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.
New “Eat Smart” for the New Year, 10 Tips, by Jeanette Crosland MSc RD SENr
How wheelchair athletes can benefit from research findings: Training tools to help monitor the effort of wheelchair exercise by Christof Leicht and John Lenton, PHC Research Assistants.
Energy Expenditure in Disabled Athletes by Louise Croft, PhD Physiology Student.
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.
Sport Science Research Strand Publications - Disability Related
Journal Articles arranged by publication year then author.
2010 Publications
Croft, L., Dybrus S., Lenton, J. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (in press 2010). A comparison of the physiological demands of wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (in press 2010). Supporting the Paralympic athlete: focus on wheeled sports. Disability and Rehabilitation.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Crosland J. (2010). Nutritional practices of competitive British wheelchair games players. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 27 (1): 47-59.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Lenton, J., Goddard, J., Oldfield, V., Tolfrey, K. and Eston, R. (2010). Regulating intensity using perceived exertion in spinal cord injured participants. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 42 (3): 608-613.
Lenton, J.P., Fowler, N.E., Woude, van der L.H.V. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (in press 2010). Effects of 4-weeks asynchronous hand-rim wheelchair practice on mechanical efficiency and timing. Disability and Rehabilitation.
Mason, B.S., Porcellato, l., van der Woude l.H.V. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2010). A qualitative examination of wheelchair configuration for optimal mobility performance in wheelchair sports: a pilot study. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 42 (2): 141-149.
2009 Publications
Andrews, B., Goosey-Tolfrey, V. and Bressan, E.S. (2009). The classification of sprinters with intellectual impairments: A preliminary analysis. South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation. 31(2): 1-14.
Diaper, N and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2009). A physiological case study of a paralympic wheelchair tennis player: reflective practise. Journal of Sport Science and Medicine. 8 (2): 300-3007.
Lenton, J.P, Woude, van der L.H.V., Fowler, N.E., Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2009). Effects of arm frequency during synchronous and asynchronous wheelchair propulsion on efficiency. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 30 (4): 233-239.
Lutgendorf, M., Mason, B., van der Woude, L.H.V., Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2009). Effect of glove type on wheelchair rugby sports performance. Sports Technology. Avaliable from: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122677746/abstract [accessed 29/03/10].
Mason, B, Woude, van der , L.H.V. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2009). The influence of glove type on mobility performance for wheelchair rugby players. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 88 (7): 559-570.
Price, M.J., Boyd, C., and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2009). The physiological effects of pre-event and midevent cooling during intermittent running in the heat in elite female soccer players. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 34 (5): 942-949.
Sutton, L. Wallace, J., Scott, M., Reilly, T and Goosey-Tolfrey. V.L. (2009). Body composition of female wheelchair athletes. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 30 (4): 259-265.
2008 Publications
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., 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 (2), 145-156.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Foden, E., Perrett, C., and Degens, H. (2008). Effects of inspiratory muscle training on respiratory function and repetitive sprint performance in wheelchair basketball players British Journal of Sports Medicine. (Electronic publication ahead of print).
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Swainson, M.G., Boyd, C., Atkinson, G. and Tolfrey, K. (2008). The effectiveness of hand cooling at reducing exercise-induced hyperthermia and improving distance-race performance in wheelchair and able-bodied athletes. Journal of Applied Physiology. 105 (1):37-43.
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.
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 (5): 384-389.
Lenton J. P., Fowler, NE, van der Woude L, and Goosey-Tolfrey VL. (2008). Wheelchair propulsion: effects of experience and push strategy on efficiency and perceived exertion. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 2008 Oct; 33(5) pp 870-9.
Price, M.J. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2008). Heat flow of the paraplegic and able-bodied lower limb during resting heat exposure. Journal of Thermal Biology. 33:
255-260.
Webborn, N., Price, M.J., Castle, P. C. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2008). Cooling strategies improve intermittent sprint performance in the heat of athletes with tetraplegiaBritish Journal of Sports Medicine. Published online 14 June 2008.
