Dr Tom Withers BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation SciencesResearch Fellow Contact details Emailt.m.withers@bham.ac.ukTwitter@DrTomWithers View my research portal Dr Tom Withers research interests center around the utilisation of physical activity as a method to improve both mental and physical health, particularly in individuals with chronic illness or mobility impairment. Qualifications PhD - Physical Activity and Total Hip Replacement - University of East AngliaMSc - Clinical Exercise Physiology - Liverpool John Moores UniversityBSc (Hons) - Exercise and Sport Sciences - University of Exeter Biography Tom undertook his undergraduate and taught postgraduate studies at the University of Exeter and Liverpool John Moores University. Following a brief research post at Swansea University working on the development of an implantable artificial lung he undertook his PhD at the University of East Anglia. Tom’s PhD focused on the initial phases of developing an intervention to promote physical activity in the hip replacement population. This was followed by a working on a project promoting physical activity in people with spinal cord injury. He then took up his current Research Fellow post at the University of Birmingham which has a focus on physical activity promotion in hard to reach populations. Postgraduate supervision Tom is currently able to supervise new research students. You should send him an email in the first instance if you would like to discuss this further. Research Physical Activity Rehabilitation intervention development Joint Replacement Publications T. M. Withers, L. Croft, V. L. Goosey-Tolfrey, D. W. Dunstan, C. A. Leicht & D. P. Bailey et al. Cardiovascular disease risk marker responses to breaking up prolonged sedentary time in individuals with paraplegia: the Spinal Cord Injury Move More (SCIMM) randomised crossover laboratory trial protocol. BMJ Open 2018;8:e021936. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021936 T. O. Smith, T. M. Withers, R. Luben, C. Sackley, A. Jones & A. MacGregor. Changes in physical activity following total hip or knee arthroplasty: a matched case-control study from the EPIC-Norfolk cohort. Clinical Rehabilitation, 2017, 31(11), 1548-1557. DOI: 10.1177/0269215517704270 T. M. Withers, S. Lister, C. Sackley, A. Clark & T. Smith. Is there a difference in total physical activity before and after unilateral total hip replacement? A Systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 31(5), 639-650. DOI: 10.1177/0269215516673884. M. A. McNarry, N. K. Harrison, T. Withers, N. Chinnappa & M. J. Lewis. Pulmonary oxygen uptake and muscle deoxygenation kinetics during heavy intensity cycling exercise in patients with emphysema and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017, 17(26). DOI: 10.1186/s12890-017-0364-z. View all publications in research portal