Presentations
1. Active Ageing - the best is yet to come?
Bob Laventure, Consultant on Physical Activity and Older People at the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Loughborough University
2. Completeness of intervention descriptions in randomised trials of exercise training in peripheral arterial disease
Dr Garry Tew, Reader in Exercise and Health Sciences, Northumbria University
4. The Challenge of Measuring Physical Activity in an Ageing Population
Dr Paul Innerd, Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, University of Sunderland
5. Multicomponent exercise training in older adults: application and evaluation
Christopher Hurst, Exercise Physiologist and PhD researcher (Speedflex Europe and Teesside University)
6. Associations between load-bearing physical activity, muscle and bone in older men and women
Dr Karen Hind, Senior Research Fellow in Exercise and Bone Health, Leeds Beckett University
7. Psychological challenges of physical activity uptake in older age: exploring technological solutions
Dr Emily Oliver, Lecturer in Sport, Exercise and Health Psychology in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University
8. Lower Limb Asymmetry is linked with fall risk in older adults
Dr Sarah Clarke, Senior Lecturer, Sport & Exercise Biomechanics, Leeds Beckett University
9. It brings the lads together’: A critical exploration of older men’s experiences of a weight management programme delivered through a Healthy Stadia project
Dr Lorena Lozano Sufrategui, Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity, Exercise and Health, Leeds Beckett University
Workshops
Workshop A
A journey into fitness after stroke-translating physical activity research into practice
Dr Sarah Moore, NIHR Clinical Lecturer/physiotherapist, Newcastle University
Simon Clark, Sport, Health and Fitness Specialist, Newcastle City Council
Workshop B
An introduction to walking football
David Jones, Northumberland Football Association
Scott Lloyd, Health Improvement Commissioning Lead, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Workshop C
Research in Active Ageing – overcoming challenges though participant, practitioner and researcher collaboration
Active Ageing Research Group, University of Cumbria
Dr Susan Dewhurst, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology
Mr Theodoros M. Bampouras, Senior Lecturer in Biomechanics