Finlayson J, Booth J, Skelton D, Gore N (2022: 15 months) Toileting assessment and toilet training for adults with learning disabilities with incontinence. The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
Goodman K, Hagan S, Finlayson J, Crockett J (2022: 18 months) Abdominal massage for adults with learning disabilities with constipation. The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
Orton E, Todd C, Goodwin V, Skelton DA, Kendrick D, Masud T et al. (2021: 24 months) FLEXI Study. FLEXI Evaluating the implementation of the FaME programme. NIHR ARC National Priority for Ageing, Dementia and Frailty
Walters K, Frost R, Clegg A, Skelton DA et al. (2020: 60 months) Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of an In-Home Personalised Health Promotion Intervention Enabling Independence in Older People with Mild Frailty (HomeHealth): A Randomised Controlled Trial. NIHR Health Technology Assessment - Ref NIHR128334.
Hurst C, Robinson SM, Witham MD, Dodds RM, Granic A, Buckland C, De Biase S, Finnegan S, Rochester L, Skelton DA, Sayer AA. Resistance exercise as a treatment for sarcopenia: prescription and delivery. Age Ageing. 2022 Feb 2;51(2):afac003
Bosco A, McGarrigle L, Skelton DA, Laventure RME, Townley B, Todd C. Make Movement Your Mission: Evaluation of an online digital health initiative to increase physical activity in older people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital Health. 2022; 8:1-1
Swan L, Burton E, Horgan NF, Cummins V, Warters A, Skelton DA, Townley B, Doyle F, Jabakhanji SB, Sorensen J, Rooney D, Murphy L, Galvin R, O'Sullivan M. Embedding physical activity within community home support services for older adults in Ireland – a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2022 Mar 7;17;223-34.
Mansson L, Pettersson B, Rosendahl E, Skelton DA, Lundin-Olsson L, Sandlund M. Feasibility of performance-based and self-reported outcomes in self-managed falls prevention exercise interventions for independent older adults living in the community. BMC Geriatrics. 2022 Feb 22;22(1):147.
Naughton C, Cummins H, de Foubert M, Barry F, McCullagh R, Wills T, Skelton DA, Dahly D, Palmer B, Murphy A, McHugh S, O'Mahony D, Tedesco S, O’Sullivan B. Implementation of the Frailty Care Bundle (FCB) to promote mobilisation, nutrition and cognitive engagement in older people in acute care settings: protocol for an implementation science study. HRB Open Res 2022, 5:3 https://hrbopenresearch.org/articles/5-3/v1
Montero-Odasso M, van der Velde N, Alexander NB, Becker C, Blain H, Camicioli R, Close J, Duan L, Duque G, Ganz DA, Gómez F, Hausdorff JM, Hogan DB, Jauregui JR, Kenny RA, Lipsitz LA, Logan P, Lord SR, Mallett L, Milisen K, Nieuwboer A, Petrovic M, Ryg J, Sejdic E, Sherrington C, Skelton DA, Speechley M, Tan MP, van der Cammen T, Verghese J, Kamkar N, Sarquis-Adamson Y, Masud T on behalf of the Global Falls Guidelines Task Force. New Horizons in Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A Global Initiative. Age Ageing. 2021 Sep 11;50(5):1499-1507
Scott J, Abaraogu UO, Ellis G, Giné-Garriga M, Skelton DA. A systematic review of the physical activity levels of Acutely Ill Older Adults in Hospital at Home Settings: An under-researched field. European Journal of Geriatric Medicine. 2021 Apr;12(2):227-238
Sunde S, Hesseberg K, Skelton DA, Hylen Ranhoff A, Pripp AH, Aarønæs M, Brovold T. Physical Function and Health-Related Quality of Life in older adults with or at risk of mobility disability post-discharge: 8-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. J Aging Phys Act. 2021 Sep 11;1-7
de Jong LD, Coe D, Bailey CB, Adams N, Skelton DA. Views and experiences of visually impaired older people and exercise instructors about the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme: a qualitative study. Disability & Rehabilitation. 2021: 43(18): 2561-67
Orton E, Lafond N, Skelton DA, Coupland C, Gladman J, Iliffe S, Logan P, Masud T, Timblin C, Timmons S, Kendrick D. Implementation fidelity of the Falls Management Exercise Programme in community-based programmes; a mixed methods analysis using a conceptual framework for implementation fidelity. Public Health. 2021 Aug;197:11-18.
Orton E, Audsley S, Coupland C, Gladman JRF, Iliffe S, Lafond N, Logan P, Masud T, Skelton DA, Timblin C, Timmons S, Ward D, Kendrick D. ‘Real world’ effectiveness of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme: an implementation study. Age Ageing. 2021 Jun 28;50(4):1290-1297
Kinnear D, Allan L, Morrison J, Finlayson J, Sherriff A, MacPherson L, Henderson A, Ward L, Muir M, Cooper SA (2019) Prevalence of factors associated with edentulousness (no natural teeth) in adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 63 (12): 1475-1481
Finlayson J et al (2018) Reasonable adjustments to provide equitable and inclusive assessment, screening and treatment of osteoporosis for adults with intellectual disabilities: A feasibility study. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 32 (2): 300-312
Finlayson J (2018) Fall prevention for people with learning disabilities: Key points and recommendations for practitioners and researchers. Tizard Learning Disability Review23 (2): 91-99
2020-present
Chair of British Geriatrics Society Rehabilitation Group
2020-present
Member of Public Health England Modelling Advisory Group on the Wider Impacts of Covid-19 on Physical Activity, Deconditioning and Falls in Older Adults
2020-present
Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Alliance
2020-present
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit (OPFPRU) funded by the NIHR
2018-present
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research at the University of Birmingham.
2020-present
Chair of Trial Steering Committee – Implementation of a Frailty Care bundle (FCB) for older people in acute care settings: an implementation science study (University College Cork).
2018-present
Chair of Programme Steering Committee for the NIHR PGfAR Programme RECREATE Study (Development and evaluation of strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour in patients after stroke and improve outcomes)
2018-present
Member of the Lanarkshire Falls Strategy Group.
2017-present
Member of the National Osteoporosis Society Clinical and Scientific Advisory Community (CSAC).
2017-present
Member of the National Falls Prevention Co-ordination Group, OHID (formerly Public Health England).
2020-2021
Member of Expert Panel for Report ‘A National Covid-19 Resilience Programme’ by the Physiological Society and the Centre for Ageing Better.
2018-2019
Chair of Older People Panel for update of the CMO Physical Activity Guidelines for Health, Departments of Health of the four nations.
2017-2019
Chair of the National Osteoporosis Society Working Group on Exercise and Bone Health to produce Expert Statement on Exercise and Osteoporosis.
2017-2018
Member of Expert Panel on ‘Strength and Balance for Health Evidence Review’ – Public Health England and Centre for Ageing Better. Lead on two review papers.
