Publications and public outputs

• Rienties, Bart ; Roelen, Keetie ; Oakley, Ben ; Duncan, Elaine and Pengel, Liset (2025). Multiple and Multi-dimensional Life Transitions of World Transplant Athletes. In: Jindal-Snape, Divya ed. The Palgrave Handbook of Multiple and Multi-Dimensional Educational and Life Transitions. London: Palgrave MacMillan (In Press).

• Rienties, B., Duncan, E., Judd, P., Oakley, B., Pengel, L., Roelen, K., Topley, N. (2024). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity: a comparative analysis of transplant athletes competing in high intensity sporting events with other transplant recipients. PloS One.  

• Challenging misconceptions about transplant recipients' abilities. The Open University, 27 August 2024

• Martin, L., Rienties, B., & Duncan, E. (2024). What we can learn from cycling and triathlete transplant recipients? And how can I become more active?, TransplantWorld, 1, pp.24-25.

• Webinar: What we can learn from cycling and triathlete transplant recipients? And how can I become more active?, The World Transplant Games Federation, August 2024

  • Webinar recording

  • Presentation slides (pdf) 

• Rienties, B. Video explaining the purpose of Open Societal Challenge build grant: 

• OSC blog Encouraging physical activity after transplantation 19 February 2024.

This research project has been reviewed by, and received a favourable opinion from, The Open University Human Research Ethics Committee – HREC reference number: HREC/4787/Rienties