Public Health and Sport Sciences

Our research

  1. Denford S, van Beurden S, O'Halloran P, Williams C, (2020). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among children, adolescents, and young adults with cystic fibrosis: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research. BMJ Open, 10(2).
  2. Douglas H, Kappor K, Raywood E, Bryon M, Main E. (2019). Establishing valid wear-time of activity trackers for the assessment of daily physical activity in children and young people with CF. Pediatric pulmonology , 54 (S2),
  3. Denford S, Hill D, Mackintosh K, McNarry M, Barker A, Williams C, (2019). Using photo-elicitation to explore perceptions of physical activity among young people with cystic fibrosis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 19(1) 220.
  4. Denford S, Mackintosh K, McNarry M, Barker A, Williams C, (2019). Enhancing intrinsic motivation for physical activity among adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a qualitative study of the views of healthcare professionals. BMJ Open, 9(6)
  5. Denford S, Mackintosh KA, McNarry MA, Barker AR, Williams CA. (2019). Promotion of physical activity for adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a qualitative study of UK multi disciplinary cystic fibrosis teams. Physiotherapy, 106, P111-18
  6. Bianchim, M.S , mcnarry m, mackintosh k. (2019). Calibration and Validation of Accelerometry to Measure Physical Activity in Adult Clinical Groups: A Systematic Review. Preventive Medicine Reports, 6(16).
  7. Cox N, Eldridge B, Rawlings S, Dreger J, Corda J, Hauser J..... Holland A, (2019). A web-based intervention to promote physical activity in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 19(253).
  8. West S, Banks L, Schneiderman J, Caterini J, Stephens S, White G..... Wells G, (2019). Physical activity for children with chronic disease; a narrative review and practical applications. BMC pediatrics, 19 (1), pp. 12
  9. Williams CA, Tomlinson OW, Wedgwood KC, Mohammadi H, Prouse K, Tsaneva-Atanasova K. (2019). Cardiopulmonary Responses to Maximal Aerobic Exercise in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. PLoS One, 14 (2),
  10. McCreery J, Mackintosh K, Cox N, McNarry M, (2018). Assessing the Perceptions of Inspiratory Muscle Training in Children With Cystic Fibrosis and Their Multidisciplinary Team: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 1(2).
  11. Douglas, H, Main. E. (2017). INSPIRE-CF: levels of participation of children with cystic fibrosis randomised to a 24-month weekly supervised exercise intervention.
  12. Caterini, J.E, Schneiderman JE, Wells GD. (2017). Cross Talk: How to account for the numerous factors affecting mitochondrial function in CF? The Journal of Physiology.
  13. Cox NS, Holland AE. (2017). Exercise assessment and training in cystic fibrosis: Can less achieve more? Journal of cystic fibrosis: official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 16 (6), pp. 649-650