Research Output: 2006-present

Publications

Edited Books

• Winter E, Jones A, Davison R, Bromley P and Mercer TH (Eds) (2007) Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Guide. Volume I: Sport Testing. London: Routledge p. 364.
  
• Winter E, Jones A, Davison R, Bromley P and Mercer TH (Eds) (2007) Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Guide. Volume II. Exercise and Clinical Testing. London: Routledge p. 267.

Chapters in Books

• Bailey, A.K., Gleeson, NP, Rees, D., Roberts, S.N.J., Eston, R. Richardson J.B.. (2007). The effects of non-concurrent strength and endurance rehabilitation on the neuromuscular and musculoskeletal performance of knees treated with autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI). Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Committee (Eds.), In: ISAKOS Media Collection (Volume 1). www.isakos.com, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.
  
• Baltzopoulos, V. and Gleeson, NP (2008). Skeletal muscle function. In: Eston, R. and Reilly, T. (Eds.), Kinanthropometry and exercise physiology laboratory manual: Tests, procedures and data [3rd Ed.] (Volume 2: Exercise physiology). London: Routledge.
  
• Gleeson NP (2008). Assessment of neuromuscular performance using electromyography. In Eston RG and Reilly T (eds.), Kinanthropometry and exercise physiology laboratory manual: Tests, procedures and data [3rd Ed.] (Volume 2: Exercise physiology). London: Routledge.
  
• Howden, S. (2008) Pain and Rheumatoid arthritis. In: Twohig, P.L. and Kalitzkus, V. Eds. Social Studies of Health, Illness and Disease: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York.
  
• Koufaki P and Mercer TH (2007) Exercise assessment for people with End Stage Renal Failure. In, Winter E, Jones A, Davison R, Bromley P and Mercer TH (Eds). Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Science Guide, Volume Two: Exercise and Clinical Testing. London, Routledge. pp.199-208.
  
• Koufaki P and Mercer TH (2006) Exercise Rehabilitation for patients with End Stage Renal Disease. In: WR Frontera et al. (Eds) Exercise in Rehabilitation Medicine. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics (2nd edition) pp. 291-307, 420-422.
  
• Winter E, Jones AM, Davison RC, Bromley PD, and Mercer TH (2007) Rationale for exercise testing. Winter E, Jones A, Davison R, Bromley P and Mercer TH (Eds) Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Guide. Vols I and II. London: Routledge. pp. 7-10.

Journal papers

• Jagadamma, K.C. , Owen, E.,Coutts, F.J., Mercer, H.L., Herman, J., Yirrel, J., and Van Der Linden, M.L (2010). The effects of tuning of Ankle-Foot Orthosis Footwear Combination on the gait of a patient with hemiplegia – a case study. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 34(3): pp.270-276
• Jagadamma, K.C. , Coutts, F.J., Mercer, H.L., Herman, J., Yirrel, J., Forbes, L. and Van Der Linden, M.L. (2009) Effects of tuning of the Ankle Foot Orthoses Footwear Combination (AFO-FC) using wedges on stance phase knee hyperextension in children with cerebral palsy (CP) during gait – Preliminary results. Disability and Rehabilitation – Assistive Technology, 4(6): pp.406-13.
• Bulley C (2007) Making a case for funding for lymphoedema services. Journal of Lymphoedema, 2 (2): 22-29.
• Bulley C (2007) A needs assessment of lymphoedema services in Fife and resulting
  recommendations. Primary Care Research and Development, 8 (2): 128-140.
• Bulley C, Donaghy M (2008) Processes in the development of international specialist
  competencies and standards. Journal of Allied Health, 37: 221E-243E.
• Bulley C, Donaghy M, Dow, C (2008) Are Physiotherapy Guidelines for the Management of
  Osteoporosis Being Implemented? A UK-Wide Survey. Advances in Physiotherapy 10: 95-103.
• Bulley C, Donaghy M, Payne A, Mutrie N (2008) The use of objective monitoring to explore Stages of Behavior Change applied to exercise and moderate physical activity.
  International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 46 (1): 4-10.

