Dr Nicola Clague-Baker PhD MPhil BA(hons) GraddipPhys PGCAPHE MCSP SFHEA

Research Overview

Dr Clague-Baker was funded by the Stroke Association to complete her PhD on the topic of cardiovascular fitness in people post-stroke completed in 2019. She has published and presented this work nationally and internationally. In 2021, she was funded by the ME Association to investigate the physiological effects of everyday activity for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (PwME). Also in 2021 she was funded by the University of Liverpool to explore the use of heart rate monitoring (HRM) in PwME using an international survey and international interview-based studies and is planning a pilot study to explore this approach with PwME. In addition, she has conducted an international survey and an international interview-based study of the use of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) and is planning a randomised controlled trial exploring the use of tVNS for PwME. Her ongoing research interests relate to neurological physiotherapy, in particular ME, LongCovid and stroke and in the areas of fatigue management, exercise-based rehabilitation, mental health and healthy lifestyles.

Publications:
Contributed to:
World Physiotherapy. World Physiotherapy Response to COVID-19 Briefing Paper 9. Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise. London, UK: World Physiotherapy; 2021.

Full articles
Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S, Gillies, C, Singh, S. (2022) 'Adapted cardiac rehabilitation for people with sub-acute, mild-to-moderate stroke: a mixed methods feasibility study'. Physiotherapy, 115, 93-101

Mark W. Orme, Nicola J. Clague-Baker, Matthew Richardson, Sophie Drewry, Thompson G. Robinson, Sally J. Singh (2020) 'Does cardiac rehabilitation for people with stroke in the sub-acute phase of recovery lead to physical behaviour change? Results from compositional analysis of accelerometry-derived data'. Physiotherapy, 107, 234-242

Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S, Gillies, C, Singh, S. (2019)' The Incremental Shuttle Walk Test and Six minute walk test: How valid and reliable are they when measuring cardiovascular fitness in sub-acute, mild to moderate stroke patients?' Physiotherapy, 105, 275-282

Clague-Baker, N, Carpenter, C, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S and Singh, S. (2017) 'A qualitative study exploring patients’, with mild to moderate stroke, and their carers’ perceptions of healthy lifestyles before and after a stroke'. Int J of Th and Rehab, 24, 9, 375-384

Andersen,E, Conroy, S, Pollard, L, Clague-Baker, N (2012) 'The challenges for interprofessional team working when establishing a new integrated service for older people'. Journal of Interprofessional Care.

Clague, N et al, (2007) 'Pilot study to explore the feasibility of a randomised trial to determine the dose effect of physiotherapy patients admitted to hospital following a fall'. Practical Evidence, 2, 2, 4-12

Abstracts
O’Neill, S, Jarvis, H, Cornell, H and Clague-Baker, N. (2018) 'Achilles tendon structure in people with a neurological disorder'. Int J of Stroke

Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S, Singh, S. (2018) 'Patient experiences of an adapted cardiac rehabilitation programme post-stroke'. Int J of Stroke, 13, 3S

Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S, Singh, S. (2018) 'Cardiac rehabilitation and stroke teams’ attitudes to people with stroke taking part in cardiac rehabilitation: focus group study'. Int J of Stroke, 13, 3S

Orme, M. Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Drewry, S, Singh, S. (2018)
'Does cardiac rehabilitation change physical activity and sedentary behaviour for people with mild-to-moderate stroke in the sub-acute phase of recovery?' Int J of Stroke, 13, 3S

Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S, Singh, S. (2017) 'Cardiac rehabilitation and stroke teams’ attitudes to people with stroke taking part in cardiac rehabilitation: focus group study'. Clinical Rehabilitation. (abstract)

Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Gillies, C. Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S, Singh, S. (2017) 'Cardiac rehabilitation for people with sub-acute, mild to moderate stroke: results from a mixed methods feasibility study'. Int J of Stroke (abstract)

Clague-Baker, N, Robinson, T, Drewry, S, Hagenberg, A, Gillies, C, Singh, S.
(2016) 'A comparison of laboratory and field based exercise tests of cardiovascular fitness in sub-acute, mild to moderate stroke patients'. Int J of Stroke, (abstract) 11, 4S

Clague-Baker, N, Carpenter, C, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S and Singh, S. (2015) 'Attitudes and understanding of exercise and healthy lifestyles in people with mild to moderate sub-acute stroke'. Int J of Stroke, 10(supplement 5):40. (abstract)

Clague-Baker, N, Carpenter, C, Robinson, T, Hagenberg, A, Drewry, S and Singh, S. (2015) 'Attitudes towards Cardiac Rehabilitation for people with mild to moderate sub-acute stroke'. Int J of Stroke, 10(supplement 5):38. (abstract)

Research Projects:

2022 – International student focus groups
2022 – International student survey
2022 - An international interview-based study exploring the use of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
2022 - An international survey of experiences and attitudes towards Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation for people with Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
2022 - An international interview-based study exploring the use of pacing with heart rate monitoring by people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. £1000
2021 - An international survey of experiences and attitudes towards Pacing using a heart rate monitor for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
2020 - Feasibility of investigating oxygen consumption (VO2), Heart rate, Blood pressure, lactic acid levels and activity levels of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis during normal daily activities. £30,500
2014 – Principal Investigator for cardiac rehabilitation and stroke trial – PhD study £207,000
2014 – Principal Investigator for Leicester arm of TRIO trial – RCT based at Edinburgh University
2013 – Principal Investigator for Leicester arm of PROVE trial – RCT based at Oxford University £4,000
2013 – Principal Investigator for Leicester arm of ARM Pain trial – RCT based at Aberdeen University £1,800
2011 – Principal Investigator for Leicester arm of Multi-centred RCT based at Warwick University – SARAH trial £1,000
2010 – Therapy lead for Leicester arm of Multi-centred RCT based at Birmingham University – PDRehab trial £19,000
2000 – A pilot study to investigate the feasibility of a RCT to determine the dose effect of inpatient physiotherapy for elderly fallers. – Principal investigator - MPhil project - £10,000