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Trunk muscle activity during dynamic exercises on land and in water for participants with and without chronic low back pain (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Linton, L., Valentine, S., Coleman, S., Kaliarntas, K., & Psycharakis, S. (2017, November). Trunk muscle activity during dynamic exercises on land and in water for participants with and without chronic low back pain. Presented at Physiotherapy UK Conference 2017, Birmingham, UK

Aquatic exercise is beneficial in managing Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP), however information is lacking as to which exercises are appropriate for targeting specific muscle groups. Whilst there is greater understanding of trunk and hip muscle activati... Read More about Trunk muscle activity during dynamic exercises on land and in water for participants with and without chronic low back pain.

Teachers’ and young adolescents’ qualitative opinions of an eight-week, feasibility/pilot, sit-stand desk intervention (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitkethly, A., Campbell, A., Sproule, J., Booth, J., Fawkner, S., & Hutson, D. (2017, November). Teachers’ and young adolescents’ qualitative opinions of an eight-week, feasibility/pilot, sit-stand desk intervention. Poster presented at Scottish Physical Activity Research Connections 2017, University of Edinburgh

Aim: Nine sit-stand desks were installed in an Edinburgh Primary 7 class to determine the feasibility of their use and the effects on sedentary, activity, learning outcome variables. This abstract details the qualitative aspect of this study to disco... Read More about Teachers’ and young adolescents’ qualitative opinions of an eight-week, feasibility/pilot, sit-stand desk intervention.

Lower Resting and Exercise-Induced Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and Angiogenic T-Cells in Older Men (2017)
Journal Article
Ross, M. D., Malone, E. M., Simpson, R., Cranston, I., Ingram, L., Wright, G. P., Chambers, G., & Florida-James, G. D. (2018). Lower Resting and Exercise-Induced Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and Angiogenic T-Cells in Older Men. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 314(3), 392-402. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00592.2017

Ageing is associated with a dysfunctional endothelial phenotype, as well as reduced angiogenic capabilities. Exercise exerts beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, possibly by increasing/maintaining the number and/or function of circulating... Read More about Lower Resting and Exercise-Induced Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and Angiogenic T-Cells in Older Men.

Comparison of Heart Rate Responses Between Coronary Heart Disease and Age-Matched Normal Subjects in Water-and Land-Based Exercise: A Pilot Study (2017)
Journal Article
Graham, S. M., Baird, M. F., Connaboy, C., & Thow, M. (2017). Comparison of Heart Rate Responses Between Coronary Heart Disease and Age-Matched Normal Subjects in Water-and Land-Based Exercise: A Pilot Study. Journal of Aquatic Physical Therapy, 25(2), 1-6

Background and purpose. Exercise therapy is an integral component of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Currently, land-based exercise classes are prescribed in Phase IV CR. However, with its unique properties, water-based exercise potentially offers an al... Read More about Comparison of Heart Rate Responses Between Coronary Heart Disease and Age-Matched Normal Subjects in Water-and Land-Based Exercise: A Pilot Study.

Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females (2017)
Journal Article
Dowd, K. P., Purtill, H., Harrington, D. M., Hislop, J. F., Reilly, J. J., & Donnelly, A. E. (2017). Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females. Pediatric Exercise Science, 29(3), 427-433. https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2016-0188

Objectives: This study aims to determine the minimum number of days of monitoring required to reliably predict sitting/lying time, standing time, light intensity physical activity (LIPA), moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and st... Read More about Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females.

Using computer, mobile and wearable technology enhanced interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2017)
Journal Article
Stephenson, A., McDonough, S. M., Murphy, M. H., Nugent, C. D., & Mair, J. L. (2017). Using computer, mobile and wearable technology enhanced interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0561-4

Background High levels of sedentary behaviour (SB) are associated with negative health consequences. Technology enhanced solutions such as mobile applications, activity monitors, prompting software, texts, emails and websites are being harnessed to r... Read More about Using computer, mobile and wearable technology enhanced interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis..

A Physical Activity Referral Program Improves Risk Factors in Those Who Have Completed Cardiac Rehabilitation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, C., Neubeck, L., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2017, August). A Physical Activity Referral Program Improves Risk Factors in Those Who Have Completed Cardiac Rehabilitation. Presented at Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand 65th Annual Scientific Meeting Clinical and Preventative Cardiology Symposium, Perth, Australia

Background: On completion of cardiac rehabilitation (CR),participants may be referred to community-based physical activity programs. There is limited data to determine additional benefits of these programs supplemental to CR.
Methods: Using l... Read More about A Physical Activity Referral Program Improves Risk Factors in Those Who Have Completed Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Postgraduate taught students and preparedness for Master’s level study: polishing the facets of the Master’s diamond (2017)
Journal Article
Bamber, V., Choudhary, C. J., Hislop, J., & Lane, J. (2019). Postgraduate taught students and preparedness for Master’s level study: polishing the facets of the Master’s diamond. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43(2), 236-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2017.1359502

Transitions are increasingly recognised as difficult, and less has been written about transitions to postgraduate taught programmes than about transitions into undergraduate or doctoral study. A Scotland-wide project found that new taught Post-gradua... Read More about Postgraduate taught students and preparedness for Master’s level study: polishing the facets of the Master’s diamond.

Life after cardiac rehabilitation; the benefits of a community-based physical activity program (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, C., Neubeck, L., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2017, August). Life after cardiac rehabilitation; the benefits of a community-based physical activity program. Presented at 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association, Perth, Australia

Background: On completion of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), participants may be directed to community-based physical activity programs for those with chronic conditions. There is limited data to determine additional benefits of these programs supplemen... Read More about Life after cardiac rehabilitation; the benefits of a community-based physical activity program.