• Bulley C, Donaghy M, Payne A, Mutrie N (2007) A critical review of the validity of measuring stages of change in relation to exercise and moderate physical activity. Critical Public Health, 17 (1): 17-30.
• Coupar F, van Wijck F, Morris J, Pollock A, Langhorne P (2007) Simultaneous bilateral training for improving arm function after stroke (Protocol). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 2. 2007.
• Eston RG, Rowlands AV, Coulton D, McKinney J, Gleeson NP. (2007). The effect of PNF flexibility training on symptoms of exercise-induced muscle damage, Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 5 (1): 33-39
• Fatoye F, Palmer S, Macmillan F, Rowe P, van der Linden M (2009) Proprioception and muscle torque deficits in children with hypermobility syndrome. Rheumatology, 48(2):152- 7.
• Fatoye FA, Palmer ST, Macmillan F, Rowe PJ, van der Linden ML (2008) Repeatability of joint proprioception and muscle torque assessment in healthy children and in children diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome. Musculoskeletal Care, 6:108-23
• Forsyth, K., MacIver, D., Howden, S., Owen, C. and Shepherd, C. (2008) Developmental Co- ordination Disorder: A synthesis of evidence to underpin an Allied Health Professions’ Framework. The International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 55, (2): 153-172.
• Gleeson N, Minshull C, Parfitt G, Bailey A, Rees D. (2008) Influence of surgery and rehabilitation conditioning on pychophysiological fitness. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness 6 (1): 71-86.
• Glover, P., Bulley, C. and Howden, S. (2008) Influences on physiotherapists when deciding to study at Master's level: an exploratory study. Advances in Physiotherapy, 10 (1): 14-20.
• Hazlewood ME, Simmons AN, Johnson WT, Richardson AM , van der Linden ML, Hillman SJ, Robb JE. (2007) The footprint method to assess transmalleolar axis. Gait Posture, 25(4):597-603
• Hillman SJ, Hazlewood ME, Schwarz MH, van der Linden ML, Robb JE (2007) Correlation of the Edinburgh Gait Score with the Gillette Gait Index, the Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire, and dimensionless speed. J Pediatr Orthop 27;7-11.
• Koufaki P, Annijeet HI, Crowe AV, Kemp GJ and Mercer TH (2006) Exercise rehabilitation for haemodialysis patients. British Journal of Renal Medicine 11: 19-20.
• McIntyre CW, Selby NM, Sigrist M, Pearce LE, Mercer TH, Naish PF (2006) Patients receiving maintenance dialysis have more severe functionally significant skeletal muscle wasting than patients with dialysis-independent chronic kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, 21 (8): 2210-2216.
• Minshull C, Gleeson N, Walters-Edwards M, Eston R and Rees D (2007). Effects of acute fatigue on the volitional and magnetically-evoked electromechanical delay of the knee flexors in males and females. European Journal of Applied Physiology; 100(4):469-78.
  Morris J, van Wijck F, Joice S, Ogston S, Cole, I, MacWalter RS (2008) A comparison of bilateral and unilateral upper limb task training in early post-stroke rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 89 (7): 1237-1245.
• Nutton RW, van der Linden ML. Rowe PJ, Gaston P. Wade FA (2008) A prospective randomised double-blind study of functional outcome and range of flexion following total knee replacement with the NexGen standard and high flexion components. J Bone Joint Surg Br, 90 (1):37-42.
• Pandyan AD, van Wijck FM, Stark S, Vuadens P, Johnson GR, Barnes MP. (2006) The construct validity of a spasticity measurement device for clinical practice: an alternative to the Ashworth scales. Disability and Rehabil.itation, 15; 28 (9):579-85.
• Pollock A, Baer G, Pomeroy V, Langhorne P.(2008). Physiotherapy treatment approaches for stroke. (Cochrane Corner) Stroke; 39 (2): 519-520
  Pollock A, Baer G, Pomeroy V, Langhorne P (2007). Physiotherapy treatment approaches for the recovery of postural control and lower limb function following stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , Issue 1. Art. No.: D001920.OI10.1002/14651858.CD001920.pub2
• Pollock A, Baer G, Pomeroy V, Langhorne P. (2007) Physiotherapy treatment approaches for the recovery of postural control and lower limb function following stroke: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 21 (5): 395-410
• Pugh-Clarke K, Naish PF and Mercer TH (2006) Quality of life in chronic kidney disease. EDTNA ERCA J, 32 (3), 167-171
• Puh U & Baer G D. (2009) A comparison of treadmill walking and overground walking in independently ambulant stroke patients: a pilot study. Disability & Rehabilitation , 31(3) 202-210
• Reilly JJ, Penpraze V, Hislop J, Davies G, Grant S, Paton JY. (2008) Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: review with new data. Arch Dis Child, 93(7):614-9.
• Rodgers H, Shaw L, Price C, van Wijck F, Barnes M, Graham L, Ford G, Shackley P, Steen N et al. on behalf of BoTULS investigators. (2008) Study design and methods of the BoTULS trial: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the clinical effect and cost effectiveness of treating upper limb spasticity due to stroke with botulinum toxin type A. Trials, 9:59 (23 Oct 2008) http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/9/1/59
• Tan CW, Palmer ST, Martin DJ, Roche PA.(2007) Detection theory analysis of scaling and Detection theory analysis of scaling and discrimination tasks: responses to noxious thermal stimuli discrimination tasks: responses to noxious thermal stimuli. Percept Psychophys, 69(6):994-1001.
• Twist, C., Eston, R.G., Gleeson, N. (2008). The effects of plyometric exercise on unilateral balance performance. Journal of Sports Sciences http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640410801930168.
• van der Linden ML, Hazlewood ME, Aitchison AM, Hillman SJ, Robb JE (2006) Passive and dynamic rotational characteristics in children with diplegic cerebral palsy, differences between right and left legs Dev Med Child Neurol. 2006;48:176-80.
• van der Linden ML, Hazlewood ME, Hillman SJ, Robb JE (2008) Functional electrical stimulation to the dorsiflexors and quadriceps in children with cerebral palsy. Pediatr Phys Ther 20(1):23-9.
• van der Linden ML, Rowe PJ, Myles CM, Burnett R, Nutton RW (2007) Knee kinematics in functional activities seven years after total knee arthroplasty. Clinical Biomechanics 22;:537-42.
• van der Linden ML, Rowe PJ, Nutton RW (2008) Between-day repeatability of knee kinematics during functional tasks recorded using flexible electrogoniometry. Gait Posture, 28 (2):292-6.
• Williamson J, Bulley C, Coutts F (2008) What do patients feel they can do following lumbar microdiscectomy? A qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30: 1367-1373.

