Dr Clare Clarke was a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist within the NHS prior to completing a PhD in physical activity monitoring at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2013. She currently works in the Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Medicine, University of Dundee as a Clinical Academic Research Fellow. She is current Secretary for the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP) and is a member of the Research Subgroup of the Scottish Government/NHS Chronic Pain Steering Committee and of the Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC)

Her research interests include the role of exercise and physical activity in sarcopenia and age-related functional decline.

Stansfield, B., Clarke, C., Dall, P., Godwin, J., Holdsworth, R., Granat, M. (2014) True cadence and step accumulation are not equivalent: The effect of intermittent claudication on free-living cadence. Gait and Posture, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.11.002. Geneen L, Smith B, Clarke C, Martin D, Colvin LA, Moore RA. Physical activity and exercise for chronic pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane reviews (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD011279. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011279. Clarke, C.L., Holdsworth, R.J., Ryan, C.G., Granat, M.H. (2013) Free-Living Physical Activity as a Novel Outcome Measure in Patients with Intermittent Claudication. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 45 (1), 162-167. Clarke, C.L., Dall, P., Holdsworth, R., Granat, M. (2012) Quantification of Walking Events in Patients with Intermittent Claudication. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 15; Supp 1, S52-S52. Clarke, C.L., Ryan, C.G., Martin, D. (2011) Pain Neurophysiology Education for the Management of Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Manual Therapy, 16(6), 544-549