Open Research Exeter (ORE)

• Assessment of Maximal Isometric Hand Grip Strength in School-aged Children. 

  Gąsior, JS; Pawłowski, M; Williams, CA; Dąbrowski, MJ; Rameckers, EA (De Gruyter Open, 2018-03-15)

  Background: Hand grip strength (HGS) test is commonly used as an indicator of overall muscle strength in medical and sport practices. Recently, several studies have proposed that the measurement of the maximal HGS depends ...

• Mindfulness mediates the relationship between mental toughness and pain catastrophizing in cyclists 

  Jones, MI; Parker, JK (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  The purpose of this study was to examine the direction and magnitude of the relationship between mental toughness and pain catastrophizing and to explore whether mindfulness mediated this relationship. The design of the ...

• Age-Associated Impairments in Mitochondrial ADP Sensitivity Contribute to Redox Stress in Senescent Human Skeletal Muscle. 

  Holloway, GP; Holwerda, AM; Miotto, PM; Dirks, ML; Verdijk, LB; van Loon, LJC (Elsevier (Cell Press), 2018-03-13)

  It remains unknown if mitochondrial bioenergetics are altered with aging in humans. We established an in vitro method to simultaneously determine mitochondrial respiration and H2O2emission in skeletal muscle tissue across ...

• An exploration of game-strategy efficacy beliefs in UK youth sport coaches 

  Fiander, MF; Parker, JK; Jones, MI (British Psychological Society, 2018-04-01)

  In the sport domain, game-strategy efficacy is the belief that coaches can lead teams or athletes to a successful performance in competition. Developmentally-focused youth sport coaches, however, may define success differently ...

• Developmental assets and academic performance in higher education sport students 

  Jones, MI (Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), 2018)

  The purpose of this research was to explore the magnitude and direction of the relationship between developmental assets (subcategories and domain levels) and academic achievement in British students. Based on the existing ...

• Effects of self-paced interval and continuous training on health markers in women 

  Connolly, LJ; Bailey, SJ; Krustrup, P; Fulford, J; Smietanka, C; Jones, AM (Springer Verlag, 2017-09-20)

  PURPOSE: To compare the effects of self-paced high-intensity interval and continuous cycle training on health markers in premenopausal women. METHODS: Forty-five inactive females were randomised to a high-intensity interval ...

• A single day of bed rest, irrespective of energy balance, does not affect skeletal muscle gene expression or insulin sensitivity 

  Dirks, ML; Stephens, FB; Jackman, SR; Gordo, J; Machin, D; Pulsford, R; van Loon, L; Wall, B (Wiley, 2018-04-18)

  The initial metabolic and molecular events that underpin disuse-induced skeletal muscle deconditioning, and the contribution of energy balance, remain to be investigated. Ten young, healthy males (age: 25 ± 1 y; BMI: 25.3 ...

• Dose-dependent effects of dietary nitrate on the oxygen cost of moderate-intensity exercise: Acute vs. chronic supplementation 

  Wylie, LJ; Ortiz de Zevallos, J; Isidore, T; Nyman, L; Vanhatalo, A; Bailey, SJ; Jones, AM (Elsevier for Nitric Oxide Society, 2016-04-14)

  PURPOSE: To investigate whether chronic supplementation with a low or moderate dose of dietary nitrate (NO3(-)) reduces submaximal exercise oxygen uptake (V˙O2) and to assess whether or not this is dependent on acute NO3(-) ...

• Reliability of autonomic and vascular components of baroreflex sensitivity in adolescents. 

  Oliveira, RS; Barker, AR; Debras, F; O'Doherty, A; Williams, CA (Wiley, 2018-02-23)

  Improvements in the autonomic and vascular systems are implicated in cardiovascular disease risk reduction. Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) is composed of vascular and autonomic components. This study aimed to investigate ...

• Coordination in gait: Demonstration of a spectral approach 

  Williams, GKR; Vicinanza, D (Taylor & Francis for British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, 2017-12-15)

  Many important notions in Life Sciences are linked with the idea of cycles, periodicity, fluctuations and transitions. The aim of this paper is to use spectral analysis in a unique way to study and quantify whole body ...

• Biomechanical differences between cases with chronic exertional compartment syndrome and asymptomatic controls during walking and marching gait 

  Roberts, A; Roscoe, D; Hulse, D; Bennett, AN; Dixon, S (Elsevier, 2017-10)

  Chronic exertional compartment syndrome is a significant problem in military populations that may be caused by specific military activities. This study aimed to investigate the kinematic and kinetic differences in military ...

• Biomechanical differences between cases with suspected chronic exertional compartment syndrome and asymptomatic controls during running. 

  Roberts, A; Roscoe, D; Hulse, D; Bennett, AN; Dixon, S (Elsevier, 2017-08-30)

  Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) has been hypothesised, following clinical observations, to be the result of abnormal biomechanics predominantly at the ankle. Treatment of CECS through running re-education ...

• Plantar pressure differences between cases with symptoms of clinically diagnosed chronic exertional compartment syndrome and asymptomatic controls. 

  Roberts, A; Hulse, D; Bennett, AN; Dixon, S (Elsevier, 2017-10-02)

  BACKGROUND: Anterior chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the leg has been hypothesised to develop due to excessive muscle activity and foot pronation. Plantar pressure variables related to lower limb muscle activity ...

• Trainability of young athletes: short-term goals or long-term mission? 

  Williams, CA (Human Kinetics, 2016-11)

• Adaptive working memory training reduces the negative impact of anxiety on competitive motor performance 

  Ducrocq, E; Wilson, M; Smith, TJ; Derakshan, N (Human Kinetics, 2017-12-01)

  Optimum levels of attentional control are essential to prevent athletes from experiencing performance breakdowns under pressure. The current study explored whether training attentional control using the adaptive dual n-back ...

• Exercise-induced fatigue in young people: advances and future perspectives 

  Patikas, DA; Williams, CA; Ratel, S (Springer Verlag, 2018-02-13)

  PURPOSE: In recent decades, the interest for exercise-induced fatigue in youth has substantially increased, and the effects of growth on the peripheral (muscular) and central (neural) mechanisms underpinning differences ...

• Estimates of tibial shock magnitude in men and women at the start and end of a military drill training programme 

  Rice, HM; Saunders, S; McGuire, S; Thomas, O; Izard, R (Oxford University Press, 2018)

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• Elite youth sports - the year that was 2017. 

  Williams, CA (Human Kinetics, 2018-02-08)

  In 2017, considerable attention has been paid by researchers on early sports specialization for youth athletes. Issues related to injury, burnout, and talent development to name a few have been debated, particularly when ...

• Memory-guided force output is associated with self-reported ADHD symptoms in young adults 

  Neely, KA; Chennavasin, AP; Yoder, A; Williams, GKR; Loken, E; Huang-Pollock, CL (Springer Verlag, 2016-07-09)

  Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed mental health disorder in childhood and persists into adulthood in up to 65% of cases. ADHD is associated with adverse outcomes such as the ...

• Correlates of children's independent outdoor play: Cross-sectional analyses from the Millennium Cohort Study 

  Aggio, D; Gardner, B; Roberts, J; Johnstone, J; Stubbs, B; Williams, G; López Sánchez, GF; Smith, L (Elsevier, 2017-08-05)

  Time spent outdoors is associated with higher levels of physical activity. To date, correlates of independent outdoor play have not been investigated. This study aimed to identify potential demographic, behavioural, en ...

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