How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project (2017)
Journal Article
Ryde, G. C., Gorely, T., Jepson, R., Gray, C., Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., Ireland, A. V., Williams, B., McMurdo, M. E. T., & Evans, J. M. M. (2017). How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project. BMC Women's Health, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0405-z

Background
The benefits of physical activity are well established, yet large numbers of people are not sufficiently active to gain health benefits. Certain population groups are less physically active than others, including older women from areas of... Read More about How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project.

Evidence of direct cardiac damage following high-intensity exercise in chronic energy restriction: A case report and literature review (2017)
Journal Article
Baird, M. F., Grace, F., Sculthorpe, N., Graham, S. M., Fleming, A., & Baker, J. S. (2017). Evidence of direct cardiac damage following high-intensity exercise in chronic energy restriction: A case report and literature review. Medicine, 96(27), Article e7030. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000007030

Rationale: Following prolonged endurance events such as marathons, elevated levels of cardiospecific biomarkers are commonly reported. Although transiently raised levels are generally not considered to indicate clinical myocardial damage, comprehensi... Read More about Evidence of direct cardiac damage following high-intensity exercise in chronic energy restriction: A case report and literature review.

United Kingdom Health Promotion Initiatives for Healthy Aging (2017)
Book Chapter
Dawkes, S., & Cheung, S. T. (2017). United Kingdom Health Promotion Initiatives for Healthy Aging. In B. Fong, A. Ng, & P. Yuen (Eds.), Sustainable Health and Long-Term Care Solutions for an Aging Population (91-102). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2633-9.ch005

People are living longer but not, unfortunately, living longer healthy lives as there is an increasing number of years spent in ill-health from the age of 65 years onwards. Rates of chronic non-communicable diseases are increasing. This purpose of th... Read More about United Kingdom Health Promotion Initiatives for Healthy Aging.

Promotion of physical activity interventions for community dwelling older adults: A systematic review of reviews (2017)
Journal Article
Zubala, A., MacGillivray, S., Frost, H., Kroll, T., Skelton, D. A., Gavine, A., Gray, N. M., Toma, M., & Morris, J. (2017). Promotion of physical activity interventions for community dwelling older adults: A systematic review of reviews. PLOS ONE, 12(7), Article e0180902. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180902

Objectives While there is strong evidence that regular participation in physical activity (PA) brings numerous health benefits to older adults, and interventions to effectively promote PA are being developed and tested, the characteristics and compon... Read More about Promotion of physical activity interventions for community dwelling older adults: A systematic review of reviews.

Research priorities about stoma-related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma: A pilot survey (2017)
Journal Article
Hubbard, G., Taylor, C., Beeken, B., Campbell, A., Gracey, J., Grimmett, C., Fisher, A., Ozakinci, G., Slater, S., & Gorely, T. (2017). Research priorities about stoma-related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma: A pilot survey. Health Expectations, 20(6), 1421-1427. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12585

Background:There is a recognized need to include patients in setting research priorities. Research priorities identified by people with a stoma are rarely elicited.
Objectives: To improve the quality of life of people with a stoma through use of ev... Read More about Research priorities about stoma-related quality of life from the perspective of people with a stoma: A pilot survey.

An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes (2017)
Thesis
Fountain, H. E. An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979005

Psychological resilience has been described as a multidimensional, context specific concept, and has been defined in numerous ways that attempt to encapsulate the process by which individuals positively adapt following stress or significant adversity... Read More about An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes.

Using computer, mobile and wearable technology interventions to change sedentary behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stephenson, A., Murphy, M., McDonough, S., Nugent, C., & Mair, J. (2017, February). Using computer, mobile and wearable technology interventions to change sedentary behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Presented at 3rd UCL Centre for Behaviour Change Digital Health Conference 2017: Harnessing digital technology for behaviour change, London, UK

Rationale: High levels of sedentary behavior (SB) are strongly associated with several negative health consequences (1). Technologies such as mobile applications (apps), wearable activity monitors, prompting software, texts, emails and websites are b... Read More about Using computer, mobile and wearable technology interventions to change sedentary behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Association between bisphosphonate therapy and outcomes from rehabilitation in older people (2017)
Journal Article
Goodbrand, J. A., Hughes, L. D., Cochrane, L., Donnan, P. T., McGilchrist, M., Frost, H., McMurdo, M. E., & Witham, M. D. (2017). Association between bisphosphonate therapy and outcomes from rehabilitation in older people. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 70, 195-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2017.01.017

Background Bisphosphonate therapy may have actions beyond bone, including effects on cardiovascular, immune and muscle function. We tested whether bisphosphonate treatment is associated with improved outcomes in older people undergoing inpatient reh... Read More about Association between bisphosphonate therapy and outcomes from rehabilitation in older people.

Recruitment to the “Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis” (B-AHEAD) Randomized Controlled Trial (2017)
Journal Article
Pegington, M., Adams, J. E., Bundred, N. J., Harvie, M. N., Campbell, A., Howell, A., Howell, S. J., Speed, S., Wolstenholme, J., & Harvey, M. (2018). Recruitment to the “Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis” (B-AHEAD) Randomized Controlled Trial. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 17(1), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735416687850

Excess weight at breast cancer diagnosis and weight gain during treatment are linked to increased breast cancer specific and all-cause mortality. The Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis (B-AHEAD) trial tested 2 weight loss diet and exe... Read More about Recruitment to the “Breast—Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis” (B-AHEAD) Randomized Controlled Trial.