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Dr Christopher Gaffney

Senior Lecturer in Integrative Physiology

  1. 2025
  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Defining criteria for quality and equity in prehabilitation services before cancer surgery: a Delphi study informed by lived and professional experience

    Wareing, L., Hirst, Y., Shelton, C., Gaffney, C., Partridge, A., Smith, A., Rycroft-Malone, J. & Ashmore, L., 11/08/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Cancer Care.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Forthcoming

    Exercise prehabilitation for brain health and sensory-cognitive function: Mechanistic insights into brain-body interactions

    Nuttall, H. E., Subar, D. & Gaffney, C., 5/08/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Experimental Physiology.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Forthcoming

    Exploring the association between socioeconomic status and cardiopulmonary exercise testing measures: a cohort study based on routinely collected data

    Shrestha, D., Wiseley, N., Bampouras, T. M., Subar, D., Shelton, C. & Gaffney, C., 31/07/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: PLoS ONE.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Sprinting force-velocity and acceleration-speed profiling in elite soccer to augment performance and mitigate hamstring injury risk: A Narrative Review with practical applications

    Stockdale, R., Dos’Santos, T., McDaid, K., Nagy, P., Gaffney, C. & Barry, T., 29/07/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Strength and Conditioning Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Interventions for Cognitive Frailty: developing a Delphi consensus with multidisciplinary and multisectoral experts

    Holland, C., Dravecz, N., Broughton, S., Barker, L., Bature, F., Clarke, C., Danat, I. M., Das, S., Dias, I. H. K., Dawson, A., Dixon, M., Ellison, A., Façal, D., Finch, R., Gaffney, C., Gow, A. J., Kelaiditi, E., Klimczuk, A., Navarro-Pardo, E. & Sharratt, P. & 5 others, Sixsmith, A., Suemoto, C. K., Suprawesta, L., Watermeyer, T. & Fowler-Davis, S., 4/06/2025, In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 17, 1541048.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Validity and Reliability of Sprint Force-Velocity Profiling in Elite Football: Comparison of MySprint, GPS, and radar devices.

    Stockdale, R., Dos’Santos, T., McDaid, K., Nagy, P., Gaffney, C. & Barry, T., 4/06/2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 6, e0325611.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Exploring turn demands of an English Premier League team across league and knockout competitions over a full season

    Griffiths, E., Dos’Santos, T., Gaffney, C. & Barry, T., 23/04/2025, In: PLoS One. 20, 4, e0321499.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    What laparoscopic skills are necessary for Certificate of Completion of Training? A prospective nationwide cross-sectional survey of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and General Surgery trainees and consultants in the UK

    Khan, Z., Shrestha, D., Shugaba, A., Lambert, J., Haslett, E., Afors, K., Bampouras, T., Subar, D., Gaffney, C. & Clark, J., 28/03/2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 3

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Exploring prehabilitation interventions for patients with gynaecological cancer undergoing radiotherapy: A scoping review

    McGladrigan, E., Wrench, E., Dean, E., O’Neil, A., Ashmore, L. & Gaffney, C., 13/03/2025, In: PLoS One. 20, 3, 0319518.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery: a narrative review

    Stewart, H., Stanley, S., Zhang, X., Ashmore, L., Gaffney, C., Rycroft-Malone, J., Smith, A., Wareing, L. & Shelton, C., 28/02/2025, In: Anaesthesia. 80, S2, p. 75-84 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2024
  13. Published

    Socioeconomic inequalities in patients undergoing abdominal wall reconstruction in the North-West of England, UK: a three-centre retrospective cohort study

    Shrestha, D., Bampouras, T. M., Shelton, C. L., Slade, D., Subar, D. A. & Gaffney, C. J., 31/12/2024, In: Hernia. 28, 6, p. 2265-2272 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Mapping pancreatic cancer incidence and risk factors in England between 2013 and 2019

    Wrench, E., O'neil, A., Subar, D., Bampouras, T. M., Lauder, R. M., Sedda, L. & Gaffney, C. J., 5/12/2024, In: Pancreatology. 24, Suppl. 1, e25.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Exploring prehabilitation interventions for patients with gynaecological cancer undergoing radiotherapy

    McGladrigan, E., Ashmore, L., Gaffney, C., O’Neil, A., Dean, E. & Wrench, E., 1/10/2024, In: Radiography. 30, p. S18-S19 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineMeeting abstract

  16. Published

    Myths and Methodologies: Assessing glycaemic control and associated regulatory mechanisms in human physiology research

    Wrench, E., Subar, D. A., Bampouras, T. M., Lauder, B. & Gaffney, C. J., 30/08/2024, In: Experimental Physiology. 109, 9, p. 1461-1477 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Prehabilitation for Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery

    Lambert, J., Subar, D. & Gaffney, C., 29/05/2024, Recent Strategies in High Risk Surgery. Faintuch, J. & Faintuch, S. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  18. Published

    Development and optimisation of a Near-Infrared spectroscopic system for glucose quantification in aqueous and intralipid-based samples

    Davison, N., Gaffney, C., Kerns, J. & Zhuang, Q., 22/05/2024, In: Engineering Research Express. 6, 2, 025340.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published
  20. Published

    Crash diets may work against you - and could have permanent consequences

    Gaffney, C., 2/01/2024

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlog

  21. 2023
  22. Published

    The Effect of the Enhanced Recovery Programme on long term survival following liver resection for colorectal liver metastases

    Lambert, J., Mair, T., Arunjunan, K., Shugaba, A., Uwadiae, H., Livesey, A., Ahmad, R., Sgourakis, G., Gaffney, C. & Subar, D., 31/12/2023, In: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery . 408, 1, 239.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Forthcoming

    Comparing proficiency of obstetrics and gynaecology trainees with general surgery trainees using simulated laparoscopic tasks in Health Education England, North-West: a prospective observational study

    Khan, Z., Shrestha, D., Shugaba, A., Lambert, J., Clark, J., Haslett, E., Afors, K., Bampouras, T., Gaffney, C. & Subar, D., 23/10/2023, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ Open.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Unpublished
  25. Published

    Comparative Analysis of Muscle Atrophy During Spaceflight, Nutritional Deficiency and Disuse in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Kim, B.-S., Alcantara, A., Moon, J.-H., Higashitani, A., Higashitani, N., Etheridge, T., Szewczyk, N. J., Deane, C., Gaffney, C., Higashibata, A., Hashizume, T., Yoon, K.-H. & Lee, J., 10/08/2023, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24, 16, 12640.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Mitochondrial sulfide promotes life span and health span through distinct mechanisms in developing versus adult treated Caenorhabditis elegans

    Vintila, A. R., Slade, L., Cooke, M., Willis, C. R. G., Torregrossa, R., Rahman, M., Anupom, T., Vanapalli, S. A., Gaffney, C. J., Gharahdaghi, N., Szabo, C., Szewczyk, N. J., Whiteman, M. & Etheridge, T., 8/08/2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120, 32, e2216141120.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    The ‘Murph’ challenge: what to know about this CrossFit workout

    Gaffney, C., 9/06/2023

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsWeb publication/site

  28. Published

    Weighted vests: should you use them during exercise?

    Gaffney, C., 6/06/2023

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsWeb publication/site

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