Doctor Vicky Hood PhD
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for Pre-Registration MSc Physiotherapy
Summary
I am a chartered physiotherapist with a strong interest in enabling people with long term neurological conditions to maintain their physical activity.
I am a full time academic and course lead for the MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration), where I am module lead for the dissertation modules. I am passionate about facilitating students to develop research skills which will transfer into clinical practice.
About
I am an experienced clinician, lecturer and researcher, with a PhD in Biomechanics. I have been involved in developing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in my specialist areas of human movement, neurology and long-term conditions, with a focus on dementia.
I have previously worked with the Division of Rehabilitation and Aging at the University of Nottingham in research focussing on physical activity and falls prevention in people living with dementia. I was a co-applicant on an NiHR funded project “Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED). This was a 5-year, multicentre randomised controlled trial, with an intervention embedding in the NHS.
I am an experienced supervisor of student research projects from BSc level to PhD level. I have encouraged students to publish their work and they have been successful in this. I have also helped and worked with students who have accessed NHS clinical research training which helps to keep research embedded into the places it will be used.
From January 2025, I am the course lead for the MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration). I am module lead for MSc dissertations.
Senior Lecturer
Teaching
Department of Allied Health Professions
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Subject area:
Physiotherapy
Courses taught:
MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration)
MSc Specialist Physiotherapy Practice
Modules taught:
Creating Original Practice
Dissertation
Professional Practice
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Featured research project:
Publications
Journal articles
Harwood, R.H., Goldberg, S.E., Brand, A., van Der Wardt, V., Booth, V., Di Lorito, C., ... Masud, T. (2023). . BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 382.
Booth, V., Hood, V., Hancox, J.E., Logan, P., & Robinson, K.R. (2022). . BMJ open, 9 (2).
Long, A., Di Lorito, C., Logan, P., Booth, V., Howe, L., Hood, V., & van der Wardt, V. (2020). . International journal of environmental research and public health, 17 (12).
Bajwa, R.K., Goldberg, S.E., Van der Wardt, V., Burgon, C., Di Lorito, C., Godfrey, M., ... Harwood, R.H. (2019). . Trials, 20.
Goldberg, S.E., van der Wardt, V., Brand, A., Burgon, C., Bajwa, R., Hoare, Z., ... PrAISED Study Group, (2019). . BMC geriatrics, 19 (1).
Booth, V., Harwood, R., Hancox, J.E., Hood, V., Masud, T., & Logan, P. (2019). . BMJ open, 9 (6).
Pilbeam, C., & Hood, V. (2018). . Hand Therapy, 23 (3), 100-109.
Booth, V., Harwood, R.H., Hood, V., Bramley, T., Hancox, J.E., Robertson, K., ... Logan, P.A. (2018). . Clinical rehabilitation, 32 (7), 855-864.
Harwood, R.H., van der Wardt, V., Goldberg, S.E., Kearney, F., Logan, P., Hood, V., ... Orrell, M. (2018). . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4 (1).
Alhasan, H., Hood, V., & Mainwaring, F. (2017). . Clinical interventions in aging, 12, 487-497.
Booth, V., Harwood, R., Hood, V., Masud, T., & Logan, P. (2016). Understanding the theoretical underpinning of the exercise component in a fall prevention programme for older adults with mild dementia: a realist review protocol. Systematic reviews, 5 (1), 119.
Booth, V., Hood, V., & Kearney, F. (2016). . JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 14 (5), 110-135.
Humphreys, C., Moffatt, C., & Hood, V. (2016). Risk of falling for people with venous leg ulcers: a literature review. British journal of community nursing, 21 Suppl 3, S34-S38.
Glendon, K., & Hood, V. (2016). Upper limb joint position sense during shoulder flexion in healthy individuals: a pilot study to develop a new assessment method. Shoulder & Elbow, 8 (1), 54-60.
Booth, V., Hood, V., & Kearney, F. (2015). Interventions incorporating physical and cognitive elements to reduce falls risk in cognitively impaired older adults: a systematic review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 13 (8), 5-13.
Booth, V., Logan, P., Harwood, R., & Hood, V. (2015). Falls prevention interventions in older adults with cognitive impairment: A systematic review of reviews. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 22 (6), 289-296.
van der Wardt, V., Logan, P., Hood, V., Booth, V., Masud, T., & Harwood, R. (2015). The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 40 (3-4), 178-185.
Samuel, D., Rowe, P., Hood, V., & Nicol, A. (2012). The relationships between muscle strength, biomechanical functional moments and health-related quality of life in non-elite older adults. Age and ageing, 41 (2), 224-230.
Samuel, D., Rowe, P., Hood, V., & Nicol, A. (2011). The biomechanical functional demand placed on knee and hip muscles of older adults during stair ascent and descent. Gait & posture, 34 (2), 239-244.
Macdonald, A.S., Loudon, D., Rowe, P.J., Samuel, D., Hood, V., Nicol, A.C., ... Conway, B.A. (2007). Towards a design tool for visualizing the functional demand placed on older adults by everyday living tasks. Universal Access in the Information Society, 6 (2), 137-144.
Hood, V.L., Granat, M.H., Maxwell, D.J., & Hasler, J.P. (2002). A new method of using heart rate to represent energy expenditure: the Total Heart Beat Index. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 83 (9), 1266-1273.
Conference papers
Macdonald, A.S., Loudon, D., Rowe, P.J., Samuel, D., Hood, V., Nicol, A.C., & Conway, B. InclusiveCAD: A Software Resource for Designers. In Designing Accessible Technology, (pp. 93-99). Springer-Verlag:
Postgraduate supervision
I am currently a supervisor to full-time and part-time MSc students in Physiotherapy. I have supervised 2 PhD students to completion.