Conference papers

• Jagadamma K, Coutts F, Mercer T, Herman J, Yirrel J, L Hogg L, van der Linden ML (2008) - Effects of tuning of the Ankle Foot Orthoses Footwear Combination (AFOFC) on the stance phase knee kinematics of children with cerebral palsy(CP) during gait.
  Proceedings of the 17th Annual meeting of the European Society of Movement Analysis for Adults and Children. Turin: Edizioni Minerva Medica. pp. 12-14.
• van der Linden ML, Roche PA, Rowe PJ, Nutton RW (2008) Preoperative predictors of knee
  range of motion during stair walking after total knee replacement . Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Movement Analysis for Adults and Children. . Turin: Edizioni Minerva Medica. p.11
  

Research Reports

• Bovill C, Morss K, Bulley C (2008) Curriculum design for the first year: Quality Enhancement
  Theme: The First Year Experience. Quality Assurance Agency 218 07/08.
  Enhancement Themes Document
• Mercer TH, Fisher A and Hislop J (2008) Developing an outcome evaluation framework for
  play@home. Scottish Government Research Report (Vol I p42 and Vol II p 68)
  Evaluation Framework for play@home
  

Papers accepted/ in press

• Bovill C, Morss K, Bulley C (in press) Should students participate in curriculum design? Discussion
  arising from a first year curriculum design project and a literature review. Pedagogical Research in Maximising Education
• Bulley, C., Salisbury, L., Whiteford, S., Donaghy, M., MacKay, E. and Howden, S. (in press) A prospective qualitative exploration of views about attending pulmonary rehabilitation. Physiotherapy Research International.
• Gleeson N, Minshull C, Eston R, Bailey A, Rees D (2008, in press). Single measurement reliability and reproducibility of volitional and magnetically-evoked indices of neuromuscular performance in adults. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
• Koufaki P, Naish P and Mercer TH (in the press) Objective assessment of physical function in people with chronic kidney disease. British Journal of Renal Medicine