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.
All Projects (25)
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.
Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education - Erasmus Sport Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019
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 - Aug 31, 2023
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.
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
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
The validity, reliability and practical application of Sports Board within academy soccer programmes Jan 3, 2023 - Jan 2, 2026
The aim of the research thesis will be to establish the validity, reliability and practicle application of a new piece of technology (i.e. Sports Board) specifically designed to monitor and enhance the technical development of football players. In pa...
Read More about The validity, reliability and practical application of Sports Board within academy soccer programmes.