Items where Author is "Gaffney, Christopher"

Khan, Zaibun and Shrestha, Donna and Shugaba, Abdulwarith and Lambert, Joel and Haslett, Elizabeth and Afors, Karolina and Bampouras, Theodoros and Subar, Daren and Gaffney, Christopher and Clark, Justin (2025) What laparoscopic skills are necessary for Certificate of Completion of Training? : A prospective nationwide cross-sectional survey of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and General Surgery trainees and consultants in the UK. BMJ Open, 15 (3). ISSN 2044-6055

Griffiths, Erin and Dos’Santos, Thomas and Gaffney, Christopher and Barry, Timothy (2025) Exploring Turn Demands of an English Premier League Team Across League and Knockout Competitions Over a Full Season. PLoS One. ISSN 1932-6203 (In Press)

McGladrigan, Elizabeth and Wrench, Elizabeth and Dean, Ewan and O’Neil, Aneurin and Ashmore, Lisa and Gaffney, Christopher (2025) Exploring prehabilitation interventions for patients with gynaecological cancer undergoing radiotherapy : A scoping review. PLoS One, 20 (3): 0319518. ISSN 1932-6203

Stewart, Hilary and Stanley, Sophie and Zhang, Xiubin and Ashmore, Lisa and Gaffney, Christopher and Rycroft-Malone, Jo and Smith, Andrew and Wareing, Laura and Shelton, Cliff (2025) The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery : a narrative review. Anaesthesia, 80 (S2). pp. 75-84. ISSN 0003-2409

Wrench, Elizabeth and Gaffney, Christopher and Lauder, Bob (2025) Pancreatic Cancer and Glycaemic Control : Geospatial Trends, Potential Therapies such as Exercise, and Challenges. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Lambert, Joel and Gaffney, Christopher and Subar, Daren and Keegan, Thomas (2025) The role of prehabilitation in improving peri-operative outcomes in elective colorectal and hepatobiliary cancer surgery. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

McGladrigan, Elizabeth and Ashmore, Lisa and Gaffney, Christopher and O’Neil, Aneurin and Dean, Ewan and Wrench, Elizabeth (2024) Exploring prehabilitation interventions for patients with gynaecological cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Radiography, 30. S18-S19. ISSN 1078-8174

Lambert, Joel and Subar, Daren and Gaffney, Christopher (2024) Prehabilitation for Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery. In: Recent Strategies in High Risk Surgery :. Springer Nature, Cham. ISBN 9783031562693

Davison, Nicholas and Gaffney, Christopher and Kerns, Jemma and Zhuang, Qiandong (2024) Development and optimisation of a Near-Infrared spectroscopic system for glucose quantification in aqueous and intralipid-based samples. Engineering Research Express, 6 (2): 025340. ISSN 2631-8695

Joshi, Shalmali and Robinson, Abbie and Drinkwater, Amber and O'Hanlon, Brandon and Gaffney, Christopher and Nuttall, Helen E and Braithwaite, J. J. (2024) The Relationship Between Cortical Hyperexcitability and Loss of Primary Motor Cortex Excitability in those Predisposed to Aberrant Experiences following Upper Limb Immobilisation : An Exploration. PsyArXiv.

Gaffney, Christopher (2024) Crash diets may work against you - and could have permanent consequences. The Conversation.

Davison, Nicholas and Zhuang, Qiandong and Gaffney, Christopher and Kerns, Jemma (2024) Glucose sensing using near infrared spectroscopy. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Stockdale, Robert and Barry, Timothy and Gaffney, Christopher and Jarvis, Hannah (2024) Investigating force-velocity and acceleration-speed profiling in elite football. Masters thesis, Lancaster University.

Lambert, Joel and Mair, Thomas and Arunjunan, Kalaiyarasi and Shugaba, Abdul and Uwadiae, Harmony and Livesey, Anne and Ahmad, Rami and Sgourakis, Georgios and Gaffney, Christopher and Subar, Daren (2023) The Effect of the Enhanced Recovery Programme on long term survival following liver resection for colorectal liver metastases. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 408 (1): 239. ISSN 1435-2443

Khan, Zaibun and Shrestha, Donna and Shugaba, Abdul and Lambert, Joel and Clark, Justin and Haslett, Elizabeth and Afors, Karolina and Bampouras, Theodoros and Gaffney, Christopher and Subar, Daren (2023) Comparing proficiency of obstetrics and gynaecology trainees with general surgery trainees using simulated laparoscopic tasks in Health Education England, North-West : a prospective observational study. BMJ Open. ISSN 2044-6055 (In Press)

