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.
ResearchGate profile
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
Research
Featured research project:
Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED)
Publications
Journal articles
Harwood, R.H., Goldberg, S.E., Brand, A., van Der Wardt, V., Booth, V., Di Lorito, C., ... Masud, T. (2023). Promoting Activity, Independence, and Stability in Early Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 382. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-074787
Long, A., Di Lorito, C., Logan, P., Booth, V., Howe, L., Hood-Moore, V., & van der Wardt, V. (2020). The Impact of a Dementia-Friendly Exercise Class on People Living with Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17 (12), E4562. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124562
Goldberg, S.E., van der Wardt, V., Brand, A., Burgon, C., Bajwa, R., Hoare, Z., ... PrAISED Study Group, (2019). Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial. BMC geriatrics, 19 (1), 353. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1379-5
Bajwa, R.K., Goldberg, S.E., Van der Wardt, V., Burgon, C., Di Lorito, C., Godfrey, M., ... Harwood, R.H. (2019). A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol. Trials, 20 (1), 815. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3871-9
Booth, V., Harwood, R., Hancox, J.E., Hood-Moore, V., Masud, T., & Logan, P. (2019). Motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment: a realist review. BMJ open, 9 (6), e024982. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024982
Booth, V., Hood-Moore, V., Hancox, J.E., Logan, P., & Robinson, K.R. (2019). Systematic scoping review of frameworks used to develop rehabilitation interventions for older adults. BMJ open, 9 (2), e024185. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024185
Harwood, R.H., van der Wardt, V., Goldberg, S.E., Kearney, F., Logan, P., Hood-Moore, V., ... Orrell, M. (2018). A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4 (1). http://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0239-y
Pilbeam, C., & Hood-Moore, V. (2018). Test–retest reliability of wrist joint position sense in healthy adults in a clinical setting. Hand Therapy, 23 (3), 100-109. http://doi.org/10.1177/1758998318770227
Booth, V., Harwood, R.H., Hood-Moore, V., Bramley, T., Hancox, J.E., Robertson, K., ... Logan, P.A. (2018). Promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): development of an intervention for people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Clinical rehabilitation, 32 (7), 855-864. http://doi.org/10.1177/0269215518758149
Alhasan, H., Hood, V., & Mainwaring, F. (2017). The effect of visual biofeedback on balance in elderly population: a systematic review. Clinical interventions in aging, 12, 487-497. http://doi.org/10.2147/cia.s127023
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. http://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0212-x
Booth, V., Hood, V., & Kearney, F. (2016). Interventions incorporating physical and cognitive elements to reduce falls risk in cognitively impaired older adults: a systematic review. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 14 (5), 110-135. http://doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-2016-002499
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. http://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2016.21.sup3.s34
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. http://doi.org/10.1177/1758573215603916
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. http://doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-2015-2220
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. http://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.6.289
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. http://doi.org/10.1159/000433523
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. http://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afr156
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. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.05.005
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. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-007-0078-8
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. http://doi.org/10.1053/apmr.2002.34598
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: http://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-365-5_10
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.