studies often involve drawing bloo... Read More about Practical considerations of dissolved oxygen levels for platelet function under hypoxia.