Journal articles
Our research has been published in top journals including JAMA Neurology and Neurology. We have advanced understanding of cerebral palsy across the lifespan through our publications across our three research programme areas.
Advancing Evidence-Based Practices and Supports
- Report: Health State Utility Values in Children and Adolescents with Disabilities: A Systematic Review 2025
- Report: Transition from child to adult health services for young people with cerebral palsy in Ireland; implications from a mixed-methods study 2024
- Report: Current practices in clinical gait analysis in Europe: A comprehensive survey-based study from the European society for movement analysis in adults and children (ESMAC) standard initiative. 2024
- Report: Video‐based interventions promoting social behavioural skills for autistic children and young people: An evidence and gap map. 2024
- Report: Experiences of health services for adults with cerebral palsy, their support people, and service providers 2024
- Report: Understanding the use of digital technologies to provide disability services remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic; a multiple case study design 2024
- Report: CP-Life Research Centre: Submission in response to Green Paper on Disability Reform 2024
- Report: Flipping the mJOA: Clinical utility of the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association score as a tool for detecting degenerative cervical myelopathy 2024
- Report: Video-based interventions promoting social behavioural skills for autistic children and young people: An evidence and gap map 2024
- Report: Understanding the use of digital technologies to provide disability services remotely during the COVID‑19 pandemic; a multiple case study design 2024
- Report: Transition from child to adult services for young people with cerebral palsy in Ireland: Influencing factors at multiple ecological levels. 2023
- Report: Transition to adult services experienced by young people with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional study. 2023.
- Report: Transition from child to adult services for young people with cerebral palsy in Ireland: Influencing factors at multiple ecological levels 2023
- Report: Clinical Movement Analysis Society – UK and Ireland: Clinical Movement Analysis Standards 2023
- Report: Access, use and satisfaction with physiotherapy services among adults with cerebral palsy living in the United Kingdom and Ireland 2023
- Report: Transition to adult services experienced by young people with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional study 2023
- Report: Public and Patient Involvement in Doctoral Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reflections on the Process, Challenges, Impact and Experiences From the Perspectives of Adults With Cerebral Palsy and the Doctoral Researcher 2022
- Report: Co-designing resources to support the transition from child to adult health services for young people with cerebral palsy: A design thinking approach. 2022.
- Report: Access, use and satisfaction with physiotherapy services among adults with cerebral palsy living in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 2022.
- Report: Use of health services and unmet needs among adults with cerebral palsy in Ireland. 2022.
- Report: Mapping health services for adults with cerebral palsy in Ireland: a pilot study. 2022.
- Report: Health service use among adults with cerebral palsy: a mixed-methods systematic review. 2021.
- Report: Patterns of Health Service Use Among Young People With Cerebral Palsy in England. 2021.
- Report: Transition from child to adult health services for young people with cerebral palsy in Ireland: a mixed-methods study protocol. 2020.
- Report: Health service use among adults with cerebral palsy: a mixed methods systematic review protocol. 2020.
- Report: Multilevel surgery for children with cerebral palsy: A Meta-analysis. 2019.
- Report: Interventions to Improve or Maintain Lower-Limb Function Among Ambulatory Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Current Practice in the UK. 2018.
Health and Wellbeing across the Lifespan
- Report: Pain in adults with cerebral palsy. A systematic review. 2025
- Report: Longitudinal relationship between hip displacement and hip function in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A scoping review 2024
- Report: Age related progression of lower limb coordination during gait in children with cerebral palsy without a history of surgical intervention 2024
- Report: Aging Well With a Lifelong Disability: A Scoping Review 2024
- Report: Current practices in clinical gait analysis in Europe: A comprehensive survey-based study from the European society for movement analysis in adults and children (ESMAC) standard initiative 2024
- Report: Social participation in adults with cerebral palsy: a systematic review of the evidence base 2023
- Report: Prevalence and incidence of chronic conditions among adults with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2023.
- Report: The effects of weight gain over time on gait in children with cerebral palsy: Comparison to a matched healthy weight cerebral palsy control group.
- Report: Unmet Health Needs among Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy in Ireland: A Cross-Sectional Study. 2022.
- Report: Risk of dementia in adults with cerebral palsy: a matched cohort study using general practice data.
- Report: Comparison of the CHU-9D and the EQ-5D-Y instruments in children and young people with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study. 2020.
- Report: Incidence of falls among adults with cerebral palsy: a cohort study using primary care data. 2020.
- Report: Is cerebral palsy a cause of death? 2020.
- Report: Noncommunicable disease among adults with cerebral palsy: A matched cohort study.
- Report: Incidence of osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases in adults with cerebral palsy: A population-based cohort study.
- Report: Mortality due to cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer in adults with cerebral palsy. 2019.
- Report: Risk of Depression and Anxiety in Adults With Cerebral Palsy. 2018.
- Report: The risk, burden, and management of non-communicable diseases in cerebral palsy: a scoping review.
- Report: Waist circumference provides an indication of numerous cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with cerebral palsy.
Physical Activity and Rehabilitation
- Report: Rehabilitation needs of people with brain tumours in Ireland ("BRAIN-RESTORE"): a survey of healthcare professionals views. 2025
- Report: Duration of symptoms before diagnosis in degenerative cervical myelopathy. A systematic review and meta analysis. 2025
- Report: Rehabilitation via HOMe-Based gaming exercise for the Upper limb post Stroke (RHOMBUS): a qualitative analysis of participants’ experience. 2024
- Report: A co-designed mixed methods study on community-based gym exercise for non-ambulant adults with childhood onset disability. 2024
- Report: Clinical Movement Analysis Society – UK and Ireland: Clinical Movement Analysis Standards 2023
- Report: Acceptability of a progressive resistance training programme for ambulatory adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy in England: a qualitative study. 2023.
- Report: Editorial: Exploring physical activity and sedentary behaviour in physical disability. 2022.
- Report: Associations between gait kinematics, gross motor function and physical activity among young people with cerebral palsy: a cross sectional study.
- Report: Pedometers, the frustrating motivators: a qualitative investigation of users’ experiences of the Yamax SW-200 among people with multiple sclerosis. 2022.
- Report: Predictors of Treatment Response to Progressive Resistance Training for Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy. 2021.
- Report: Patterns and correlates of sedentary behaviour among people with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study. 2021.
- Report: Correlates of Objectively Measured Physical Activity Among People With Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study. 2021.
- Report: Safety, feasibility, acceptability and effects of a behaviour-change intervention to change physical activity behaviour among people with multiple sclerosis: Results from the iStep-MS randomised controlled trial. 2020.
- Report: The use and perception of support walkers for children with disabilities: a United Kingdom survey. 2020.
- Report: Progressive resistance training for adolescents with cerebral palsy: the STAR randomized controlled trial. 2020.
- Report: Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF) as a measure of physical activity (PA) in young people with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional study. 2020.
- Report: Validity and Acceptability of Wearable Devices for Monitoring Step-Count and Activity Minutes Among People With Multiple Sclerosis. 2021.
- Report: 'I can do this': a qualitative exploration of acceptability and experiences of a physical activity behaviour change intervention in people with multiple sclerosis in the UK. 2020.
- Report: Predictors of Walking Efficiency in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Lower-Body Joint Angles, Moments, and Power. 2019.
- Report: Associations between activity and participation in adults with multiple sclerosis: a cross sectional study. 2019.
- Report: Changing physical activity behaviour for people with multiple sclerosis: Protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial (iStep-MS). 2017.
- Report: Exercise interventions for cerebral palsy. 2017.
- Report: Strength Training for Adolescents with cerebral palsy (STAR): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial to determine the feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of resistance training for adolescents with cerebral palsy. 2016.
- Report: Comparison of patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior between children with cerebral palsy and children with typical development. 2015.
- Report: Exercise interventions for adults and children with cerebral palsy. 2015.
- Report: Associations of sedentary behaviour, physical activity, blood pressure and anthropometric measures with cardiorespiratory fitness in Children with cerebral palsy. 2015.
- Report: Ability of RT3 accelerometer cut points to detect physical activity intensity in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy. 2014.
- Report: A comparison of three accelerometry-based devices for estimating energy expenditure in adults and children with cerebral palsy. 2014.
- Report: Reduced moderate-to-vigorous and increased sedentary behavior are associated with elevated blood pressure values in children with cerebral palsy. 2014.
- Report: Habitual physical activity and cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with cerebral palsy. 2014.
- Report: Measurement of energy expenditure by activity monitors: a review of the literature. 2013.
- Report: An evaluation of energy expenditure estimation by three activity monitors. 2013.
- Report: Youth experience matters: participation in physical activity by young people with physical disability. A protocol for a national participation snapshot and Delphi consensus study.
- Report: Why do children with unilateral cerebral palsy struggle with the single leg stance test? A kinematic and centre of pressure analysis
- Report: Do children with cerebral palsy change their gait when walking over uneven ground?
- Report: Obstacle Crossing During Gait in Children With Cerebral Palsy: Cross-Sectional Study With Kinematic Analysis of Dynamic Balance and Trunk Control.
- Report: Pilates-based exercises for gait and balance in ambulant children with cerebral palsy: feasibility and clinical outcomes of a randomised controlled trial.
- Report: Determining the most effective exercise for gluteal muscle activation in children with cerebral palsy using surface electromyography.
- Report: Why do children with unilateral cerebral palsy struggle with the single leg stance test? A kinematic and centre of pressure analysis.
- Report: Clinical Movement Analysis Society – UK and Ireland: Clinical Movement Analysis Standards.
- Report: The feasibility of cycling as a form of active commuting among children from a parental perspective: a qualitative study.
- Report: Identifying the top 10 priorities of adolescents with a physical disability regarding participation in physical activity: A Delphi study
- Report: A co-designed mixed methods study on community-based gym exercise for non-ambulant adults with childhood onset disability 2024
- Report: Rehabilitation via HOMe-Based gaming exercise for the Upper limb post Stroke (RHOMBUS): a qualitative analysis of participants’ experience 2024
- Report: Acceptability of a progressive resistance training programme for ambulatory adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy in England: a qualitative study 2023
- Report: Healthcare and recreational sector collaboration strategies to support community-based physical activity participation among young people with childhood-onset physical disability: A scoping review protocol 2024