Publications by authors named "M Eamon Colclough"

Purpose/objective: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess how psychosocial variables predict U.K. military veterans' level of engagement in bespoke recovery pathways (Aim 1) and a sports-specific recovery pathway (Aim 2).

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Purpose: Many British military veterans that are wounded, injured, and/or sick (WIS) face significant physical, psychological and social challenges following discharge from the military. There is increasing evidence to support the application and benefit of physical activity for veterans that are WIS. Understanding engagement in physical activity is therefore imperative so that physical activity interventions and initiatives can be designed effectively, and their benefits optimised.

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Purpose: Previous research has championed sport as a form of recovery for military veterans. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research on military veterans' experiences of international sporting competitions. The aim of this study was to explore military veterans' experiences of participation at the 2016 Invictus Games.

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This study explored patterns of change in stress variables (i.e., stressors, appraisals, emotions) encountered by wounded, injured, and sick military veterans in the build up to, during, and following an international sporting competition.

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In order to transfer a range of important optical experiments into the microwave regime, a pair of near-identical, weakly coupled resonators is required. We describe a simple tuning mechanism for taking a pair of coupled, coplanar resonators through the avoided crossing in a controlled way. We see no obvious degradation of their high quality factor and find very good agreement with theoretical expectations.

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