2007 and Older Publications
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., and Sindall, P. (2007). The effects of arm crank strategy on physiological responses and mechanical efficiency during submaximal exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences. 25 (2) 453-460.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Castle, P.C.,Webborn, N. and Abel, T. (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. and Lenton (2006). A comparison between intermittent and constant wheelchair propulsion strategies. Ergonomics. 49 (11), 1111-20.
Ardigo, L.P., Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Minetti, A.E. (2005). Biomechanics and energetic's of basketball wheelchairs evolution. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 26 (5), 388-396.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2005). Physiological profiles of elite wheelchair basketball players in preparation for the 2000 Paralympic Games. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 22 (1), 57-66.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. and Moss, A.D. (2005).Wheelchair Velocity of Tennis Players During Propulsion With and Without the Use of Racquets. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 22 (3), 291-301.
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.
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.
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., Batterham, A, M. and Tolfrey, K. (2003). Scaling behaviour of VO2 peak in trained wheelchair athletes. Medicine Science in Sports and Exercise, 35 (12), 2106-2111.
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.
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.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V., Morriss, C and Butterworth, D. (2002).Free Throw Shooting Technique of Male Wheelchair Basketball PlayersAdapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 19,(2),238-250.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L., Fowler, N.E., Campbell, I.G. and Iwnicki, S.D. (2001). A kinetic analysis of trained wheelchair racers during two speeds of propulsion.Medical Engineering and Physics, 23 (4), 259-266.
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.
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, V.L. and Campbell, I.G. (1998). Pushing Economy and Propulsion Technique of Wheelchair Racers at Three 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. (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. (1997). A kinematic analysis of wheelchair propulsion in senior male, senior female and junior athletes. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 14 (2), 156-165.
Books, Edited Books & Chapters in Books arranged by publication year then author.
Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2007). Specific considerations for the assessment of wheelchair athletes. In: Jones, A. and Winter, E. (Eds). British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Physiological Testing Guidelines, BASES. pp. 350-366.
Webborn, N. and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2008). Spinal Cord Injury. In: Buckley, J. (Ed.) Exercise Physiology in Special Populations. Elsevier. pp. 309-334.
Sport Science Research Strand Publications - Non- Disability Related
Price, M.J., Boyd, C., and Goosey-Tolfrey, V.L. (2009). The physiological effects of pre-event and midevent cooling during intermittent running in the heat in elite female soccer players. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. 34 (5): 942-949.
Sport Culture & Policy Research Strand Publications - Disability Related
Journal Articles arranged by publication year then author.
2009 Publications
New Howe, P. D. (2009). An Accessible World Stage: Human Rights, Integration and the Para-Athletic Program in Canada. Cambrian Law Review. Vol. 40: 23-35.
Howe, P. D. (2009). Reflexive Ethnography, impairment and the pub, Leisure Studies. Vol. 28.(4): 489-496.
Horne, J. and Howe, P. D. eds. (2009). Guest editorial. Special issue of 'Leisure and Disability' in Leisure Studies. Vol. 28. No. 4.
O’ Brian, D., Kudláček, M. and Howe P.D. (2009). A Contemporary Review of English Language Literature on Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Physical Education: A European Perspective. European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity Vol. 2 (1): 46-61.
Smith, B., Allen Collinson, J., Phoenix, C., Brown, D., & Sparkes, A. (2009). Dialogue, monologue, and boundary crossing within research encounters: A performative narrative analysis. International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 7, 342-358.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2009). Narrative analysis and sport and exercise psychology: Understanding lives in diverse ways. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(2), 279-288.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2009). Narrative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology: What can it mean, and why might we do it? Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10(1), 1-11.
Sparkes, A. & Smith, B. (2009). Judging the quality of qualitative inquiry: Criteriology and relativism in action. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10, 491-497.
Sparkes, A. & Smith, B. (2009). Men, spinal cord injury, memories, and the narrative performance of pain. Disability & Society, 23(7), 679-690.
