Dr Rachel Young PhD MSc BSc (hons)
Senior Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow
- Department of Allied Health Professions
- Advanced Wellbeing Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre
- Health Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
Summary
Rachel is a senior research fellow at the Advanced Wellbeing Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre in Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. She is a chartered physiotherapist with expertise in neurological rehabilitation and exercise prescription. Rachel's research interests include the development and evaluation of rehabilitation technologies and accessible exercise solutions. Rachel has experience of collaboration with the commercial and health care sectors to develop new innovations which enable people with complex health changes to engage in physical activity.
About
Rachel qualified as a physiotherapist in 1995 and gained experience as a clinician within the NHS, specialising in acute neurological rehabilitation and critical care. She completed an MSc in neurological physiotherapy in 2002 and was employed as a senior lecturer at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ between 2003 and 2017. Rachel's experience in teaching included leadership in practice based learning, development of post-graduate programmes and team leadership.
Between 2017 and 2020, Rachel transitioned into an associate role with Sheffield Hallam in order to accelerate her programme of doctoral study focussed on power assisted exercise for people with stroke. The experience gained in manufacturing, the leisure sector and clinical practice during this time enabled the development of novel solutions to optimise the delivery of rehabilitation.
In 2020, Rachel was appointed as a Senior Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow at the Advanced Wellbeing Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre and completed her PhD in January 2023. Rachel has gained a successful track record in grant capture and project delivery including the Innovate UK funded 'AGE4A' project which has furthered the field of research addressed at doctoral level and the current SBRI funded 'Golf in Society' project.
Specialist areas of interest
Exercise prescription
Neurological rehabilitation
Teaching
Department of Allied Health Professions
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Service evaluation of a physical activity programme for long term musculoskeletal conditions: ongoing
Feasibility study to explore the use of accessible isokinetic equipment for people with long term neurological conditions (2013)
Subject area
Physiotherapy
Modules taught
Practice based learning
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Current research projects
Assisted Gamified Exercise 4 All (AGE4A)
Active Wait
Exoskeleton Exercise for people with MS
Publications
Journal articles
Ngeh, E., Mclean, S., Kuaban, C., Young, R., Strafford, B., & Lidster, J. (2024). . International Journal of Environmental Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Public Health, 21 (10).
Ngeh, E.N., McLean, S., Kuaban, C., Young, R., & Lidster, J. (2024). . Clinics and Practice, 14 (5), 1753-1766.
Young, R., Sage, K., Broom, D., Hext, A., Snowdon, N., & Smith, C. (2023). . Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20 (1).
Young, R., Sage, K., Broom, D., Hext, A., & Smith, C. (2022). . Design for Health.
Young, R., Smith, C., Sage, K., & Broom, D. (2021). . Physiotherapy, 113 (Supp 1), e80-e81.
Fowler-Davis, S., Young, R., Maden-Wilkinson, T., Hameed, W., Dracas, E., Hurrell, E., ... Copeland, R. (2021). . International Journal of Environmental Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Public Health, 18 (24).
Young, R., Sage, K., Broom, D., Broomfield, K., Church, G., & Smith, C. (2021). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Involvement and Engagement, 7.
Young, R., Broom, D., O’Brien, R., Sage, K., & Smith, C. (2021). . International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 16 (1).
Young, R., Broom, D., Sage, K., Crossland, K., & Smith, C. (2021). . Physiotherapy, 110, 5-14.
Young, R., Richards, E., Darji, N., Velpula, S., Smith, C., Broom, D., & Goddard, S. (2018). . International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 25 (6), 262-271.
Conference papers
Young, R., Thompson, A., McLean, S., & Grafton, K. (2016). . Physiotherapy, 102 (Suppl1), e250.
Reports
Thompson, A., Mclean, S., Young, R., Khatab, K., Kilner, K., Stagg, R., ... Cooke, J. (2015). THE BACK ACTIVE/STAY ACTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY MODEL OF CARE: A SERVICE EVALUATION.
Theses / Dissertations
Young, R. (2023). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Smith, C., Sage, K., & Broom, D.
Presentations
Young, R., & Lowe, A. (2015). Integration of vocational qualifications into the curriculum at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ to enhance exercise prescription within physiotherapy. Presented at: Physiotherapy UK 2015, Liverpool, UK, 2015
Other activities
Educational representative for the CSP
Media
Presented at Physiotherapy 2015 as a speaker on the workforce development theme.