Dr Gareth Noble

Research Highlights

1. Balbuena, L., Middleton, R., Tuite-Dalton, K., Pouliou, T., Williams, K., & Noble, G. (2016). Sunshine, Sea, and Season of Birth: MS Incidence in Wales. PLOS ONE, 11(5), e0155181

   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155181, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29587
2. Osborne, L., Middleton, R., Jones, K., Ford, D., Noble, J., & Noble, G. (2013). Desirability and expectations of the UK MS Register: Views of people with MS. International Journal of Medical Informatics

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.07.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15873

   http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386505613001603
3. Osborne, L., Lockhart-Jones, H., Middleton, R., Thompson, S., Maramba, I., Jones, K., Ford, D., Noble, J., & Noble, G. (2013). Identifying and Addressing the Barriers to the Use of an Internet-Register for Multiple Sclerosis. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 8(1)-16.

   https://doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2013010101, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15161
4. Osborne, L., Bindemann, N., Noble, J., Reed, P., Reed, P., & Noble, G. (2012). Changes in the key areas of quality of life associated with age and time since diagnosis of long-term conditions. Chronic Illness, 8(2), 112-120.

   https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395312436747, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11884

   http://chi.sagepub.com/content/8/2/112.abstract
5. Phillips, C., Phillips, R., Main, C., Watson, P., Davies, S., Farr, A., Harper, C., Noble, G., Aylward, M., Downton, M., Hale, J., & Packman, J. (2012). The cost effectiveness of NHS physiotherapy support for Occupational Health (OH) services. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 13(1), 29

   https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-29, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11885

   http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/13/29/
6. Osborne, L., Noble, J., Lockhart-Jones, H., Middleton, R., Thompson, S., Maramba, I., Jones, K., Ford, D., & Noble, G. (2012). Sources of Discovery, Reasons for Registration, and Expectations of an Internet-Based Register for Multiple Sclerosis. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 7(3), 27-43.

   https://doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2012070103, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12357
7. Noble, J., Lee, V., Griffith-Noble, F., & Noble, G. (2007). Therapeutic ultrasound: The effects upon cutaneous blood flow in humans. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 33(2), 279-285.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.08.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1326
8. Al-Smadi, J., Warke, K., Wilson, I., Cramp, A., Noble, G., Walsh, D., Lowe-Strong, A., & Noble, G. (2003). A pilot investigation of the hypoalgesic effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation upon low back pain in people with multiple sclerosis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 17(7), 742-749.

   https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215503cr672oa, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11883

   http://cre.sagepub.com/content/17/7/742.abstract
9. Al-Smadi, J., Warke, K., Wilson, I., Cramp, A., Noble, G., Walsh, D., Lowe-Strong, A., & Noble, G. (2003). A pilot investigation of the hypoalgesic effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation upon low back pain in people with multiple sclerosis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 17(7), 742-749.

   https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215503cr672oa, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1323

   http://cre.sagepub.com/content/17/7/742.long
10. Minder, P., Noble, J., Alves-Guerreiro, J., Hill, I., Lowe, A., Walsh, D., Baxter, G., & Noble, G. (2002). Interferential therapy: lack of effect upon experimentally induced delayed onset muscle soreness. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 22(5), 339-347.

    https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1475-097X.2002.00441.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11882

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1475-097X.2002.00441.x/abstract
11. Minder, P., Noble, J., Alves-Guerreiro, J., Hill, I., Lowe, A., Walsh, D., Baxter, G., & Noble, G. (2002). Interferential therapy: lack of effect upon experimentally induced delayed onset muscle soreness. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 22(5), 339-347.

    https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1475-097X.2002.00441.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1324

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1475-097X.2002.00441.x/pdf
12. Alves-Guerreiro, J., Noble, J., Lowe, A., Walsh, D., & Noble, G. (2001). The effect of three electrotherapeutic modalities upon peripheral nerve conduction and mechanical pain threshold. Clinical Physiology, 21(6), 704-711.

    https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2281.2001.00374.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa1325

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2281.2001.00374.x/full
13. , ., , ., , ., , ., & Noble, G. (2000). Study of the effects of various transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) parameters upon the RIII nociceptive and H-reflexes in humans. Clinical Physiology, 20(3), 191-199.

    https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00246.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12340

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00246.x/abstract
14. Noble, J., Henderson, G., Cramp, A., Walsh, D., Lowe, A., & Noble, G. (2000). The effect of interferential therapy upon cutaneous blood flow in humans. Clinical Physiology, 20(1), 2-7.

    https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00207.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12341

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00207.x/abstract
15. Cramp, F., Noble, G., Lowe, A., Walsh, D., & Willer, J. (2000). A controlled study on the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and interferential therapy upon the RIII nociceptive and H-reflexes in humans. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 81(3), 324-333.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-9993(00)90079-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12342

