Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
The role of physical activity in preventing and managing disease and illness, and improving health and wellbeing.
My research and practice has focused on:-
- cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training for individuals with cardiovascular disease, particularly chronic heart failure.
- exercise programmes for individuals being treated for and/recovering from can
- exercise during pregnancy.
- exercise interventions to prevent falls in the elderly.
I have worked with NHS trusts, hospitals, condition-specific charities and leisure providers to research and implement positive outcomes for patients.
Supervisory Interests
I have supervised/am supervising PhDs in the following areas:-
- Exercise cardiology
- Detraining and muscle function
- Heat sensitivity in breast cancer survivors
- High intensity interval training
- Women’s decisions to exercise in pregnancy
Approach to teaching
Course Leader for BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science.
I encourage students to take an interest in what is going on around them - in the local or wider community - and to think about how this links to sport, exercise and health science. Relating a theoretical concept to something that is personally relevant in their lives often helps them to extend their learning beyond the degree course content.
I assist students into voluntary work on exercise referral and falls prevention interventions, and cardiac, stroke and cancer rehabilitation programmes as this enhances their learning, motivates their interest and can improve their employability.
I particularly enjoy this aspect of working with students individually or in small groups on exercise, nutrition and health-related projects in the community.
Education/Academic qualification
2011 → …
2006 → …
… → 2010
PhD, University of Brighton
… → 2010
University of Brighton
… → 2006
External positions
External Examiner, MSc Applied Exercise and Health Science, Canterbury Christ Church University
2018 → …Adviser, CU Fitter initiative and Course Tutor for the CU Fitter Award in Applied Cancer Exercise (CIMSPA endorsed)
2015 → …External Examiner, University of Chester, MSc Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation, University of Chester
2013 → 2017External Examiner, Foundation Degree and Progression to Honours in Health Promotion and Personal Training, University of Chichester
2008 → 2012Fingerprint Fingerprint is based on mining the text of the person's scientific documents to create an index of weighted terms, which defines the key subjects of each individual researcher.
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Research Output 2008 2018
- 9 Article
Reliability of a wearable sweat rate monitor and routine sweat analysis techniques under heat stress in females
Relf, R., Willmott, A., Flint, M., Beale, L. & Maxwell, N. 18 Dec 2018Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Sweat
Hot Temperature
Sweat Glands
Walking
Steam Bath
Prognostic importance of tissue velocity imaging during exercise echocardiography in patients with systolic heart failure
van Zalen, J., Patel, N. R., Podd, S., Raju, P., McIntosh, R., Brickley, G., Beale, L., Sturridge, L. P. & Lloyd, G. 1 Mar 2015 2, 1, p. 19-27 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Systolic Heart Failure
Echocardiography
Exercise
Stress Echocardiography
Stroke Volume
Oxygen cost of recreational horse-riding in females
Beale, L., Maxwell, N., Gibson, O., Twomey, R., Taylor, B. & Church, A. 1 Jan 2014 12, 6, p. 808-813 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
File
Horses
Oxygen
Costs and Cost Analysis
Oxygen Consumption
Walking
Why sprint interval training is inappropriate for a largely sedentary population
Hardcastle, S., Ray, H., Beale, L. & Hagger, M. S. 23 Dec 2014 5, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
participation
self-regulation
confidence
time
A comparison of high intensity interval training with circuit training in a short-term cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic heart failure
Beale, L., McIntosh, R., Raju, P., Lloyd, G., Brickley, G. & McIntosh, R. 28 Aug 2013 1, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Heart Failure
Quality of Life
Exercise
Oxygen Consumption
Systolic Heart Failure
Activities 2016 2016
- 1 Research degree
Heat sensitivity and alleviating strategies for female breast cancer survivors
Maxwell, N. (Supervisor), Flint, M. (Supervisor), Beale, L. (Supervisor)2016 → …
Activity: Research degree