Geriatric
Medicine

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.

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 8^th 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

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