    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003999300900790
16. Ford, D., Jones, K., Middleton, R., Lockhart-Jones, H., Maramba, I., Noble, G., Osborne, L., & Lyons, R. (2012). The feasibility of collecting information from people with Multiple Sclerosis for the UK MS Register via a web portal: characterising a cohort of people with MS. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12(1), 73

    https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-73, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa11798
17. Noble, J., Osborne, L., Jones, K., Middleton, R., Ford, D., Noble, G., Jones, K., & Ford, D. (2012). Commentary on 'Disability outcome measures in multiple sclerosis clinical trials'. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 18(12), 1718-1720.

    https://doi.org/10.1177/1352458512457847, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12133
18. Jones, K., Ford, D., Jones, P., John, A., Middleton, R., Lockhart-Jones, H., Peng, J., Osborne, L., & Noble, G. (2013). How People with Multiple Sclerosis Rate Their Quality of Life: An EQ-5D Survey via the UK MS Register. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e65640

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065640, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16841
19. Jones, K., Ford, D., Jones, P., John, A., Middleton, R., Lockhart-Jones, H., Peng, J., Osborne, L., Noble, G., & Jones, P. (2013). The Physical and Psychological Impact of Multiple Sclerosis Using the MSIS-29 via the Web Portal of the UK MS Register. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e55422

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055422, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16846
20. Jones, K., Ford, D., Jones, P., John, A., Middleton, R., Lockhart-Jones, H., Osborne, L., & Noble, G. (2012). A Large-Scale Study of Anxiety and Depression in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Survey via the Web Portal of the UK MS Register. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e41910

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041910, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16849
21. Osborne, L., Noble, G., Maramba, I., Jones, K., Middleton, R., Lyons, R., Ford, D., & Reed, P. (2014). Outcome measures for multiple sclerosis. Physical Therapy Reviews, 19(1), 24-38.

    https://doi.org/10.1179/1743288x13y.0000000094, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18316
22. Jones, K., Jones, P., Middleton, R., Ford, D., Tuite-Dalton, K., Lockhart-Jones, H., Peng, J., Lyons, R., John, A., & Noble, G. (2014). Physical Disability, Anxiety and Depression in People with MS: An Internet-Based Survey via the UK MS Register. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e104604

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104604, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18808

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0104604&type=printable
23. Middleton, R., Rodgers, W., Chataway, J., Schmierer, K., Rog, D., Galea, I., Akbari, A., Tuite-Dalton, K., Lockhart-Jones, H., Griffiths, D., Noble, D., Jones, K., Al-Din, A., Craner, M., Evangelou, N., Harman, P., Harrower, T., Hobart, J., Husseyin, H...., & Ford, D. (2018). Validating the portal population of the United Kingdom Multiple Sclerosis Register. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 24, 3-10.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2018.05.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40629

All Research

• The specific practices that enable and challenge effective care of autistic people during pregnancy and birth. (current)

  MPhil

  Other supervisor: Dr Alys Einion

• PMAM00 Diagnosis and Assessment of Autism and Related Conditions

  This module will explore the various approaches to diagnose Autism and related conditions from the clinical, social and educational aspects. It will explore Autism from the medical and social model of disability, evaluate different assessment techniques and related them to various processes and referral pathways to obtain a diagnosis. It will further explore the evidence base for the various diagnostic and assessment procedures in relation to service provision and planning.

• PMAM01 Living with Autism and Related Conditions

  This module will explore the history of autism to inform how the autism community lived previously to the present day, debate the use of various approaches, critically review the lived experience of autism (pre- and post- diagnosis) for the autistic individual and their family, explore the issue of parental experiences, discuss how understanding of autism can have an input into service planning and delivery, appraising integrated services and the influence of policy changes on the support provided (clinically, socially and educationally).

• PMAM02 Management of Autism and Related Conditions

  This module will explore the various interventions and approaches utilised in the management of Autism, including the clinical management of co-occurring conditions. It further explores the use of educational interventions to support the development of Autistic people and how these approaches could be incorporated within the clinical and social care services as part of an overall integrated management strategy. Additionally, this module will discuss how you can involve autistic individuals, parents and caregivers in a supportive role as part of an overall management strategy.

• PMAM03 Foundations of Behaviour

  This module will introduce students to the concepts involved in the brain development in terms of the physiological and psychological aspects. Additionally, it will explore how altered neurodevelopment is often described as a component of the behavioural aspects of Autism presentation. Furthermore, students will be introduced to the theoretical concepts of various behavioural management approaches.

• PMAM04 Childhood and Adult Services for Autism and Related Conditions

  This module will explore and evaluate the issues for the provision of Autism related services (including clinical, social and educational) for children and adults with a suspected or actual diagnosis of Autism. Additionally, it will debate the process for the transition from childhood services to adult services to explore how current provision is reflective of need (or not) and how such a transition can be managed. Furthermore, it will evaluate recent policy initiatives in terms of how they can be incorporated and integrated into Autism related services.

• PMAM05 Rights and Responsibilities for Autism and Related Conditions

  This module will explore various aspects of statutory law and its relevance to the provision of Autism related services: for example exploring the legal requirements outlined in The Autism Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. Furthermore, often due to the behaviour exhibited by autistic people being misunderstood, it has been reported that they can have various levels of engagement with the criminal justice and other legal systems, and this module will explore the interaction between autistic people and legal system to examine the issues involved, to discuss how the criminal justice system is able to accommodate the needs of autistic people . Lastly, the module will critically review and discuss local and national policy directives relating to Autism.