Dean, Ewan and Gaffney, Christopher (2023) Microscopic Involuntary Motion Indicates Sub-Concussive Brain Injury in Male Rugby Union Players : Poster presented at the annual BrainBox initiative conference for early-mid career researchers. In: BrainBox Initiative Conference 2023, 2023-09-21 - 2023-09-22, London. (Unpublished)

Kim, Ban-seok and Alcantara, Alfredo and Moon, Je-Hyun and Higashitani, Atsushi and Higashitani, Nahoko and Etheridge, Tim and Szewczyk, Nathaniel J and Deane, Colleen and Gaffney, Christopher and Higashibata, Akira and Hashizume, Toko and Yoon, Kyoung-hye and Lee, Jin (2023) Comparative Analysis of Muscle Atrophy During Spaceflight, Nutritional Deficiency and Disuse in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (16): 12640. ISSN 1422-0067

Gaffney, Christopher (2023) The ‘Murph’ challenge: what to know about this CrossFit workout. The Conversation.

Gaffney, Christopher (2023) Weighted vests: should you use them during exercise? The Conversation.

Yasar, Zerbu and Ross, Mark and Gaffney, Christopher and Postlethwaite, Ruth and Wilson, Russell and Hayes, Lawrence (2023) Aerobically trained older adults show impaired resting, but preserved exercise-induced circulating progenitor cell count, which was not improved by sprint interval training. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 475. pp. 465-475. ISSN 0031-6768

Wareing, Laura and Shelton, Cliff and Hirst, Yasemin and Ashmore, Lisa and Rycroft-Malone, Jo and Gaffney, Christopher and Smith, Andrew and Partridge, Andrea (2023) Prehabilitation for Cancer Surgery : Evidence Published in Response to Uk Government's Health and Social Care Committee's Future Cancer Inquiry. Health and Social Care Committee.

Shugaba, Abdulwarith and Subar, Daren and Slade, Kate and Willett, Mark and Abdel-Aty, Mohammed and Campbell, Iain and Heywood, Nick and Vitone, Louis and Sheikh, Adnan and Gill, Mike and Zelhof, Bachar and Nuttall, Helen E and Bampouras, Theodoros and Gaffney, Christopher (2023) Surgical stress : the muscle and cognitive demands of robotic and laparoscopic surgery. Annals of Surgery - Open. ISSN 2691-3593 (In Press)

Gaffney, Christopher and Sliwinska, Magdalena and Thut, Gregor and Nuttall, Helen E (2023) Improving Reliability of Brain Stimulation : What Works and What Doesn’t? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17: 1150586. ISSN 1662-5161

Gaffney, Christopher (2023) Spot reduction: why exercise probably can’t help you target fatty areas of the body. The Conversation.

Owens, Lauren and Parkin, Edward and Benedetto, Alexandre and Gaffney, Christopher and Dawson, Neil (2023) The Role of Fibrates and Soluble Amyloid Precursor Alpha in Alzheimer’s Disease and Longevity. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Gaffney, Christopher (2022) Bulking and cutting: is it safe for your metabolism? The Conversation.

Shugaba, Abdulwarith and Lambert, Joel and Bampouras, Theo and Nuttall, Helen E and Gaffney, Christopher and Subar, Daren (2022) Should all minimal access surgery be robot-assisted? : A systematic review into the musculoskeletal and cognitive demands of laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 26 (7). pp. 1520-1530. ISSN 1873-4626

Rattley, Catherine and Gaffney, Christopher and Bampouras, Theo (2022) EXPLORING DIFFERENCES IN ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND GROUND REACTION FORCES BETWEEN FRONT AND BACK SQUATS BEFORE AND AFTER A FATIGUING PROTOCOL. In: ISBS Proceedings Archive :. ISBS Proceedings Archive . International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.

Shugaba, Abdulwarith and Lambert, Joel and Nuttall, Helen E and Subar, Daren and Gaffney, Christopher and Bampouras, Theo (2022) MUSCLE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMING ROBOT- ASSISTED AND CONVENTIONAL LAPAROSCOPY. In: 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-29, Alfandega Porto Congress Centre.

