Contact

• workRoom B109 Medical School
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 8230470
• Katie.Robinson@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Katie is a Physiotherapist by professional background and joined the Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing in 2013 working as a clinical researcher on a programme of work around chair based exercise led by Professor Tahir Masud. Previously Katie worked as physiotherapist with older people in a community setting and as a research facilitator for the NIHR Clinical Research Network: East Midlands. In 2014 Katie was awarded a CLAHRC PhD Studentship in the Care of Older People and Stroke Survivors theme and in 2017 was awarded her PhD: Developing a chair based exercise programme for older people. Katie also holds a clinical contract with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust and currently works as a researcher on the Falls in Care Homes trial led by Professor Pip Logan.

Expertise Summary

Exercise for Older People

Developing Complex Interventions

Falls prevention

Care home research

Research Summary

Research assistant on the Falls in Care Homes Randomised Controlled Trial Awarded Researcher Development Funding from Nottingham City CCG to develop a research proposal to explore the… read more

Recent Publications

• ROBINSON, K. R., LONG, A. L., LEIGHTON, P., ARMSTRONG, S., PULIKOTTILL-JACOB, R., GLADMAN, J. R. F., GORDON, A. L., LOGAN, P., ANTHONY, K. A., HARWOOD, R. H., BLACKSHAW, P. E. and MASUD, T., 2018. Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study. BMC Geriatrics. 18(1), 82
• 2017. Developing a chair based exercise programme for older people in a community setting: PhD Thesis
• ROBINSON, KATIE R., MASUD, TAHIR and HAWLEY-HAGUE, HELEN, 2016. Instructors' Perceptions of Mostly Seated Exercise Classes: Exploring the Concept of Chair Based Exercise BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL.
• 2015. Protocol for a systematic review of the physical health benefits of chair based exercise for older people.

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Current Research

• Research assistant on the Falls in Care Homes Randomised Controlled Trial
• Awarded Researcher Development Funding from Nottingham City CCG to develop a research proposal to explore the implementation of falls prevention programmes in care homes

• ROBINSON, K. R., LONG, A. L., LEIGHTON, P., ARMSTRONG, S., PULIKOTTILL-JACOB, R., GLADMAN, J. R. F., GORDON, A. L., LOGAN, P., ANTHONY, K. A., HARWOOD, R. H., BLACKSHAW, P. E. and MASUD, T., 2018. Chair based exercise in community settings: a cluster randomised feasibility study. BMC Geriatrics. 18(1), 82
• 2017. Developing a chair based exercise programme for older people in a community setting: PhD Thesis
• ROBINSON, KATIE R., MASUD, TAHIR and HAWLEY-HAGUE, HELEN, 2016. Instructors' Perceptions of Mostly Seated Exercise Classes: Exploring the Concept of Chair Based Exercise BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL.
• 2015. Protocol for a systematic review of the physical health benefits of chair based exercise for older people.
• 2015. Chair based exercise: a survey of care homes in Nottinghamshire
• ROBINSON, K, LEIGHTON, PAUL, LOGAN, PHILIPPA, GORDON, ADAM, ANTHONY, KEVIN, HARWOOD, ROWAN and GLADMAN, JOHN, 2014. Developing the principles of chair based exercise for older people: a modified Delphi study BMC Geriatrics. 14(1), 65
• ANTHONY, KEVIN, ROBINSON, KATIE, LOGAN, PHILIPPA, GORDON, ADAM L., HARWOOD, ROWAN H. and MASUD, TAHIR, 2013. Chair-Based Exercises for Frail Older People: A Systematic Review BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL.