24 May 2012 at 18:00 - The IET Sports Technology Lecture: Sports technology — enabling, enhancing or cheating? IET London: Savoy Place.

Dr David James, senior lecturer in sports engineering at Sheffield Hallam University and the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Public Engagement Fellow will explore the impact of technology in Paralympic sport and debate how we ensure that the values of sport are not corrupted by the enhancement techniques pioneered by the sports scientist and engineer.

For more information visit www.theiet.org/sportstech

 

 

3rd Dec 2011 - Heroes Rugby challenge - Northern Hemisphere XV vs Southern Hemisphere XV. Click here to view poster

 

28th Nov 2011 -The Peter Harrison Centre is delighted to announce the visit of Professor Kathleen A. Martin Ginis who will be talking about "Innovations in the Study and Promotion of Physical Activity Among People with Spinal Cord Injury" at Loughborough University. The talk will be held at 1pm in the Clyde Williams Building (room HE 0.26).

More information on the presenter can be found by clicking on this link.

 

11th Nov 2011 - Sporting prosthetics conference, Glasgow. This event will appeal to all professionals in allied healthcare and rehabilitation, those involved in sports & rehabilitation, as well as academics and prosthetic users alike. With the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, we aim to attract leading organisers and stakeholders of these events to the conference. It is hoped more than 200 delegates will participate in this event. One of the event highlights will be presentations by keynote speaker Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympian and 'Blade Runner'. Click here for more information

 

15th Sep 2011 - Dr David Howe presented on 'Paralympic Sport and Social Justice: Toward a Happy Marriage or Difficult Separation?’ at the seminar series of Stellenbosch University. Click here to view poster

 

08th Sep - 09th Sep 2011 The German National Paralympic Committee (Deutscher Behindertensportverband) celebrated its 60th anniversary by hosting an international scientific symposium, as well as other receptions and meetings in Berlin. The scientific symposium that took place on 8th September was the organised by Dr Thomas Abel of the Deutsche Sporthoschule Köln (German Sport University, Cologne). He extended invitations to both national and international workers in the area of Paralympic and/or disability sport, the symposium covered the broad themes of Talent Identification and Development, Para-swimming, Para-athletics and Para-cycling.

Dr Paul Smith, Dr Vicky Tolfrey, Dr Thomas Abel and Nik Diaper at the symposium in Berlin

 

31st Aug - 2nd Sep 2011 - Dr Barry Mason presented ‘The ergonomics of wheelchair configuration for optimal sports performance’ at the symposium on ‘Wheeled mobility’ at the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology 2011 Conference held in Maastricht, Netherlands. Invited symposium.

 

31st Aug- 3rd Sept 2011 - This years's VISTA 2011 Conference was held in Bonn, Germany, and members of the PHC have given the following presentations:

Alfano, H., Diaper, N., Crosland, J. & Goosey-Tolfrey, V. L. Evaluation of wellbeing and hydration in Paralympic athletes preparing for the games: Beijing 2008.

Blowers, T., Crosland, J., Katz, J. & Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. Investigation into the support requirements of school aged (11-18 years) gifted and talented performers in disability sport.

Croft, L.E., Tolfrey, K. & Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. Energy expenditure and physiological responses between classification groups in wheelchair basketball.

Howe, P.D. Inside, outside, nowhere is home: Ethics, ethnography and the Paralympic movement.

Leicht, C.A., Bishop, N.C. & Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. Submaximal Exercise responses in tetraplegic, paraplegic and non spinal-cord injured elite wheelchair athletes.

Leicht, C.A., Bishop, N.C., Paulson, T.A.W., Griggs, K.E. & Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L.  High exercise loads depress salivary immunoglobulin  A in elite  tetraplegic athletes.

Mason, B., Perret, C. & Nolan, L.  Paralympic sports' research findings application.  Symposium 4 - ‘Linking the laboratory and the field’. Invited symposium.

Mason, B.M., van der Woude, L.H.V., Tolfrey, K. & Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. The role of rear-wheel camber on optimal mobility performance in wheelchair athletes.

Purdue, D. E J.  & Howe, P.D. ‘Who’s in and who is out?’ - The perceived legitimacy of including certain bodies within the Paralympic Games.  

Sindall, P., Lenton, J.P., Tolfrey, K. & Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. Wheelchair tennis match play demands: the effects of playing experience and player ranking

 

4th - 8th July 2011 - Dr David Howe and Carla Silva presented 'Unpacking APA Culture: Using Bourdieu to Outline a Theory of Practice’ and 'Using a Capabilities Approach within APA Practice’, at the 18th International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity (ISAPA) in Paris, France.

5-6th May 2011 - Dr Brett Smith presented 'Spinal cord injury, quality of life and experiences of being in an isolation ward as a result of pressure sores' at the 4th European Spinal Psychologists Association Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

29th April - 2nd May 2011 - Dr Vicky Tolfrey was invited to present at the 4th Annual USOC Paralympic Leadership Conference, held in Colorado Springs and organised by the USA Paralympics. To find out further information please visit the Paralympic Leadership Conference Registration Page.

12-13th April 2011 - Brett Smith presented 'Psycho-social research: Seeking impact through innovative research'. Keynote talk, BASES Postgraduate Conference, Chester.

17 March 2011 - Dr Vicky Tolfrey was invited to present 'The Physiology of Spinal Cord Injury' at the Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Royal London Hospital at Mile End, London.

17 February 2011 - Dr David Howe took part in a panel discussion on 'Sport, Ethics and Dis/abilities: Medical model, social model, or a third way?', at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven. Dr Howe has been invited to attend the panel and joined the discussions alongside other leading professors from the UK, Denmark and Norway. For further information please open the PDF poster which can be found here.

14 February 2011 - Dr Brett Smith presented 'Narrative analysis: Ongoing questions and examples from disability research'. Nottingham University Medical School.

Archived PHC Hosted Events are listed below. Reports on conferences & events attended by PHC staff and students can be found in the news and news archives.

Thursday 27 May 2010

Workshop jointly hosted by the PHC and the Home Country Sports Institutes

‘The journey from rehabilitation to wheelchair sporting excellence: Considerations for the support practitioner’.

Other Comments: This workshop was supported by the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport and the Home Country Sports Institutes. It was endorsed by the British Paralympic Association and LOCOG as a relevant professional development opportunity for practitioners wishing to become involved in Paralympic sport.

Overview:
This is the first in a series of workshops that are aimed at broadening the understanding of Paralympic disability groups, and will focus on Spinal Cord Injury. Topics will include the physiological consequences of spinal cord injury, respiratory function, nutritional issues, body composition, thermoregulation and strength and conditioning.

This workshop will be of interest to students, athletes, coaches, lecturers, science and medicine practitioners and anyone with an interest in the physiological responses to upper-body exercise and/or Paralympic sport.

Confirmed speakers include Dr Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey (Loughborough University), Dr Mike Price (Coventry University), Chris West (Brunel University), Laura Sutton (Teesside University) and Jeanette Crosland (Freelance Sports Dietitian).

The Workshop Programme can be downloaded here

For further information please email PHC@lboro.ac.uk