IMPACT

Discover more about the impact that research from the Peter Harrison Centre is having on sport performance, health and wellbeing.

three wheelchair rugby athletes (2 male and 1 female) competing for the ball at a wheelchair rugby competition

Research Spotlight: Female participation in wheelchair rugby

Increasing female participation in wheelchair rugby

Parathletes celebrating medal success at Tokyo 2020

Creating opportunities in Parasport

Working with international partners to shape new events and rules, as well as safeguarding the health of para-athletes.

Stuart Robinson, Tokyo Paralympic Gold GB Wheelchair Rugby medallist, in the PHC lab with PHC PhD and master’s students.

Enabling impactful careers

Providing graduates with the academic and professional experiences they need for rewarding, impactful careers.

Laurie Williams a current Loughborough Lightning Wheelchair Basketball player at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
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Advancing technology for performance

Educating para-athletes about wheelchair configuration, chair choice and training strategies.

Wheelchair user exercising with a dog in a park

Promoting active and fulfilling lives

Providing clear exercise guidance on how activity can improve quality of life, wellbeing and independence.

Child playing wheelchair tennis at the ParalympicsGB Sports Festival 2012
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Creating impact with our partners

Sharing research and experiences with our local, national, and global partners.

Project PRISM

Para-Athlete Retirement: Insights, Support, Management: Supporting athletes in their transition out of sport.

15 years, 15 stories

To celebrate the Peter Harrison Centre's 15th birthday, Prof. Vicky Tolfrey (PHC Director) and her team look back on the impact that the Centre has had so far.

Giving para-athletes an edge

Find out how we helped para-athletes to perform to their best at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Discover how our researchers played a key role in the development of 3X3 wheelchair basketball

Optimising wheelchair configuration

Helping Paralympians Go for Gold

Sports biomechanics researcher Barry Mason gives an insight into his performance analysis role in the Team GB at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Improving Wheelchair Athletes' Performance

Our research has led to improved wheelchair configurations and enhanced training strategies for wheelchair athletes.

Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injury Exercise Guidelines

Together with our research partners, we have developed scientific guidelines to inform people with a SCI how much exercise is necessary for health and fitness benefits.

Exercise and weight management in persons with a SCI

Rewind and catch up: The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport online symposium “Exercise and Weight Management in Persons with a Spinal Cord Injury”.

Improving physical activity in spinal cord injury

How rehabilitation facility design influences attitudes toward physical activity following a SCI

The Very Alternative Guide To Spinal Cord Injury

New book offers a “Very Alternative” way of dealing with sudden paralysis

Benefits of physical activity for people with an SCI

We have worked with WheelPower to deliver advice on how physical activity can help people with an SCI

Using heat to improve health

Hot Baths to Improve Health

Can’t exercise? A hot bath may help improve inflammation and metabolism, study suggests (2018).

Simulating exercise benefits

A team from Loughborough University is using a prototype heated suit to help people with disabilities, elderly people and those with chronic diseases that prevent them from taking part in exercise.

BBC

The Times

3 v 3 Wheelchair Basketball

3v3 Wheelchair Basketball

Research from the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport has contributed to the development of the 3v3 wheelchair basketball format, introduced as a medal event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

PHC present at IWBF Forum

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) have collaborated with The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport to develop the 3×3 wheelchair basketball format.

Celebrating the impacts achieved with the vision and support of the Peter Harrison Foundation

On 20 September 2022, we welcomed the Peter Harrison Foundation to mark the official naming of the Peter Harrison Laboratory in the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine.

The Foundation’s vision and support has enabled us to translate our research across the continuum of sport, exercise and rehabilitation.

We are honoured to have an enduring partnership with the Peter Harrison Foundation.