Research Digest & Publications
Guides
This section aims to provide a range of guides which will explain various issues and 'hot topics' in a straight forward way. The guides are currently being produced by the staff and students' associated with the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport and are available to download in PDF& Word format.
Handcycling: From Recreation to Racing by Dr Paul M. Smith, BASES accredited Physiologist (Research) and Senior Lecturer at Cardiff School of Sport University of Wales Institute.
Performance profiling and its use in talent identification in Paralympic sports by Helen Alfano, EIS ParalympicsGB Sport Science Officer.
Tips for including students with special needs by Nadine Geddes, Research Associate for the Institute of Youth Sport.
Publications
Journal Articles
Ardigo, L.P., Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Minetti, A.E. (2005). Biomechanics and energetics of basketball wheelchairs evolution. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 26 (5), 388-396.
Goosey, V.L. and Campbell, I.G. (1998). Pushing economy and wheelchair propulsion technique in wheelchair racers across a range of speeds. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 15, 1, 36-50.
Goosey, V.L. and Campbell, I.G. (1998). Symmetry of the elbow kinematics during racing wheelchair propulsion, Ergonomics, 41 (12), 1810-1820.
Goosey, V.L., Campbell, I.G. and Fowler, N.E. (1997). A kinematic analysis of wheelchair propulsion in senior male, senior female and junior athletes. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 14, 2, 156-165.
Goosey, V.L., Campbell, I.G. and Fowler, N.E. (1998). The relationship between three-dimensional wheelchair propulsion techniques and pushing economy. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 14 (4), 412-427.
Goosey, V.L., Campbell, I.G. and Fowler, N.E. (2000). Effect of push frequency on the economy of wheelchair racers. Medicine Science in Sports and Exercise, 32 (1), 174-181.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2005). Physiological profiles of elite wheelchair basketball players in preparation for the 2000 Paralympic Games. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 22, 57-66.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Alfano, H. and Fowler, N. (2008). The influence of crank length and cadence on the mechanical efficiency in hand cycling. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 102: 189-194.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Batterham, A, M. and Tolfrey, K. (2003). Scaling behaviour of VO 2 peak in trained wheelchair athletes. Medicine Science in Sports and Exercise, 35 (12), 2106-2111.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Castle, P.C. and Webborn, N. (2006). Aerobic capacity and peak power output of elite quadriplegic games players. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 40 (8), 684-7.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. Diaper, N., Crosland, J. and Tolfrey, K. (2008). Fluid intake during wheelchair exercise in the heat: Effects of localized cooling garments. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 3, 145-156.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Fowler, N.E., Campbell, I.G. and Iwnicki, S.D. (2001). Hand-rim forces during wheelchair propulsion of trained wheelchair racers. Medical Engineering and Physics, 23 (4), 259-266.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Kirk, J.H. (2003). Effect of push frequency and strategy variations on economy and perceived exertion during wheelchair propulsion. European Journal of Applied Physiology.90, 154-158.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Lenton (2006). A comparison between intermittent and constant wheelchair propulsion strategies. Ergonomics. 49 (11), 1111-20.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V., Morriss, C and Butterworth, D. (2002). A biomechanical analysis of the free throw in Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of varying classifications. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 19,(2),238-250.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Moss, A.D. (2005). The velocity characteristics of wheelchair tennis players with and without the use of racquets. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly.22 (3), 291-301.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., and Sindall, P. (2007). The effects of arm crank strategy on mechanical efficiency and the physiological responses during submaximal exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences. 25 (2) 453-460.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Tolfrey, K. (2004). The oxygen uptake-heart rate relationship in trained female wheelchair athletes. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 41, 415-420.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Tolfrey K. (2008). The multistage fitness test as a predictor of endurance fitness in wheelchair athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences. 26, 5, 511-517.
Howe, P.D. (2001). An Ethnography of Pain and Injury in Professional Rugby Union: The case of Pontypridd RFC. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 36(3), 289-303.
Howe, P. D. (2006). Habitus, Barriers and the Ab/use of the Science of Interval training in the 1950s. Sport in History. Vol. 26 (2): 325-344.
Howe, P. D. (2007). Integration of Paralympic Athletes into Athletics Canada. International Journal of Canadian Studies. Vol. 35:133-150.
Howe, P.D. (2002). Women's Rugby and the Nexus Between Embodiment, Professionalism and Sexuality: An ethnographic account. Football Studies, 4(2), 77-92.
Howe, P. D. and Jones, C. (2006). Classification of Disabled Athletes: (Dis)empowering the Paralympic Practice Community. Sociology of Sport Journal. Vol. 23. 29-46.
Jones, C. and Howe, P. D. (2005) The Conceptual Boundaries of Sport for the Disabled: Classification and Athletic Performance. Journal of Philosophy of Sport. Vol. 32:133-146.
Lenton, J.P. Fowler, N., van der Woude, L. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2008). Efficiency of wheelchair propulsion and effects of strategy. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 29:384-389.
Moss, A.D., Fowler, N.E. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2005). The intra-push velocity profile of the over-ground racing wheelchair sprint start. Journal of Biomechanics, 38, 15-22.
Moss, A.D., Fowler, N.E. and Tolfrey, V.L. (2003). A telemetry-based velocometer to measure wheelchair velocity. Journal of Biomechanics, 36 (2), 253-257.
Tolfrey, K., Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Campbell, I.G. (2001). The oxygen uptake-heart rate relationship in elite wheelchair racers. European Journal of Applied Physiology.86 (2), 174-178.
Webborn, N., Price, M.J., Castle, P. C. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2005). Effects of two cooling strategies on thermoregulatory responses of tetraplegic athletes during repeated intermittent exercise in the heat. Journal of Applied Physiology. 98, 2101-2107.
Books, Edited Books & Chapters in Books
Bale, J. and Howe, P. D. eds. (2008). Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier: the four minute mile. London: Routledge.
Brackenridge, C., Howe, P.D. and Jordan, F. (eds) (2000). Just Leisure: Equity, Social Inclusion and Identity, LSA Publications No. 72, Eastbourne.
Howe, P.D. (2003). ''Kicking Stereotypes into Touch: an ethnographic account of women's rugby'', in Bodies in Motion: Women Culture and Exercise, Bolin, A. and J. Granskog (Eds.), SUNY, New York.
Howe, P.D. (1999). ''Professionalism, Commercialism and the Rugby Club: from Embryo to Infant at Pontypridd RFC'', in The Rugby World: Race, Gender, Commerce and Rugby Union, Chandler, T. L. C. and J. Nauright (eds.), CASS, London.
Howe, P.D. (2004). ''Rugby, Injury and Club Habitus'', in Sporting Bodies, Damaged Selves: Sociological Studies of Sports-Related Injury, Young, K. (ed.), Elsevier Science, London.
Howe, P.D. (2006). ''The Role of Injury in the Organization of Paralympic Sport'', in Pain and Injury in Sport: Social and Ethical Analysis, Loland, S., Skirstad, and Waddington, I. (eds.), Routledge, London.
Howe, P. D. (2004). Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury and Risk. London: Routledge.
Howe, P.D. (2008).The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement: Through the Anthropological Lens. London: Routledge.
