Dr Agnieszka Lewko

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I completed a BSc (Hons) in 1999 and an MSc in Physiotherapy in Krakow (Poland) in 2001. My professional expertise is in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, and respiratory care within primary and secondary care settings. I have gained clinical and research experience in Poland, Belgium and the UK. I am also an independent and supplementary prescriber. I completed a PhD in St. George's University of London in 2013. My special research interests are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease management, Subjective Fatigue, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Ambulatory Oxygen and Exercise Tolerance testing. I have been an invited speaker to various international conferences and reviewer for peer-reviewed journals. I am a member of European Respiratory Society (ERS), British Thoracic Society (BTS) and The Polish Chamber of Physiotherapists (KIF). I have been a part of the ERS Task Force group for the HERMES (Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) project that worked on a development of a harmonised syllabus and curriculum for post-graduate education in respiratory physiotherapy. Currently, I am a member of the editorial board for the Association of Charted Physiotherapist in Respiratory Care (ACPRC). I have been involved in undergraduate and post-graduate student teaching across various courses in the Faculty of Health and Social Care and Education since 2005. Currently, I lead modules for pre-registration physiotherapy and occupational therapy courses, as well as post-graduate modules. I am involved in post-graduate research student supervision and teaching research methods. I collaborate nationally and internationally with academic and professional colleagues in the UK, Poland and Spain.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

  • Independent and supplementary prescribing, St. George's University of London
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • PhD in Health Science, St. George's University of London
  • MSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland
  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland

Research

I am involved in collaborative research projects investigating respiratory physiotherapy, respiratory muscle strength measures in patients after stroke and pulmonary rehabilitation. I am also co-applicant on number of research grants. I present research on national and international conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals. I review for peer-reviewed journals, Cochrane Collaboration and NIHR grant funding. My special research interests are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease management, Subjective Fatigue, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Ambulatory Oxygen and Exercise Tolerance testing.

Publications

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Number of items: 17.

Article

Kulnik, Stefan Tino, Lewko, Agnieszka, MacBean, Victoria and Spinou, Arietta (2020) Accuracy in the assessment of cough peak flow : good progress for a "work in progress". Respiratory Care, 65(1), pp. 133-134. ISSN (print) 0020-1324

Lewko, Agnieszka and Pyszora, Anna (2020) Fizjoterapia oddechowa – to nie tylko cwiczenia oddechowe i odkrztuszanie. Glos Fizjoterapeuty, 3, pp. 42-44. ISSN (print) 2545-3637

Troosters, Thierry, Tabin, Nathalie, Langer, Daniel, Burtin, Chris, Chatwin, Michelle, Clini, Enrico M., Emtner, Margareta, Gosselink, Rik, Grant, Kathleen, Inal-Ince, Deniz, Lewko, Agnieszka, Main, Eleanor, Mitchell, Sharon, Niculescu, Alexandra, Oberwaldner, Beatrice and Pitta, Fabio (2019) Introduction of the harmonised respiratory physiotherapy curriculum. Breathe, 15(2), pp. 110-115. ISSN (print) 1810-6838

Troosters, Thierry, Langer, Daniel, Burtin, Chris, Chatwin, Michelle, Clini, Enrico M., Emtner, Margareta, Gosselink, Rik, Grant, Kathleen, Inal-Ince, Deniz, Lewko, Agnieszka, Main, Eleanor, Oberwaldner, Beatrice, Tabin, Nathalie and Pitta, Fabio (2019) A guide for respiratory physiotherapy postgraduate education : presentation of the harmonised curriculum. European Respiratory Journal, 53(6), ISSN (print) 0903-1936

Troosters, Thierry, Pitta, Fabio, Oberwaldner, Beatrice, Lewko, Agnieszka, Inal-Ince, Deniz, Grant, Kathleen, Gosselink, Rik, Burtin, Chris, Emtner, Margareta, Clini, Enrico, Chatwin, Michelle and Mitchell, Sharon (2015) Development of a syllabus for postgraduate respiratory physiotherapy education : the Respiratory Physiotherapy HERMES project. European Respiratory Journal, 45(5), pp. 1221-1223. ISSN (print) 0903-1936

