http://hdl.handle.net/10034/114523 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:45:16 GMT 2013-05-25T02:45:16Z http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283403 Title: Physiologic responses and energy expenditure of kinect active video game play in schoolchildren Authors: Smallwood, Stephen R; Morris, Mike; Fallows, Stephen; Buckley, John P Abstract: This journal article aims to evaluate the physiologic responses and energy expenditure of active video gaming using Kinect for the Xbox 360 using 18 schoolchildren aged 11 to 15 years. Description: This article is not available through ChesterRep. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283403 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283402 Title: Exercise: Tipping the balance towards sustained participation and lasting benefits Authors: Buckley, John P Abstract: Current data from the National Audit for Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) report that the average uptake of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), which includes exercise, is about 38%; ranging from 30% in patients following angioplasty to 68% for patients following bypass surgery. The NACR has highlighted numerous potential reasons for this lower than desired uptake, including the quality of local referral and patient recruitment processes, patient education and socio-cultural barriers to access. These problems are not exclusive to the exercise component of CR but affect the whole programme. This article will focus on the factors that CR professionals must consider in order to influence favourably the sustained longer-term participation in beneficial exercise for those patients who have taken up CR. Description: This article is not available through ChesterRep. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283402 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283233 Title: A critique on measuring reliability in exercise tests and outcome measures Authors: Buckley, John P Description: This article is not available through ChesterRep. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283233 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283232 Title: Low pulse pressure does not reduce the efficacy of a heart failure exercise programme Authors: Leslie, Rosalind; Buckley John P Abstract: Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) may have low pulse pressures (PP). This retrospective study was undertaken to analyse the relationship between PP and outcomes of a 12-week exercise training programme. Data analysed from 86 patients (69 male) aged 40 to 86 years, included: PP, functional capacity (metabolic equivalents [METS]) and quality of life (QoL) using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ). Median pre-training PP was 54 ± 19 mmHg. Functional capacity for the same heart rate (estimated 60% heart rate reserve) and Borg rating of 13 increased from 3.6 ± 1.1 to 4.0 ± 1.2 METS (p=0.0005); MLHFQ scores improved from 26 ± 19 to 22 ± 20 (p=0.0005). There was a high correlation between PP and systolic blood pressure pre- and post-training (pre: r=0.77, p=0.0005; post: r=0.80, p=0.0005). Changes in all the above outcomes were independent of pre-training PP. In conclusion, low PP did not reduce the efficacy of an exercise training programme, indicating that CHF patients with low PP can benefit similarly to those with normal/raised PP. Description: This journal article is not available through ChesterRep. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10034/283232 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z