2008 Publications
Howe, P. D. (2008). From Inside the Newsroom: Paralympic Media and the 'Production of Elite Disability, International Review for the Sociology of Sport. Vol. 43 (2):135-150.
Howe, P.D. (2008) The Tail is Wagging the Dog: Classification and the Paralympic Movement, Ethnography. Vol. 9 (4): 499-518.
Smith, B. (2008). Disabled bodies and storied selves: An example of qualitative inquiry and narrative research. European Bulletin of Adapted Physical Activity, 1(1), 23-35.
Smith, B. (2008). Imagining being disabled through playing sport: The body and alterity as limits to imagining others lives. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2(2), 142-157.
Smith, B. (2008). Spinal cord injury, the body, and narratives of recovery in mental distress. SCI PsychoSocial Process, 20(2), 18-30.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2008). Changing bodies, changing narratives and the consequences of tellability: A case study of becoming disabled through sport. Sociology of Health and Illness, 30(2), 217-236.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2008). Narrative and its potential contribution to disability studies. Disability & Society, 23(1), 17-28.
2007 & Older Publications
Howe, P. D. (2007). Integration of Paralympic Athletes into Athletics Canada. International Journal of Canadian Studies. Vol. 35:133-150.
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 the Philosophy of Sport. Vol. 32 (2), 133-146.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2007). Sport, spinal cord injury, and body narratives: A qualitative project. Health Psychology Update, 16(3), 26-33.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2005). Men, sport, spinal cord injury and narratives of hope. Social Science & Medicine, 61(5), 1095-1105.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2004). Men, sport, and spinal cord injury: An analysis of metaphors and narrative types. Disability & Society, 19(6), 509-612.
Sparkes, A. & Smith, B. (2005). When narratives matter: men sport and spinal cord injury. Medical Humanities, 31, 81-88.
Rees, T., Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. (2003). The influence of social support on the lived experiences of spinal cord injured sportsmen. The Sport Psychologist, 17 (2), 135-156.
Sparkes, A. & Smith, B. (2003). Men, sport, spinal cord injury and narrative time. Qualitative Research, 3 (3), 295-320.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2002). Men, sport, spinal cord injury, and the construction of coherence: Narrative practice in action. Qualitative Research, 2 (2), 143-171.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (2002).Sport, spinal cord injuries, embodied masculinities and the dilemmas of narrative identity . Men and Masculinities, 4 (3), 258-285.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (2001). Hombres, deporte, lesión en la médula espinal y problemas en la restauración del yo [Men, sport, spinal cord injury, and the dilemmas of restorying the self]. ÁGORA para la EF y el Deporte, nº 1, 37-48.
Books, Edited Books & Chapters in Books arranged by publication year then author.
New Howe, P.D. (2010) ‘Disability, Olympism and Paralympism’ in Bairner, A. and Molnar, G. (eds.) Politics of the Olympics. London: Routledge. pp. 69-80.
2009
Howe, P.D. (2009) ‘The Paralympic Movement: Identity and (Dis)ability’ in Parker, A. and Harris, J. (eds.) Sport and Social Identities. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. (2009). Making sense of words and stories. Some strategies for consideration. In G. Tenenbaum, R. Eklund, & A Kamata (Eds). Handbook of
Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Human Kinetics.
Smith, B. (2009). The body and alterity as limits to imagining others’ lives. In E. Jespersen & M. McNamee (Eds.). Ethics, Dis/Ability and Sports. London: Routledge.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. (2009). The narrative turn in sport and exercise psychology. In Ryba, T., Schinke, R., & Tenenbaum, G. (Eds.), The cultural turn in sport and exercise
psychology (pp. 75-100). Fitness Information Technology.
Smith, B. (2009). Qualitative research and the role of narrative imagination and empathy.
In D. Robinson, & N. Kelly (Eds.), Narrative, memory and everyday life. West
Yorkshire, University of Huddersfield Press.
2008
Bale, J. and Howe, P. D. eds. (2008). Historical and Cultural Interpretations of a Sporting Barrier: the four minute mile. London: Routledge.
