The University of Edinburgh home                 Entrance to Royal Infirmary of EdinburghSign - 'Medical School Main Entrance'Entrance to Chancellor's Building


Carolyn Greig

 

Geriatric
Medicine

Home
introduction
staff
honorary staff
undergraduates
postgraduates
* NEW - training *
research
links
contacts

 

 

 

Interests:


 
My area of expertise is the safe conduct of valid studies of exercise and muscle function in elderly people and in frail patient groups, such as those recovering from a hip fracture or stroke. My major research interest is in factors influencing the responsiveness of healthy elderly muscle to strength training which is the basis of a three-year Research into Ageing Research Fellowship. By combining whole body measurements and molecular biology techniques I hope to investigate the responsiveness to training and to determine whether it is influenced by age. Other current research interests include changes in muscle mass, strength and power output after stroke, the measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness in old age, and the the effect of exercise training and relaxation after stroke (STARTER) and in chronic renal failure.photo of Carolyn Greig & research subject

 

Publications:

Carin-Levy G, Greig C, Young A, Lewis S, Hannan J, Mead G. (2006). Longitudinal changes in muscle strength and mass after acute stroke. Cerebrovascular Diseases 21, 201-207

Fitzsimons Claire F, Greig Carolyn A, Forsythe Lynsey, Saunders David H, Young Archie, Simpson A. Hamish RW. (2003). Is self-paced walking suitable for studies of oxygen uptake kinetics in frail elderly women? Proceedings of the 8th Annual Congress European College of Sport Science, July 2003, Salzburg, P10N-05

Fitzsimons CF, Greig CA, Saunders DH, Lewis SJ, Young A. (2002). Age-related differences in the response of humans to walking speed descriptors. Journal of Physiology 543.P, 95P

Greig CA. (2002). The trainability of elderly people. Age and Ageing  31, 223-224

 

Greig CA, Savaridas T, Saunders D, Joseph S, Young A, Mead GE. (2003). Lower limb muscle strength and power following ‘recovery’ from stroke. Age and Ageing 32 (Suppl. 1), p.34

 

Saunders DH, Greig CA, Young A, Mead GE. (2004). Physical fitness training for stroke patients. Cochrane Review. The Cochrane Library, Issue 1. Chichester UK. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

 

 

Back to Staff Page

Home

Designed & Published by  Susan Lewis
Last updated: 26th January 2010  
Copyright © 2010 The University of Edinburgh