Pitta, Fabio, Mitchell, Sharon, Chatwin, Michelle, Clini, Enrico, Emtner, Margareta, Gosselink, Rik, Grant, Kathleen, Inal-Ince, Deniz, Lewko, Agnieszka, Oberwaldner, Beatrice, Williams, Johanna and Troosters, Thierry (2014) A core syllabus for post-graduate training in respiratory physiotherapy. Breathe - Continuing Medical Education for Respiratory Professionals, 10(3), pp. 220-228. ISSN (print) 1810-6838

Lewko, Agnieszka, Bidgood, Penelope L., Jewell, Andy and Garrod, Rachel (2014) Evaluation of multidimensional COPD-related subjective fatigue following a Pulmonary Rehabilitation programme. Respiratory Medicine, 108(1), pp. 95-102. ISSN (print) 0954-6111

Lewko, Agnieszka, Bidgood, Penelope, Jewell, Andy and Garrod, Rachel (2012) A comprehensive literature review of COPD-related fatigue. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, 8(5), pp. 370-382. ISSN (print) 1573-398X

Lewko, Agnieszka, Bidgood, Penelope L and Garrod, Rachel (2009) Evaluation of psychological and physiological predictors of fatigue in patients with COPD. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 9(1), ISSN (online) 1471-2466

Lewko, A., Marshall, J. and Garrod, R. (2007) Ambulatory oxygen therapy assessment : a comparative study of incremental shuttle and 6-minute walking tests. Physiotherapy, 93(4), pp. 261-266. ISSN (print) 0031-9406

Conference or Workshop Item

Lewko, Agnieszka, Kulnik, Stefan Tino, Sidaway, Marta and Krawczyk, Maciej (2019) Test-retest reliability of respiratory muscle testing in stroke. In: ERS International Congress 2019; 28 Sep - 02 Oct 2019, Madrid, Spain. (Unpublished)

Krawczyk, M., Sidaway, M., Kulnik, S. and Lewko, A. (2019) Association between respiratory muscle strength and measures of stroke severity and function. In: Third Congress on Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair : from Science to Evidence-based Practice; 22-24 May 2019, Maastricht, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

Lewko, Agnieszka, Sidaway, Marta and Krawczyk, Maciej (2016) Reliability of three respiratory muscle tests in post-stroke patients. A pilot study. In: ERS International Congress 2016; 03-07 Sep 2016, London, U.K..

Lewko, Agnieszka, Harlow, Stephanie K.M., MacDonald, Paul and Irvin-Sellers, Melanie (2015) Effects of post exacerbation pulmonary rehabilitation (PEPR) on exercise tolerance, quality of life (QoL), anxiety, depression and healthcare utilisation. In: ERS International Congress 2015; 26-30 Sep 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Unpublished)

Lewko, A., Ooms, A., Cole, M. J. and Hammond, J. (2015) Differences in current approaches to respiratory physiotherapy student practice education across Europe. In: World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2015; 01-04 May 2015, Singapore, Singapore.

Monograph

Cieloszczyk, Aleksandra, Lewko, Agnieszka, Sliwka, Agnieszka, Wloch, Tomasz and Pyszora, Anna (2020) Koronawirus : SARS-Cov-2 : Zalecenia do prowadzenia fitjoterapii doroslych pacjentów z COVID-19 = Coronavirus : SARS-Cov-2 : Recommendations for physiotherapy of adult patients with COVID-19. (Documentation) Warsaw, Poland : Krajowa Izba Fizjoterapeutów = The Polish Chamber of Physiotherapists. 17 p.

Thesis

Lewko, Agnieszka (2013) Evaluation of subjective fatigue associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (PhD thesis), St George's, University of London, .

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