Name
Dr Ron Butterly

Position
Principal Lecturer in Exercise Physiology

Email
R.Butterly@leedsmet.ac.uk

Qualifications
Ph.D. 1987 University of Leeds
M.A. 1980   University of Leeds
B.Ed. (Hons) 1974 Chester College (U. Liverpool)
Cert. Ed. 1974 Chester College (U. Liverpool)

Biography
Upon graduating from Chester College, Ron gained experience in a middle school, a high school and an FE college, as well as working in the Sultanate of Oman as coach and organiser for swimming and volleyball. After 4 years as a postgraduate student, Ron moved to Leeds Polytechnic in 1984, following a short spell at South Glamorgan Institute of H.E. (now UWIC). Ron has extensive consultancy experience in both professional and amateur sport, including national level gymnastics, professional soccer, and rugby union and rugby league. He also served as a senior tutor for the national Coaching Foundation, Universal Fitness Institute and has advised a local exercise equipment manufacturer for several years. Ron has successfully supervised several research student projects to completion. For two years, he also co-edited the newsletter of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Main responsibilities
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, school research student coordinator, undergraduate dissertation coordinator, undergraduate, postgraduate and research student supervision

Current Teaching
B.Sc. (honours) Sport and Exercise Science
B.Sc. (honours) Physical Activity, Exercise and Health
M.Sc. Sport and Exercise Science
 
Research interests
Exercise as a preventative and therapeutic device in selected aspects of
Health (C.H.D., mental health, MS, diabetes, bone health) across the lifespan
Fatigue and information processing
Energy demands of ball games
                           
Publications
The lived experiences of people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis with relation to exercise Borkoles E, Nicholls A, Bell K, Butterly R and Polman R  Psychology and Health  2007 In Press

Changes in body composition in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction initiated on beta-blocker therapy. Ingle L, Rigby AS, Carroll S, Butterly RJ, King RF, Cooke CB, Cleland JGF, Clark AL. Exper Clin Cardiol 2007 In Press.

Cardiorespiratory requirements of the 6-min walk test in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and no major structural heart disease. Ingle L, Wilkinson M, Carroll S, Boyes C, Butterly RJ, King RF, Cooke CB, Cleland JGF, Clark AL. Int J Sports Med 2007 In Press.

Prognostic value of the 6 min walk test and self-perceived symptom severity in older patients with chronic heart failure Ingle L, Rigby AS, Carroll, S, Butterly R, King RF, Cooke CB, Cleland JGJF and Clark AL European Heart Journal 2007 28:560-568

The 4W model of drowning Avramidis S, Butterly R and Llewellyn D, International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education 2007 1 (3); 221-230

Client perceptions of the MUSCSEL project; a community based physical activity programme for patients with mental health issues. Butterly R, Adams D, Brown D and Golby J   Journal of Public Mental Health 2006 5:43-49

Why football needs science if it is to grow. Butterly R 2006 Journal of the Irish FA

Assessment of the ergogenetic properties of creatine using an intermittent exercise protocol  Havenetidis K, Cooke CB, King RFGJ and Butterly R Journal of Exercise Physiology Online 2005 8(1):26-33 

An analysis of quality and body composition of four European soccer leagues Bloomfield, J, Polman R. C. J. , Butterly R and O’Donoghue P. G  Journal of Sport Medicine and  Physical Fitness. 2005 45(1), 58 - 67.