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Dr Pelagia Koufaki
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Department of Sports Studies

University of Stirling

Stirling

FK9 4LA
Scotland

UK
telephone Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 466510
fax Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466477
email Email: pelagia.koufaki@stir.ac.uk
web Web: www.sports.stir.ac.uk
About

Aug 2007-present Lecturer, University of Stirling.
2003-2005 Research Associate, University of Liverpool.
2001-2003 Research Assistant, Manchester Metropolitan University

1998-2001 Ph.D. Exercise Physiology, Manchester Metropolitan University
1991-1995 B.Sc. Sports, Exercise Science and Physical Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

B.A.S.E.S. accredited Sport and Exercise Physiologist (research 2003 - 2008)
Teaching
SPS912 Introduction to Sports Studies II (module contributor)
SPS915 Physiology of Sport and Exercise (module contributor)
SPS9C5 Sports medicine, health and well-being (module contributor)
SPS9D6 Applied exercise physiology (module contributor)
SPS9F7 Psychology of exercise, physical activity and health (module contributor)
SPS9B7 Sports research (module contributor)
SPS9D8 Sports studies dissertation (supervisor for science based dissertations)
Research
Research experience includes application of exercise physiology and exercise rehabilitation across a wide range of clinical settings and with a number of chronic disease patient sub-populations. Current research focuses on development, implementation and evaluation of exercise rehabilitation as an adjunct therapeutic to conventional medical and pharmacological interventions in people with chronic disease and at increased cardiovascular risk. Main research aim is to prevent/minimise CV risk and alleviate functional disability via life style modifications such as changes in physical activity/exercise levels.
Publications
Koufaki P (2007). Exercise testing for people with Diabetes. In Winter E, Jones A, Davison R, Bromley P and Mercer TH (Eds). Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Science Guide, Volume Two: Exercise and Clinical Testing. London, Routledge. pp.147-155.
Koufaki P and Mercer TH (2007). Exercise assessment for people with End Stage Renal Failure. In Winter E, Jones A, Davison R, Bromley P and Mercer TH (Eds). Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines: The British Association of Sport and Exercise Science Guide, Volume Two: Exercise and Clinical Testing. London, Routledge. pp.199-208.
Koufaki P and Mercer TH (2006). Exercise Rehabilitation for patients with End Stage Renal Disease. In: WR Frontera et al. (Eds) Exercise in Rehabilitation Medicine. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics (2nd edition) pp. 291-307, 420-422.
Koufaki P, Annijeet HI, Mercer TH, Crowe AV, and Kemp GJ (2006) Exercise rehabilitation for haemodialysis patients. British Journal of Renal Medicine 11(1): 19-20.
Mercer TH, Koufaki P and Naish PF (2004). Nutritional status, functional capacity and exercise rehabilitation in end stage renal disease. Clinical Nephrology S1 61 (1): S54-S59.
Sakkas GK, Ball D, Sargeant AJ, Mercer TH, Koufaki P, Naish P (2004). Skeletal muscle morphology and capillarisation of renal failure patients receiving different dialysis therapies. Clinical Science 107 (6): 617-623.
Sakkas GK, Sargeant AJ, Mercer TH, Ball D, Koufaki P, Karatzaferi C and Naish PF(2003). Changes in muscle morphology in dialysis patients after 6 months of aerobic exercise training. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 18 (9): 1854-1861.
Koufaki P, Naish PF and Mercer TH (2002) Effects of exercise training on aerobic and functional capacity of patients with End Stage Renal Disease. Clinical Physiology & Functional imaging, 22 (2): 15-134.
Pugh-Clarke K, Koufaki P, Rowley V, Mercer T, Naish P (2002). Improvement in quality of life of dialysis patients during six months of exercise. EDTNA-ERCA J. 28 (1): 11-12.
Koufaki P, Mercer TH and Naish PF (2002). Evaluation of the efficacy of exercise training in patients with chronic disease. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 34 (8): 1234-41.
Koufaki P, Naish PF and Mercer TH (2001) Reproducibility of exercise tolerance in patients with End Stage Renal Disease. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82: 1421-1424.
Koufaki P, Mercer TH and Naish PF (2001) Dialysis mode does not affect exercise intolerance of patients with End Stage Renal Disease. Clinical Exercise Physiology, 3: 154-160.