Dr Ben Weedon

BSc Sport Science, MSc Physiotherapy, MCSP, PhD

Post Doctoral Research Assistant

School of Sport, Nutrition and Allied Health Professions

b.weedon@brookes.ac.uk

Role

I work as a Post-Doctoral clinical research assistant in paediatric health and rehabilitation.

My research spans paediatric movement disorders, cardiovascular and respiratory dysfunction and population health and fitness. I teach on the BSc and MSc physiotherapy degree courses and support physiotherapy student’s dissertations.

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Research

Projects:

Brain Plasticity and Motor Skill Competence Development in Young People With Development Coordination Disorder
OxSOCRATES - Oxfordshire Sedentariness, Obesity & Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents - a Trial of Exercise in Schools
Neuroergonomic Assessments of Assistive Devices

Centres and institutes

Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences (MOReS)

Groups

Publications

Liu Yan-Ci, Esser Patrick, Weedon Benjamin David, Springett Daniella, Joshi Shawn, Tsou Meng-Hsuan, Wang Ray-Yau, Dawes Helen, Knee joint position sense and kinematic control in relation to motor competency in 13 to 14-year-old adolescents
Italian Journal of Pediatrics 50 (2024) ISSN: 1720-8424 eISSN: 1824-7288 Knee joint position sense and kinematic control in relation to motor competency in 13 to 14-year-old adolescents Open Access version on RADAR
Weedon BD, Esser P, Collett J, Izadi H, Joshi S, Meaney A, Delextrat A, Kemp S, Dawes J, The Relationship Between Motor Competence Physical Activity Cardiorespiratory Fitness and BMI in UK Adolescents
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 95 (2) (2023) pp.482-488 ISSN: 0270-1367 eISSN: 2168-3824 The Relationship Between Motor Competence Physical Activity Cardiorespiratory Fitness and BMI in UK Adolescents Open Access version on RADAR
Emad Al-Yahya1,2*, Patrick Esser3, Benjamin D. Weedon3, Shawn Joshi3,4,5, Yan-Ci Liu3,6, Daniella N. Springett3,7, Piergiorgio Salvan8, Andy Meaney3, Johnny Collett3, Mario Inacio3,9, Anne Delextrat3, Steve Kemp3, Tomas Ward10, Hooshang Izadi11, Heidi Johansen-Berg8, Hasan Ayaz4,12, Helen Dawes3,13, Motor learning in developmental coordination disorder: behavioral and neuroimaging study
Frontiers in Neuroscience 17 (2023) ISSN: 1662-4548 eISSN: 1662-453X Motor learning in developmental coordination disorder: behavioral and neuroimaging study Open Access version on RADAR
Inacio M, Esser P, Weedon BD, Joshi S, Meaney A, Delextrat A, Springett D, Kemp S, Ward T, Izadi H, Johansen-Berg H, Dawes H, Learning a novel rhythmic stepping task in children with probable Developmental Coordination Disorder  
Clinical Biomechanics 102 (2023) ISSN: 0268-0033 eISSN: 1879-1271 Learning a novel rhythmic stepping task in children with probable Developmental Coordination Disorder   Open Access version on RADAR
Weedon BD, Liu F, Mahmoud W, Burden SJ, Whaymand L, Esser P, Collett J, Izadi H, Joshi S, Meaney A, Delextrat A, Kemp S, Jones A, Dawes H, Declining fitness and physical education lessons in UK adolescents
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 8 (2022) ISSN: 2055-7647 eISSN: 2055-7647 Declining fitness and physical education lessons in UK adolescents Open Access version on RADAR
Eda Cinar1, Benajmin David Weedon2, Patrick Esser2, Shawn Joshi3, Yan-Ci Liu4, Anne Delextrat2, Andy Meaney2 , Johnny Collett2, Daniella Nicole Springett2, Helen Dawes2,5,6, Dual-task effect on gait in healthy adolescents: Association between health-related indicators and DT performance
Journal of Motor Behavior 53 (6) (2021) pp.707-716 ISSN: 0022-2895 eISSN: 1940-1027 Dual-task effect on gait in healthy adolescents: Association between health-related indicators and DT performance Open Access version on RADAR
Cinar E, Weedon B, Esser P, Joshi S, Liu Y, Delextrat A, Collett J, Springett D, Dawes H, Dual-task effect on gait in adolescents: How does it change in different health profile?
Gait & Posture 81 (Suppl 1) (2020) ISSN: 0966-6362 eISSN: 1879-2219
Mansoubi M, Weedon BD, Esser P, Mayo N, Fazel M, Wade W, Ward TE, Kemp S, Delextrat A ,Dawes H, Cognitive performance, quality and quantity of movement reflect unhealthy psychological symptoms in adolescents
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 19 (2) (2020) pp.364-373 ISSN: 1303-2968 Cognitive performance, quality and quantity of movement reflect unhealthy psychological symptoms in adolescents Open Access version on RADAR
Dawes H, Neuroergonomic Assessment of Wheelchair Control Using Mobile fNIRS
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 28 (6) (2020) pp.1488-1496 ISSN: 1534-4320 Neuroergonomic Assessment of Wheelchair Control Using Mobile fNIRS Open Access version on RADAR
Weedon B, Esser P, Collett J, Dawes H, Izadi H, Meaney A, Motor competence and physical activity in adolescence
Physiotherapy 107 (S1) (2020) pp.e213-e214 ISSN: 0031-9406
Weedon B, Liu F, Mahmoud W, Metz R, Beunder K, Delextrat A, Morris M, Esser P, Collett J, Meaney A, Howells K, Dawes H, The relationship of gross upper and lower limb motor competence to measures of health and fitness in adolescents aged 13-14 years
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 4 (1) (2018) ISSN: 2055-7647 eISSN: 2055-7647 The relationship of gross upper and lower limb motor competence to measures of health and fitness in adolescents aged 13-14 years Open Access version on RADAR

Joshi S, Weedon BD, Esser P, Liu YC, Springett DN, Meaney A, Delextrat A, Kemp S, Ward T, Ayaz H, Dawes H, Revealing Cortical Activation Patterns of Novel Task Performance in Children With Low Coordination via fNIRS
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2018) ISSN: 1662-5161 Revealing Cortical Activation Patterns of Novel Task Performance in Children With Low Coordination via fNIRS Open Access version on RADAR

Esser P, Weedon BD, Meaney A, Delextrat A, Mahmoud W, Salvan P, Wassenaar T, Joshi S, Liu Y, Kemp S, Ward T, Johansen-Berg J, Dawes H, Brain plasticity and motor skill competence development in adolescents with poor motor skill acquisition and performance: Trial Protocol for a controlled experimental paradigm ,
(2019)

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP)
Member of Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Member of The Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (APCP)