Dr Claire Nolan
Lecturer in Physiotherapy
Mary Seacole 301
- Email: claire.nolan@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265949
- Physiotherapy
- Physiotherapy and Physician Associate
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Dr Claire Nolan is a Lecturer in Physiotherapy in the Department of Health Sciences and an NIHR Advanced Fellow with clinical expertise in pulmonary rehabilitation.
Dr Nolan completed her PhD in Imperial College London in 2018 on gait speed and prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Dr Nolan’s research interests include strategies to increase engagement in and alternative models of rehabilitation programmes for people living with chronic lung conditions and multiple long-term conditions. She has expertise in intervention co-design, mixed-methodologies, as well as feasibility and randomised controlled trials.
Dr Nolan is an Honorary Senior Research Physiotherapist in the Harefield Respiratory Research Group, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Chair Elect of the American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assembly Programme Committee, a committee member of the NHSE National Respiratory Programme and the British Thoracic Society Quality Standards for Pulmonary Rehabilitation committee, and Impact Champion for the Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University.
Qualifications
PhD, Imperial College London (2018): Gait speed and prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
MSC, University College London (2015): Advanced cardiorespiratory physiotherapy (gold medal)
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy (scholar), University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland (2006)
Newest selected publications
Brighton, LJ., Spain, N., Gonzalez-Nieto, J., Ingram, KA., Harvey, J., Man, WD-C. and et al. (2024) 'Remote pulmonary rehabilitation for interstitial lung disease: developing the model using experience-based codesign'. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 11 (1). pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 2052-4439 Open Access Link
Nolan, CM. (2023) 'In adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, long-term telerehabilitation and unsupervised home-based treadmill training reduced hospitalisations and emergency department presentations compared with usual care [commentary]'. Journal of Physiotherapy, 70 (1). pp. 68 - 68. ISSN: 1836-9553 Open Access Link
Man, W., Chaplin, E., Daynes, E., Drummond, A., Evans, RA., Greening, NJ., et al. (2023) 'British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on pulmonary rehabilitation'. Thorax, 78 (Suppl 5). pp. s2 - s15. ISSN: 0040-6376 Open Access Link
Trivedi, P., Patel, S., Edwards, G., Jenkins, T., Man, WD-C. and Nolan, CM. (2023) 'Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand Test: Responsiveness and Minimal Important Difference in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis'. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 21 (4). pp. 577 - 584. ISSN: 2329-6933 Open Access Link
Nolan, CM., Brighton, LJ., Mo, Y., Bayly, J., Higginson, IJ., Man, WD-C. and et al. (2023) 'Meditative movement for breathlessness in advanced COPD or cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis'. European Respiratory Review, 32 (168). pp. 1 - 21. ISSN: 0905-9180 Open Access Link