• PMAM06 Work Based Portfolio

  This module will allow students to review, appraise and evaluate the application of the knowledge gained throughout the programme within their own professional work environment by providing a portfolio of evidence that is supported by a reflective commentary.

• PMBM01 Research & Innovation in Biomedical Science

  This module will allow students to review, appraise and evaluate the application of the professional development practice gained throughout their course.

• PMBM02 Introduction to Biomedical Science Practice in Health Care

  The role of Biomedical Science in the delivery and provision of Health Care will be explored and critically evaluated within this module. This module is designed to provide you with the fundamental and principal concepts of Health Care, specifically to support the role of Biomedical Science. It will provide learning activities based around the general themes of Biomedical Science in Health Care, Anatomy and Pathology, Patient Experience, Pharmacology and Professionalism.

• PMBM03 Fundamentals of Biomedical Science

  This module has been designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and principle concepts of biomedical science from a scientific and practice basis. The module will cover key topic areas ranging from Good Laboratory Practice, Biomedical Diagnostics, Pathophysiology, the disciplines in Biomedical Science and the various approaches involved to ensure Quality Control and Laboratory Management.

• PMCB01 Clinical Biochemistry for Biomedical Scientists

• PMCM02 Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

  This module encompasses clinical microbiology and infection, as applied in a health service setting. Over one week, clinical, laboratory and public health aspects of infection will all be covered. There will be an emphasis on antimicrobial use and resistance mechanisms, and the strategies applied by health professionals to limit resistance, in terms of antimicrobial stewardship and infection control. The module is suitable for health professionals working in fields related to infection, such as antimicrobial pharmacists and infection control nurses, as well as for all students interested in this applied subject area.

• PMCM03 Clinical Microbiology for Biomedical Scientists

  This module will explore the principle theoretical and practice focused concepts of Clinical Microbiology covering the pathogenic mechanisms of a range of micro-organisms, the role of clinical microbiology in infection control and public health, and the application of genomics in the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases. It will explore a range of practical techniques used for screening, diagnosis and treatment. The practical sessions in this module will incorporate a case study approach to allow students the opportunity to apply and integrate knowledge from a patient management perspective across the various systems based approach.

• PMNM03 Physiology and Disease

  This module will explore the various aspects of each physiological system in the human body to describe the normal functioning of these systems and to relate this to common pathologies from a diagnostic, assessment and management perspective. The main organ systems that will be examined are the Nervous System, Cardiovascular System, Respiratory System, Endocrine System, Renal System, Musculoskeletal System, Gastro-intestinal and Urinary Systems.

• PMPD01 Professional Practice Development 1

• PMPD02 Professional Practice Development 2

• PMRM01 Critical Appraisal and Evaluation

  This module will explore the key concepts and topics that are related to the research process from defining evidence based practice, reviewing the literature (systematic and narrative), formulating research questions, critical appraisal frameworks, research design (quantitative and qualitative), clinical audit and introduce the students to the application of data analysis.

• PMRM03 Research Leadership and Project Management

  This module explores the concepts, principles and applications of various approaches to research leadership and project management. This module focuses on analysing, identifying and developing personal qualities and strategies relating to research leadership. Through engagement in a range of activities aimed at developing self-awareness and insight, reflection, group skills and communication skills, students will be able to determine a personal development plan relating to continuing development in research leadership and project management.

• PMRM04 Dissertation (Research)

  This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in teaching components in part one of their relevant programme. Students will work independently in order to critically explore and add to the evidence base for a topic of relevance to their area of study.

• PMRM07 Critical Appraisal and Evaluation (PT Research Only)

  This module will explore the key concepts and topics that are related to the research process from defining evidence based practice, reviewing the literature (systematic and narrative), formulating research questions, critical appraisal frameworks, research design (quantitative and qualitative), clinical audit and introduce the students to the application of data analysis.

• PMZM11 Research leadership and project management

  This module explores the concepts, principles and applications of various approaches to research leadership and project management. This module focuses on analysing, identifying and developing personal qualities and strategies relating to research leadership. Through engagement in a range of activities aimed at developing self-awareness and insight, reflection, group skills and communication skills, students will be able to determine a personal development plan relating to continuing development in research leadership and project management.

• PMZM14 Physiology and Disease

  This module will explore the various aspects of each physiological system in the human body to describe the normal functioning of these systems and to relate this to common pathologies from a diagnostic, assessment and management perspective. The main organ systems that will be examined are the Nervous System, Cardiovascular System, Respiratory System, Endocrine System, Renal System, Musculoskeletal System, Gastro-intestinal and Urinary Systems.

Dr Noble is a Trustee/Director for The Play & Leisure Opportunity Library, based in Swansea, which is a registered charity providing specialist toys, therapetic play sessions and leisure equipment in South West Wales for children and adults with a disability.