Health & Clinical

2025

Study protocol for an observational cohort study of heat stress impacts in pregnancy in The Gambia, West Africa

Bonell, A., Ionnou, L., Sesay, A., Murray, K., Bah, B., Jefferies, D., Moore, S., Vicero-Cabrera, A., Maxwell, N., Hirst, J., Tan, C., Saucy, A., Watters, D., Sonko, B., Okoh, E., Idris, Y., Adefila, W. O., Manneh, J., Leigh-Nabou, M. & Bojang, S., Flouris, A., Haines, A., Prentice, A., Sferruzzi-Perri, A., 7 Feb 2025In: Wellcome Open Research. 9.

2024

Integrating observational and modelled data to advance the understanding of heat stress effects on pregnant subsistence farmers in the gambia

Bouverat, C., Badjie, J., Samateh, T., Saidy, T., Murray, K. A., Prentice, A. M., Maxwell, N., Haines, A., Vicedo Cabrera, A. M. & Bonell, A., 23 Oct 2024In: Scientific Reports. 14111 p., 24977.

2022

A feasibility study of the use of UmbiFlow™ to assess the impact of heat stress on fetoplacental blood flow in field studies

Bonell, A., Vannevel, V., Sonko, B., Mohammed, N., Vicedo-Cabrera, A., Haines, A., Maxwell, N., Hirst, J. & Prentice, A., 27 Sept 2022In: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 1602p. 430-436 7 p.

Environmental heat stress on maternal physiology and fetal blood flow in pregnant subsistence farmers in The Gambia, west Africa: an observational cohort study

Bonell, A., Sonko, B., Badjie, J., Samateh, T., Saidy, T., Sasseh, F., Sallah, Y., Bajo, K., Murray, K., Hirst, J., Vicedo-Cabrera, A., Prentice, A., Maxwell, N. & Haines, A., 7 Dec 2022In: Lancet Planetary Health. 612p. e968-e976 12 p.

2021

Exercise heat acclimation and post-exercise hot water immersion improve resting and exercise responses to heat stress in the elderly

Waldock, K., Gibson, O., Relf, R., Eichhorn, G., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 3 Jun 2021In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 248p. 774-780 7 p.

The elderly’s physiological and perceptual responses to cooling during simulated activities of daily living in UK summer climatic conditions

Waldock, K., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 1 Mar 2021In: Public health. 193p. 1-9 9 p.

Thermoregulation is not impaired in breast cancer survivors during moderate-intensity exercise performed in warm and hot environments

Relf, R., Lee, B. J., Eichhorn, G., Flint, M., Beale, L. & Maxwell, N., 22 Jul 2021In: Physiological Reports. 914p. 1-16 16 p., e14968.

2020

A protocol for an observational cohort study of heat strain and its effect on fetal wellbeing in pregnant farmers in The Gambia

Bonell, A., Hirst, J., Vicedo-Cabrera, A., Haines, A., Prentice, A. & Maxwell, N., 31 Mar 2020In: Wellcome Open Research. 532.

Heat acclimation improves sweat gland function and lowers sweat sodium concentration in an adult with cystic fibrosis

Willmott, A., Holliss, R., Saynor, Z., Corbett, J., Causer, A. & Maxwell, N., 2 Aug 2020In: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.

2018

Physiological and perceptual responses in the elderly to simulated daily living activities in UK summer climatic conditions

Waldock, K. A. M., Hayes, M., Watt, P. W. & Maxwell, N. S., 18 Jun 2018In: Public health. 161.

2017

Does hypoxia play a role in the development of sarcopenia in humans? Mechanistic insights from the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition

Wandrag, L., Siervo, M., Riley, H., Khosravi, M., Fernandez, B., Leckstrom, C., Martin, D., Mitchell, K., Levett, D., Mythen, M., Stroud, M., Grocott, M. P. W., Feelisch, M., Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research Group & Richardson, A., 8 May 2017In: Redox Biology. 13p. 60 – 68 8 p.

2012

Intermittent exercise with and without hypoxia improves insulin sensitivity in individuals with Type 2 diabetes

Mackenzie, R. W. A., Maxwell, N., Castle, P., Elliott, B., Brickley, G. & Watt, P., 1 Apr 2012In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 974p. 546-555 10 p.

The effect of hypoxia and work intensity on insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes

Mackenzie, R. W. A., Elliott, B., Maxwell, N., Brickley, G. & Watt, P., Jan 2012In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 971p. 155-162 8 p.

2011

Effects of hypoxia on muscle protein synthesis and anabolic signaling at rest and in response to acute resistance exercise

Ethridge, T., Atherton, P.J., Wilkinson, D., Selby, A., Rankin, D., Webborn, N., Smith, K. and Watt, P., Oct 2011In: American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism. 301, 4, p. E697-E702. 6 p.

Acute hypoxia and exercise improve insulin sensitivity (SI2*) in individuals with type 2 diabetes

Mackenzie, R. W. A., Maxwell, N., Castle, P., Brickley, G. & Watt, P., Jan 2011In: Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 271p. 94-101 8 p.