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Prof Malcolm Granat's Outputs (85)

Validity, practical utility, and reliability of the activPAL in preschool children (2012)
Journal Article
activPAL in preschool children. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 44(4), 761-768. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e31823b1dc7

Purpose: With the increasing global prevalence of childhood obesity, it is important to have appropriate measurement tools for investigating factors (e.g.,sedentary time) contributing to positive energy balance in early childhood. For preschool child... Read More about Validity, practical utility, and reliability of the activPAL in preschool children.

A combination of botulinum toxin A therapy and functional electrical stimulation in children with cerebral palsy - a pilot study (2012)
Journal Article
Galen, S., Wiggins, L., McWilliam, R., & Granat, M. (2012). A combination of botulinum toxin A therapy and functional electrical stimulation in children with cerebral palsy - a pilot study. Technology and Health Care, 20(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-2011-0648

BACKGROUND: Among the ambulant population of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP), dynamic equinus is one of the most common form of gait deviation that is encountered.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the combined effects of Functional Electrical S... Read More about A combination of botulinum toxin A therapy and functional electrical stimulation in children with cerebral palsy - a pilot study.

The prevalence of upright non-stepping time in comparison to stepping time in 11–13 year old school children across seasons (2012)
Journal Article
McCrorie, P., Duncan, E., Granat, M., & Stansfield, B. (2012). The prevalence of upright non-stepping time in comparison to stepping time in 11–13 year old school children across seasons. Physiological Measurement, 33(11), 1901-1912. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/33/11/1901

Evidence suggests that behaviours such as standing are beneficial for our health.
Unfortunately, little is known of the prevalence of this state, its importance in
relation to time spent stepping or variation across seasons. The aim of this study
w... Read More about The prevalence of upright non-stepping time in comparison to stepping time in 11–13 year old school children across seasons.

NOT THE LAST RESORT: the impact of an interprofessional training care home on residents, care home staff, and students
Report
Stephens, M., Kelly, S., Clark, A., Granat, M., Garbutt, R., & Hubbard, L. NOT THE LAST RESORT: the impact of an interprofessional training care home on residents, care home staff, and students

Care homes are a fundamental part of the health and social care system, and with demand in the
sector expected to increase, it is important to better understand how the sector can improve
recruitment and retention, be sustainably staffed, and promo... Read More about NOT THE LAST RESORT: the impact of an interprofessional training care home on residents, care home staff, and students.