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COVID-19 Research Report: The Impact of the Pandemic on Community Sport Provision and Participation (2021)
Report
Mackintosh, C., Ives, B., Staniford, L., Gale, L., Thompson, A., Sims, D., Daniels, J., Oldfield, S., & Kolic, P. (2021). COVID-19 Research Report: The Impact of the Pandemic on Community Sport Provision and Participation. Manchester Metropolitan University: Sport England

Opening paragraph:
This is a research report that includes a partnership collaboration study between Manchester
Metropolitan University and five Active Partnerships (AP) in the north of England. Active Partnerships
are strategic agencies for spo... Read More about COVID-19 Research Report: The Impact of the Pandemic on Community Sport Provision and Participation.

Measurement properties of external training load variables during standardised games in soccer: Implications for training and monitoring strategies (2021)
Data
McLaren-Towlson, C., Barrett, S., & Clubb, J. Measurement properties of external training load variables during standardised games in soccer: Implications for training and monitoring strategies. [Data]

The aim of this study was to assess the measurement properties of external training load measures across three formats of standardised training games. Eighty-eight players from two English professional soccer clubs participated in the study spanning... Read More about Measurement properties of external training load variables during standardised games in soccer: Implications for training and monitoring strategies.

Quantifying technical actions in professional soccer using foot-mounted inertial measurement units (2021)
Thesis
Marris, J. B. Quantifying technical actions in professional soccer using foot-mounted inertial measurement units. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223448

This thesis aimed to (i) establish the concurrent validity and intra-unit reliability of a foot-mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU), for measuring the frequency of technical actions performed during soccer training activities, and (ii) to quantif... Read More about Quantifying technical actions in professional soccer using foot-mounted inertial measurement units.

Stakeholder perspectives on referral processes to local authority healthy lifestyle programmes: a mixed methods study (2021)
Thesis
Wilkinson, A. M. Y. (2021). Stakeholder perspectives on referral processes to local authority healthy lifestyle programmes: a mixed methods study. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4430682

Background: The profound but often non-specific case for physical activity (PA) in population health and the wider economy provide strong rationale for promotion in primary care settings. However, there is limited acknowledgement towards the need for... Read More about Stakeholder perspectives on referral processes to local authority healthy lifestyle programmes: a mixed methods study.

A Systematic Review of Exercise Prescription in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: Does Pain Matter? (2021)
Journal Article
Seed, S., Harwood, A., Sinclair, J., Pymer, S., Caldow, E., Ingle, L., Egun, A., & Birkett, S. (in press). A Systematic Review of Exercise Prescription in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: Does Pain Matter?. Annals of vascular surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2021.06.025

Background: Current guidelines for intermittent claudication advocate exercise at moderate to maximal claudication pain. However, adherence rates to supervised exercise programmes (SEP) remain poor and claudication pain is a contributing factor. Limi... Read More about A Systematic Review of Exercise Prescription in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: Does Pain Matter?.

The associations between physical activity intensity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2021)
Journal Article
Kerr, C., Waterworth, S., Brodie, D., Sandercock, G., & Ingle, L. (2021). The associations between physical activity intensity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 36(12), 3508-3514. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgh.15672

Background and Aim: High levels of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness may protect against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. We investigated whether different physical activity intensities and cardiorespiratory fitness were independent p... Read More about The associations between physical activity intensity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

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., Saxton, J. M., Turner, L., Warner, G., Griffin, B. A., & 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., Ingle, L., Sathyapalan, T., & 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., Ingle, L., & 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. (2022). ‘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, 14(3), 413-427. 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., Chetter, I., & 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.

The effect of bio-banding and pitch sizes on differential ratings of perceived exertion (DRPE) (2021)
Thesis
Short, K. The effect of bio-banding and pitch sizes on differential ratings of perceived exertion (DRPE). (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223703

Little research exists on the use of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) in youth soccer, with no research during bio-banded small-sided games (SSGs). Biobanding categorises players based upon maturity status rather than chronological a... Read More about The effect of bio-banding and pitch sizes on differential ratings of perceived exertion (DRPE).

Recall, perceptions and determinants of receiving physical activity advice amongst cancer survivors: a mixed-methods survey (2021)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Gilbert, S. E., Brown, M. C., & Saxton, J. M. (2021). Recall, perceptions and determinants of receiving physical activity advice amongst cancer survivors: a mixed-methods survey. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(11), 6369-6378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06221-w

Purpose: This study explored cancer survivors’ views and experiences of receiving physical activity advice post-diagnosis. We also determined the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on the recall of physical activity advice and whether rece... Read More about Recall, perceptions and determinants of receiving physical activity advice amongst cancer survivors: a mixed-methods survey.

Living with and caring for dementia : the effects of a novel intervention on quality of life in a case series (2021)
Thesis
Parkinson, S. R. Living with and caring for dementia : the effects of a novel intervention on quality of life in a case series. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223430

Background: Dementia is associated with several modifiable risk factors including physical activity, cognitive stimulation, and social engagement. Caregiver burden is common among dementia carers and may be reduced with educational and emotional supp... Read More about Living with and caring for dementia : the effects of a novel intervention on quality of life in a case series.

Monitoring practices of training load and biological maturity in UK soccer academies (2021)
Journal Article
Salter, J., De Ste Croix, M. B., Hughes, J., Weston, M., & Towlson, C. (2021). Monitoring practices of training load and biological maturity in UK soccer academies. International journal of sports physiology and performance : IJSPP, 16(3), 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1123/IJSPP.2019-0624

Purpose: Overuse injury risk increases during periods of accelerated growth, which can subsequently impact development in academy soccer, suggesting a need to quantify training exposure. Nonprescriptive development scheme legislation could lead to in... Read More about Monitoring practices of training load and biological maturity in UK soccer academies.