Professor Oona Scott
Emeritus Professor of Neurophysiology
Oona Scott's multidisciplinary research focuses on how physical activity impacts physiological function and mitigates the effects of disease and or trauma in children, adults and elderly people
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Stratford Campus
School of Health, Sport and Bioscience
University of East London
Water Lane
London
Great Britain
E15 4LZ - o.m.scott@uel.ac.uk +442082234510
Research
Recent Publications
Moorley C, Cahill C,Tunariu A, Scott O (2014) Impact of stroke: a functional, psychological report of an inner-city multiracial population. Primary Health Care, 24, 4, 26 -34
Stephensen D, Drechsler WI & Scott OM. (2014). Influence of ankle plantar flexor muscle architecture strength on gait in boys with haemophilia in comparison to typically developing children. Haemophilia, 20, 413-420
Stephensen D, Drechsler W, & Scott O. (2012). Comparison of muscle strength and in-vivo muscle morphology in young children with haemophilia and those of age-matched peers. Haemophilia, 18, e302-e310.
Stephensen, D, Drechsler, WI, & Scott, OM. (2012) Biomechanics of lower limb haemophilic arthropathy. Blood Reviews, 26, 213-221.
Morris MG, Dawes H, Howells K, Scott OM, Cramp MC, and Izadi H (2012) Alterations in peripheral muscle contractile characteristics following high and low intensity bouts of exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology (2012) 112, 1, 337-343
Morris M. G, Dawes H., Howells K., Scott OM, Cramp M, & Izadi H. (2010) Muscle contractile characteristics: relationship to high-intensity exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 110, 295-300.
Cramp M.C., Greenwood R.J., Gill M., Lehmann A., Rothwell J.C., Scott O.M. (2010). Effectiveness of a community-based low intensity exercise programme for ambulatory stroke survivors. Disability & Rehabilitation, 32, 239-247
Stephensen D, Drechsler W, Winter M, Scott O. (2009). Biomechanical comparison of gait parameters of young children with haemophilia and those of age matched peers.
Haemophilia 15, 509–518
Morris M.G., Dawes H., Howells K., Scott O.M. and Cramp M.C. (2008) Muscle Fatigue characteristics: relationship with markers of endurance performance. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 4:431-436
Chapters in Books
Cramp M.C. & Scott O.M. (2008). Sensory and motor nerve activation. Chapter 5 in Watson T. (ed) Electrotherapy - Evidence Based Practice 12th Ed. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh ISBN: 978-0-10179-3
Cramp M.C. & Scott O.M. (2008). Neuromuscular electrical stimulation: nerve-muscle interaction. Chapter 14 in Watson T. (ed) Electrotherapy - Evidence Based Practice 12th Ed. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh
ISBN: 978-0-10179-3.
Collaborators
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Overview
Publications
External funding while at Hammersmith Hospital, London 1990 – 1994
Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain , Funded by 2 MRC project grants, Holder 1 MRC
project grant
External Grants awarded with collaborators while at University of East London 1994-
Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate research bursaries (1999, 2000), Physiotherapy Research
Foundation (1994), Stroke Association (1999, 2000), South-East Essex Education and Training
Consortium (2000), North Thames Regional Health Authority Research and Development
Directorate (1996) Science Research Foundation (2002), (2004) ,
Funding
Interests
Portfolio
Completed PhD supervision
2013 Cultural factors, hypertension and their relation to cerebrovascular disease among Black women in the London Borough of Newham
2011 Muscle and gait characteristics of children with haemophilia
2008 Biomechanical analysis of stair climbing and gait: impact of hip and knee osteoarthritis
2008 Skin and bony marker error in analysis of hip, pelvis and lumbar spine movement
2008 Biomechanical analysis of stair climbing and gait: impact of hip and knee osteoarthritis
2006 Cultural identity and health beliefs in a community-based rehabilitation programme: Implications for Physiotherapy Practice and goal setting
2005 Effect of aerobic training in patients following acquired brain injury
2004 Effect of aerobic training on functional activities in patients following acquired brain injury
2002 Quadriceps femoris muscle activation: Evaluation after major knee injury
2001 Perception of fatigue and exertion during a cycling test in brain injured subjects
1998 Alterations in human muscle and central control mechanisms
External examiner for research degrees in UK institutions
1994-2006 Examined 4 PhDs at Universities of Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham and London
1998 Organised 3 day scientific international meeting on Human Motor Performance: Interaction between Science and Therapy followed by 2 day Clinical Seminar at University of East London
2002-2005 External examiner MSc Rehabilitation Sciences & MSc in Childhood Disability, University of Southampton
2009-2012 Member of Steering Group Dr William M Scholl Podiatric Research & Development Fund