People with COPD often experience breathlessness. This is due to the swelling and narrowing of the airways, making it harder to move air in and out. Breathlessness can also happen if the muscles around your lungs are not working as well as they should. When this happens, it can make it harder for air to […]
Participant information sheet – v2 (16-03-26) Title of Project: Investigating the experiences and perceptions of breathlessness in individuals with COPD Name of researcher: Jasmine Greenwood You are being invited to take part in a research project to help us understand breathlessness in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). It is important to understand that this […]
People with COPD often experience breathlessness. This is due to the swelling and narrowing of the airways, making it harder to move air in and out. The aim of this study is to interview people with COPD to gain insight into what it feels like to live with breathlessness. As this will help improve our […]
Participant information sheet (Physiotherapist training) (BEPKO3) – v3 (20-11-25) Title of Project: BEhaviour change for People with clinically diagnosed Knee Osteoarthritis (BEPKO-3): Training study Name of researcher: Stephen Preece You are invited to take part in a research study to help us develop and test a new treatment for people who live with knee osteoarthritis. Before […]
Participant information sheet (Clinical trial) (BEPKO3) – v3 (20-11-25) Title of Project: BEhaviour change for People with clinically diagnosed Knee Osteoarthritis: Clinical trial (BEPKO-3) Name of researcher: Stephen Preece You are invited to take part in a research study to help us develop and test a new treatment for people who live with knee osteoarthritis. […]
Participant information sheet (pilot study) – v6 (18-Apr-26) Title of Project: Breathing Retraining for people with AsTHma and breathing pattern disorder (BREATH) – Intervention development study Name of researcher: Adam Handley You are being invited to take part in a research study to help us develop and test a new treatment for people who suffer […]
We want to understand whether a new form of physiotherapy could be effective for people with knee osteoarthritis who have not benefited from current physiotherapy treatment. This new form of physiotherapy aims to teach patients how to stand and move with less muscle tension in their knees and throughout their body. It also teaches patients […]
We plan to run a large study to to understand whether a new form of physiotherapy could be effective for people with knee osteoarthritis who have not benefited from current physiotherapy treatment. In this current study, we want to give physiotherapists the opporunity to practice delivering the treatment before they start the large study. This […]