Gaffney, Christopher and Cunnington, Jack and Greathead, Naomi and Rigby, Evie and Scott, Dan and Montemayor, Michelle and Garvey, Hannah and Wright, Karen (2022) Cannabidiol (CBD) may influence substrate utilisation during and muscle recovery following damaging exercise. In: International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS), 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-29. (In Press)

Khan, Zaibun and Shrestha, Donna and Shugaba, Abdulwarith and Gaffney, Christopher and Afors, Karolina and Clark, Justin and Subar, Daren (2022) Laparoscopic skills Acquisition in obstetrics and Gynaecology and General Surgical trainees (LAGGS). In: British society for gynaecological endoscopy (BSGE) ASM 2022, 2022-04-21 - 2022-04-22.

Owens, Lauren and Bracewell, Joshua and Benedetto, Alex and Dawson, Neil and Gaffney, Christopher and Parkin, Edward (2022) BACE1 Overexpression Reduces SH-SY5Y Cell Viability Through a Mechanism Distinct from Amyloid-β Peptide Accumulation : Beta Prime-Mediated Competitive Depletion of sAβPPα. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 86 (3). pp. 1201-1220. ISSN 1387-2877

Gaffney, Christopher and Cunnington, Jack and Rattley, Catherine and Wrench, Elizabeth and Dyche, Chloe and Bampouras, Theo (2022) Weighted vests in CrossFit increase physiological stress during walking and running without changes in spatiotemporal gait parameters. Ergonomics, 65 (1). pp. 147-158. ISSN 0014-0139

Davison, Nicholas and Gaffney, Christopher and Kerns, Jemma and Zhuang, Qiandong (2022) Recent Progress and Perspectives on Non-Invasive Glucose Sensors. Diabetology, 3 (1). pp. 56-71. ISSN 2673-4540

Rattley, Catherine and Bampouras, Theodoros and Gaffney, Christopher (2022) Exploring differences in electromyography and force production between front and back squats before and after fatigue and how this differs between the sexes. Masters thesis, Lancaster University.

Lambert, Joel and Hayes, Lawrence and Keegan, Thomas and Subar, Daren and Gaffney, Christopher (2021) Response to “Comment on Prehabilitation in Major Abdominal Surgery”. Annals of Surgery, 274 (6). e944-e945. ISSN 0003-4932

Lambert, Joel and Hayes, Lawrence and Keegan, Thomas and Subar, Daren and Gaffney, Christopher (2021) Response to: (Comment on “The impact of prehabilitation on patient outcomes in hepatobiliary, colorectal and Upper Gastro-intestinal cancer surgery: A PRISMA-Accordant Meta-Analysis”). Annals of Surgery, 274 (6). e932-e933. ISSN 0003-4932

Lambert, Joel and Hayes, Lawrence and Keegan, Thomas and Subar, Daren and Gaffney, Christopher (2021) Response to the Comment on "the Impact of Prehabilitation on Patient Outcomes in Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, and Upper Gastro-intestinal Cancer Surgery : A PRISMA-Accordant Meta-analysis". Annals of Surgery, 274 (6). e946-e947. ISSN 0003-4932

Keegan, Thomas and Gaffney, Christopher (2021) Cancer: getting in shape before surgery can shorten hospital stays. The Conversation.

Yasar, Zerbu and Elliott, Bradley and Kyriakidou, Yvoni and Nwokoma, Chiazor and Postlethwaite, Ruth and Gaffney, Christopher and Dewhurst, Susan and Hayes, Lawrence (2021) Sprint interval training (SIT) reduces serum epidermal growth factor (EGF), but not other inflammatory cytokines in trained older men. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 121 (7). pp. 1909-1919. ISSN 1439-6319

Gaffney, Christopher and Drinkwater, Amber and Joshi, Shalmali D and O'Hanlon, Brandon and Robinson, Abbie and Sands, Kayle-Anne and Slade, Kate and Braithwaite, J. J. and Nuttall, Helen E (2021) Short-Term Immobilization Promotes a Rapid Loss of Motor Evoked Potentials and Strength That Is Not Rescued by rTMS Treatment. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15: 640642. ISSN 1662-5161

Laranjeiro, Ricardo and Harinath, Girish and Pollard, Amelia K. and Gaffney, Christopher and Deane, Colleen and Vanapalli, Siva and Etheridge, Timothy and Szewczyk, Nathaniel J and Driscoll, Monica (2021) Spaceflight Affects Neuronal Morphology and Alters Transcellular Degradation of Neuronal Debris in Adult Caenorhabditis elegans. iScience, 24 (2): 102105. ISSN 2589-0042

Owens, Lauren and Benedetto, Alex and Dawson, Neil and Gaffney, Christopher and Parkin, Edward (2021) Gene therapy-mediated enhancement of protective protein expression for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Brain Research, 1753: 147264. ISSN 0006-8993

Wrench, Lizzie and Gaffney, Christopher and Lauder, Bob (2021) Determining the Dose-Response Relationship Between Exercise and Glycaemic Control and Examining Exercise as a Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes. Masters thesis, Lancaster University.

