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  1. Evaluating digital prehabilitation in cardiac rehabilitation: impact on patient recall of exercise guidelines and programme familiarisation

    Article • British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, December 2025, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  2. A method for determination of hematocrit using the mobile app “HaemoCalc”: Validity, reliability, and effect of user expertise

    Article • Physiological Reports, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  3. Association of a Combined Body Mass Index and Regional Body Fat Percentage Metric With Fragility Fracture Risk: Evidence from a Large Observational Cohort

    Article • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  4. Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: Is a Little Encouragement Enough?

    Article • Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, September 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  5. The impact of different forms of exercise on endothelial progenitor cells in healthy populations

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  6. The impact of different forms of exercise on circulating endothelial progenitor cells in cardiovascular and metabolic disease

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  7. UK cardiac rehabilitation fit for purpose? A community-based observational cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2020, BMJ

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  8. Dietary education provision within a cardiac rehabilitation programme in the UK: a pilot study

    Article • British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, August 2020, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  9. Undergraduate examination and assessment of knowledge and skills is crucial in capacity planning for the future healthcare workforce in physical activity interventions

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, January 2020, BMJ

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  10. Age- and sex-specific reference intervals for visceral fat mass in adults

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  11. Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of short‐term and lifetime estimated cardiovascular disease risk

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  12. Movement for Movement: a practical insight into embedding physical activity into the undergraduate medical curriculum exemplified by Lancaster Medical School

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, November 2018, BMJ

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  13. Effects of emotional intelligence and supportive text messages on academic outcomes in first-year undergraduates

    Article • Journal of Further and Higher Education, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  14. Prediction of whole-body fat percentage and visceral adipose tissue mass from five anthropometric variables

    Article • PLOS One, May 2017, PLOS

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  15. Characterization of the metabolically healthy phenotype in overweight and obese British men

    Article • Preventive Medicine, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  16. Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and the metabolic syndrome in British men

    Article • Heart, October 2016, BMJ

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  17. Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Clustering: Segmentation to Optimize Active Lifestyles

    Article • Journal of Physical Activity and Health, September 2016, Human Kinetics

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  18. The SOS-framework (Systems of Sedentary behaviours): an international transdisciplinary consensus framework for the study of determinants, research priorities and policy on sedentary behaviour across the life course: a DEDIPAC-study

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jacqueline Louise Mair, Dr Michelle Swainson

  19. Inverse Associations Between Indices Of Cardiac Autonomic Function And Chronic Sub-clinical Inflammation In Healthy Adults

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, May 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  20. Anthropometric, speed and endurance characteristics of English academy soccer players: Do they influence obtaining a professional contract at 18 years of age?

    Article • International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  21. In vivo precision of the GE Lunar iDXA for the measurement of visceral adipose tissue in adults: the influence of body mass index

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michelle G MELLIS , Dr Michelle Swainson

  22. The clinical and lifestyle determinants of serum HDL-c, apolipoprotein A-1, paraoxonase-1 activity and oxidised LDL in healthy, medication naïve middle-aged adults

    Article • Atherosclerosis, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michelle Swainson

  23. Variability in Heart Rate Recovery Measurements Over 1 Year in Healthy, Middle-Aged Adults

    Article • International Journal of Sports Medicine, July 2013, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Michelle G MELLIS , Dr Michelle Swainson

  24. The effectiveness of hand cooling at reducing exercise-induced hyperthermia and improving distance-race performance in wheelchair and able-bodied athletes

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, May 2008, American Physiological Society

    Dr Michelle G MELLIS , Dr Michelle Swainson