Dr Lesley Ward

Musculoskeletal conditions; chronic illness; complementary and integrative medicine; rehabilitation; self-management; older adults

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• Perinatal weight management: a qualitative stakeholder investigation of healthcare professionals and service users, Ward, L., Shotton, L., Collins, T., Soltani, H., Sanders, T. 4 Jun 2026, In: Nursing Open
• Acceptability and feasibility of online delivery of chair-based yoga for older adults with multimorbidity – Lessons from a process evaluation of the Gentle Years Yoga trial, Ward, L., Bissell, L., Howsam, J., Tew, G., Wiley, L., Rose, F., Maturana Palacios, C., Rapley, T. 17 Mar 2025, In: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
• Perceptions and experiences of chair-based yoga by older adults with multimorbidity - a qualitative process evaluation of the Gentle Years Yoga randomised controlled trial, Ward, L., Tew, G., Wiley, L., Rose, F., Maturana Palacios, C., Bissell, L., Howsam, J., Rapley, T. 5 Mar 2025, In: BMC Geriatrics
• Yoga for older adults with multimorbidity: teaching insights for optimising participant safety and inclusion from the process evaluation of the Gentle Years Yoga trial, Ward, L., Wiley, L., Rose, F., Howsam, J., Bissell, L., Tew, G., Rapley, T. 27 Jun 2025, In: BMJ Open
• Chair-based yoga programme for older adults with multimorbidity: RCT with embedded economic and process evaluations, Tew, G., Wiley, L., Ward, L., Hugill-Jones, J., Maturana, C., Fairhurst, C., Bell, K., Bissell, L., Booth, A., Howsam, J., Mount, V., Rapley, T., Ronaldson, S., Rose, F., Torgerson, D., Yates, D., Hewitt, C. 1 Sep 2024, In: Health Technology Assessment
• Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of offering a chair-based yoga programme in addition to usual care in older adults with multiple long-term conditions: a pragmatic, parallel group, open label, randomised controlled trial, Tew, G., Wiley, L., Ward, L., Hugill-Jones, J., Maturana, C., Fairhurst, C., Bell, K., Bissell, L., Booth, A., Howsam, J., Mount, V., Rapley, T., Ronaldson, S., Rose, F., Torgerson, D., Yates, D., Hewitt, C. 12 Aug 2024, In: NIHR Open Research
• A 2x2 randomised factorial SWAT of the use of a pen and small, financial incentive to improve recruitment rates in a randomised controlled trial of yoga for older adults with multimorbidity, Fairhurst, C., Roche, J., Bissell, L., Hewitt, C., Hugill-Jones, J., Howsam, J., Maturana, C., Corbacho Martin, B., Paul, S., Rose, F., Torgerson, D., Ward, L., Wiley, L., Tew, G. 4 Mar 2022, In: F1000Research
• Development and validation of a prediction model for self-reported mobility decline in community-dwelling older adults, Sanchez-Santos, M., Williamson, E., Nicolson, P., Bruce, J., Collins, G., Mallen, C., Griffiths, F., Garret, A., Morris, A., Slark, M., Lamb, S., Ward, L. 1 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
• Development of the CLARIFY (CheckList stAndardising the Reporting of Interventions For Yoga) guidelines: a Delphi study, Ward, L., Nault, D., Cramer, H., Moonaz, S. 1 Jan 2022, In: BMJ Open
• Longitudinal qualitative study of living with neurogenic claudication, Griffiths, F., Srikesavan, C., Ward, L., Boniface, G., Williamson, E., Lamb, S. 14 Sep 2022, In: BMJ Open

• PhD August 16 2014
• Psychology PGDip May 08 2010
• Science and othersubjects BSc May 06 1989

Musculoskeletal conditions; chronic illness; complementary and integrative medicine; rehabilitation; self-management; older adults