Sport & Exercise Science - Wrexham University

The Sport & Exercise Science department at Wrexham University has a broad and developing research culture with staff who have a range of research interests. The expertise in the department includes topics such as:

Applied Sport Psychology
Biomechanics
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
Human Physiology
Sports Coaching
Sport & Exercise Performance
Performance analysis
Football coaching

Recent research in the department, conducted by Dr Chelsea Batty, has examined exercise fidelity and cardio-respiratory fitness of patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation. She is currently undertaking various other projects with the Wrexham and Flintshire Cardiac Rehabilitation team.

Publications
Sports and Exercise Therapists - working across the physical activity spectrum, British journal of sports medicine, 57. [DOI] (2023)
Weaver, Kristian; Northeast, Lynsey; Cole, Michael; Holland, Christopher James; Cassius, Tyrone

Lower Limb Anthropometric Profiling in Professional Female Soccer Players: A Proof of Concept for Asymmetry Assessment Using Video Analysis, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. [DOI] (2023)
Kristian J. Weaver; Nicola Relph

Exercise Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: Is a Little Encouragement Enough?, [DOI] (2022)
Batty (nee Moore), Chelsea; Tsakirides, Costas; Swainson, Michelle; Buckley, John; Theocharis, Ispoglou

UK cardiac rehabilitation fit for purpose? A community-based observational cohort study, (2020) BMJ Open, 10. [DOI]
Ibeggazene, Said; Moore, Chelsea; Tsakirides, Costas; Swainson, Michelle; Ispoglou, Theocharis; Birch, Karen

Dietary education provision within a cardiac rehabilitation programme in the UK: a pilot study, British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 15. [DOI] (2020)
Chelsea E Moore; Costas Tsakirides; Zoe Rutherford; Michelle G Swainson; Karen M Birch; Said Ibeggazene; Theochairs Ispoglou