Lambert, Joel and Hayes, Lawrence and Keegan, Thomas and Subar, Daren and Gaffney, Christopher (2020) The impact of prehabilitation on patient outcomes in hepatobiliary, colorectal, and upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery : a PRISMA-accordant meta-analysis. Annals of Surgery. 0-0. ISSN 0003-4932

Pollard, Amelia and Gaffney, Christopher and Deane, Colleen and Balsamo, Michele and Cooke, Michael and Ellwood, Rebecca and Hewitt, Jennifer and Mierzwa, Beata and Mariani, Alessandro and Vanapalli, Siva A and Etheridge, Tim and Szewczyk, Nathaniel J (2020) Molecular Muscle Experiment : Hardware and Operational Lessons for Future Astrobiology Space Experiments. Astrobiology, 20 (8). pp. 935-943. ISSN 1557-8070

Gaffney, Christopher and Etheridge, Tim and Szewczyk, Nate (2020) Minimizing Muscle Atrophy. In: Handbook of Life Support Systems for Spacecraft and Extraterrestrial Habitats :. Springer, Cham, pp. 1-27. ISBN 9783319095752

Gaffney, Christopher (2020) High-intensity workouts may put regular gym goers at risk of rhabdomyolysis, a rare but dangerous condition. The Conversation.

Gaffney, Christopher and Nartallo, Ramon and Neri, Gianluca and Zolesi, David and Torregrossa, Roberta and Deane, Colleen and Whiteman, Matt and Etheridge, Timothy and Ellwood, Rebecca and Cooke, Michael and Gharahdaghi, Nima and Piasecki, Mathew and Phillips, Bethan and Szewczyk, Nathaniel (2020) Commercial access for UK/ESA student experiments on board the ISS. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities :. University of Leicester, Leicester, pp. 152-154. ISBN 9781912989096

Tsintzas, Kostas and Jones, Robert and Pabla, Pardeep and Mallinson, Joanne and Barrett, David and Kim, Dong-Hyun and Cooper, Scott and Davies, Amanda and Taylor, Tariq and Gaffney, Christopher and Chee, Carolyn and van Loon, Luc and Stephens, Francis (2020) Effect of acute and short-term dietary fat ingestion on postprandial skeletal muscle protein synthesis rates in middle-aged, overweight and obese men. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism. ISSN 1522-1555

Anupom, Taslim and Rahman, Mizanur and Gupta, Siddharta and Edwards, Hunter and Soni, Purushottam and LeBlanc, Matthew and Koblah, David and Gaffney, Christopher and Etheridge, Tim and Szewczyk, Nate and Driscoll, Monica and Vanapalli, Siva A (2019) NemaLife Machine : An automated microfluidic system for whole-life studies in C. elegans. In: 22nd International C. elegans Conference, 2019-06-20 - 2019-06-24, UCLA.

Gaffney, Christopher (2019) Space Race 2.0: Hostile Space. Down to Earth.

Deane, Colleen and Gaffney, Christopher and Etheridge, Tim and Szewczyk, Nate and Phillips, Bethan (2019) Our experience with national and international outreach and engagement for #wormsinspace. In: Association for Academic Outreach, 2019-04-27.

Gaffney, Christopher and Phillips, Bethan (2018) Worms in space : why we are launching them. The Conversation.

Pollard, Amelia and Gaffney, Christopher and Deane, Colleen and Cooke, Michael and Hewitt, Jennifer and Phillips, Bethan and Szewczyk, Nate and Vanapalli, Siva and Etheridge, Tim (2018) C. elegans as a model for understanding spaceflight induced muscle decline. In: International Society for Gravitational Physiology & European Space Agency Life Sciences Meeting, 2018-06-18 - 2018-06-22, ESA-ESTEC.

Etheridge, Tim and Gaffney, Christopher and Szewczyk, Nate and Torregrossa, Roberta and Wood, Mark E. and Whiteman, Matthew (2017) Mitochondria-targeting hydrogen sulfide donors prolong healthspan : lifespan ratio in Caenorhabditis elegans. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 112 (Suppl.). p. 51. ISSN 0891-5849