Dr Dave Saunders
Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, ISPEHS
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 4121
- Email: dave.saunders@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, SL
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
I am the programme leader for the BSc Applied Sport Science degree in our institute.
Undergraduate teaching
- Biochemistry of exercise
- Sports Nutrition
- Exercise physiology
- Exercise presecription for rehabilitation
Postgraduate teaching
- Research methods
- Information skills
- Dissertation supervision
Current PhD students supervised
- Nuno Oliveira- The effect of fatigue on the 3-d kinematics of the water-polo eggbeater kick
Research summary
- exercise physiology
- fitness and function in elderly people and patient groups including stroke patients
Current and recent research
My research contributes to evidence supporting a role for exercise training after stroke. Exercise can increase the low levels of fitness among stroke survivors, improve their day-to-day physical functioning, it may imrove mood and reduce the chance of other health problems including recurrent stroke.
The methods I use include systematic review methodologies which aim to take stock of all available high quality evidence, and meta-analyses which determine statistically the various effect of exercise after stroke.