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Dr Chris Seenan
Dr Chris Seenan
Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy | University of Stirling, Faculty of Health, Sport and Society
Email: christopher.seenan@stir.ac.uk
University profile: stir.ac.uk/people/2122231
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chrisseenan
ORCID: 0000-0003-4379-7913
Chris Seenan is a clinical academic physiotherapist whose research focuses on improving the lives of people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and other long-term conditions. His work spans the development, adaptation, and evaluation of complex interventions, with a particular interest in equity, implementation science, and community-based rehabilitation.
He is Principal Investigator of POST-IT-PAD, a programme to develop a national community rehabilitation network for PAD in the UK. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Pain and Rehabilitation: the Journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association, and Chair of the CAHPR Scotland Consortium.
Research interests
Research interests
Peripheral artery disease and intermittent claudication | Complex intervention development and evaluation | Implementation science | Behaviour change | Health inequalities | Community rehabilitation | Chronic pain | Participatory and co-design methods
Current roles and responsibilities
Current roles and responsibilities
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Pain and Rehabilitation: Journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association
Committee Member, CAHPR Scotland Consortium (Council for Allied Health Professions Research)
Founding Member, Scottish Intermittent Claudication Interest Group
Advisory Board Member, Movement for Health
Funding Panel Member, Arthritis UK Living Well Panel
Funding Panel Member, Chief Scientist Office NMAHP Clinical Academic Fellowships Scheme
Selected publications
Selected publications
These are among the most relevant publications for PADresearch.org. Full publication list: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-7913
PrEPAID feasibility trial (BMJ Open, 2025)
Pain management and patient education to increase physical activity in intermittent claudication: feasibility randomised controlled trial.
OPTIMA systematic review (HTA, 2025)
Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in people with intermittent claudication.
ESC clinical consensus document on exercise therapy for PAD (European Heart Journal, 2024)
Co-authored consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology working group on peripheral vascular disease.
Barriers and facilitators of physical activity in claudication (Journal of Vascular Nursing, 2026)
Beyond Walk Walk Walk: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to physical activity.
PhD supervision
PhD supervision
Chris welcomes enquiries from motivated and suitably qualified applicants interested in pursuing a PhD in physiotherapy, long-term conditions, behaviour change, or intervention development. Areas of particular interest for new projects include: PAD and cardiovascular rehabilitation, implementation science and health systems, health inequalities and equity-focused research design, and community-based complex interventions.
For informal enquiries, please use the contact form on this site or email christopher.seenan@stir.ac.uk directly.
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