Howe, P.D. (2008).The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement: Through the Anthropological Lens. London: Routledge.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (2008). Narrative Constructionist Inquiry. In J. Holstein & J. Gubrium (Eds), Handbook of Constructionist Research (pp. 295-314). London: Guilford Publications.
2007
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A .C. (2007). Men, sport, and spinal cord injury: Identity dilemmas, embodied time, and the construction of coherence. In V. Raoul, C. Canam, A. Henderson, and C. Paterson (Eds), Unfitting Stories: Narrative Approaches to Disease, Disability, and Trauma (pp. 191-199). Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A .C. (2007). Becoming disabled through sport: Multiple responses to an embodied chaos narrative. In D. Robinson, N. Kelly, & K. Milnes, & (Eds.), Narrative, memory and everyday life (pp.91-98). West Yorkshire, University of Huddersfield Press.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (2007). Disabled bodies and narrative time: Men, sport, and spinal cord injury. In J. Hargreaves and P. Vertinsky (Eds.) Physical Culture, Power, and the Body (pp. 158-175). London: Routledge.
2006 and older
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.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (2006). When narratives matter. In R. Rapport & P. Wainwright (Eds), The self in health and illness: Patients, professionals and narrative identity (pp. 53-67). Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (2005). When metaphors matter: Men, sport, spinal cord injury, narrative types, and the reconstruction of selves. In P. Hassmen & N. Hassmen (Eds) Svensk Idrottspsykologisk Forening: Arsbok 2004 (pp. 119-138). Sweden: Orebro
Universitet Press.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2005). Becoming disabled through sport: Embodied memories of pain. In N. Kelly, C. Horrocks, K. Milnes, B. Roberts, & D. Robinson (Eds.), Narrative, memory and everyday life (pp. 135-142). West Yorkshire University of Huddersfield Press.
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. (2004). Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of Injury and Risk. London: Routledge.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A .C. (2004). Becoming disabled through sport: Narrative types, metaphorsand the reconstruction of selves. In P. Twohig & V. Kalitzkus (Eds), Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health, Illness and Disease (pp. 67-82). New York: Rodopi.
Sparkes, A. & Smith, B. (2004). Slittede selvopfattesler og narrative rekonstruktioner [Interrupted bodies and narrative reconstructions]. In M. Christensen & G. Wichmann-hansen (Eds), Krop og Kompetence (pp. 119-138). Copenhagen: FADL’s Forlag.
Smith, B. (2004). The possibilities of narrative: The example of becoming disabled through sport. In J. P. Ferreira, P. Gaspar, C. Riberio, A. Teixeira, C. Senra (Eds.), Physical activity and the promotion of mental health (pp. 23-29), University of Coimbra Press: Portugal.
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.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2003). Men, sport, and spinal cord injury the narrative construction of coherence. In C. Horrocks, N. Kelly, B. Roberts, & D. Robinson (Eds.), Narrative, Health, and Life Transitions (pp. 29-36). West Yorkshire: University of Huddersfield Press.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (2003) Men, sport, and spinal cord injury: The dilemmas of narrative identity and biographical time. In Deporte y Calidad de Vida (CD). The
Congresso Mundial De Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica Y El Deporte, pp. 386-392.
Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2002). Men, sport, and spinal cord injury: A brief commentary on identity dilemmas, time, and the narrative construction of coherence. In C. Horrocks, K. Milnes, B. Roberts, D. Robinson (Eds.), Narrative, memory and life transitions (pp. 145-153). West Yorkshire, University of Huddersfield Press.
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. (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.
Sparkes, A. C. & Smith, B. (1999). Disrupted selves and narrative reconstructions. In A.C. Sparkes & M. Silvennoinen (Eds.), Talking Bodies: Men’s narratives of the body and sport (pp. 76-92). SoPhi, University of Jyvaskyla: Finland.
Sport Culture & Policy Research Strand Publications - Non Disability Related
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. (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. (2001). Women's Rugby and the Nexus Between Embodiment, Professionalism and Sexuality: An ethnographic account. Football Studies, 4(2), 77-92.
