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Here are a selection of articles co-authored by our team
Sensory experiences and outdoor activity.
Published in 2024 in the journal The Senses and Society, this article looks at the relevance of the often overlooked sensory pleasures and displeasures associated with outdoor physical activity in natural environments.
To view this article please follow this link: https://doi.org/10.1080/17458927.2024.2398283
Lived experiences of physical activity when living with dementia.
Published in 2024 in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, this article discusses research conducted with people living with dementia, carers, and support service providers about their lived experience of physical activity. It highlights both the challenges and facilitators presented by organised groups, service provider skills and qualities, and environmental factors, and the influence of these factors on shaping the physical activity experience of people living with dementia.
To view the abstract please follow this link: https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2023-0195 (access to Human Kinetics journals/Journal of Aging and Physical Activity is required to view full content).
Socio-cultural influences on adherence to cardiac rehabilitation.
Published in the journal Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health in 2024, this article examines the often overlooked social and cultural influences affecting engagement in (usually exercise-based) cardiac rehabilitation - a programme typically offered to people who have experienced some form of cardiac event e.g. a heart attack. The findings have relevance to engagement with physical activity generally and particularly when living with a long term condition.
To view this article please follow this link: https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2023.2296478
How personalised is cardiac rehabilitation?
Published in the journal Qualitative Health Research in 2023, this article looks into how the NHS focus on personalisation is or is not being achieved in the context of cardiac rehabilitation (usually offered after a cardiac event e.g. heart attack). The findings are relevant to service improvement recommendations across the health and social care system to help ensure personalised and person-centred support is provided.
To view this article please follow this link: https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231210260
Physical activity and older adults with physical disabilities.
With inactivity levels increasing with age, and disability and long term conditions also increasing with age this scoping review, published in 2023 in the journal Disability and Rehabilitation, looks at the barriers and facilitators influencing physical activity participation among older adults with physical disabilities.
To view this article please follow this link: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2253536
The experiences of Primary Care staff in coastal communities.
Published in BJGP Life, the home of General Practice and Family Medicine in 2022, this piece talks about the challenges and opportunities experienced by primary care staff working in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area.
To view this article please follow this link: Primary care staff at the ‘Deep end’: Experiences from Lincolnshire’s East Coast – BJGP Life
Physical activity and ageing.
The Copenhagen consensus statement on physical activity and ageing was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2019. The statement resulted from review and discussion of the existing evidence surrounding fitness and health, cognitive functioning, functional capacity, engagement, motivation, psychological well-being, and social inclusion in older adults.
To view this article please follow this link: Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: physical activity and ageing | British Journal of Sports Medicine (bmj.com)