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Multi-wave analyses of coping, athlete burnout, and well-being among F. A. Premier League academy players (2022)
Journal Article
Nicholls, A. R., Madigan, D. J., & Earle, K. (2022). Multi-wave analyses of coping, athlete burnout, and well-being among F. A. Premier League academy players. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 979486. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.979486

Being a player with an F. A. Premier football academy is very prestigious for young players, but it can also be very stressful too. Coping with stress is particularly important given that one of the undesirable consequences linked to chronic stress i... Read More about Multi-wave analyses of coping, athlete burnout, and well-being among F. A. Premier League academy players.

Does transforming subjective measures of load better represent training and match-play intensity in youth soccer players? (2022)
Journal Article
Maughan, P. C., MacFarlane, N. G., Towlson, C., Barrett, S., & Swinton, P. A. (2023). Does transforming subjective measures of load better represent training and match-play intensity in youth soccer players?. International journal of sports science & coaching, 18(5), 1541-1549. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221114739

The purpose of this study was to investigate the structure of relationships between measures of training load and assess whether these can be modified through non-linear transformations. Ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and seven external load mea... Read More about Does transforming subjective measures of load better represent training and match-play intensity in youth soccer players?.

Quantifying high-speed running in rugby league: An insight into practitioner applications and perceptions (2022)
Journal Article
Bennett, T., Marshall, P., Barrett, S., Malone, J. J., & Towlson, C. (2022). Quantifying high-speed running in rugby league: An insight into practitioner applications and perceptions. International journal of sports science & coaching, https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221112825

High-speed running has previously been documented as a popular metric among rugby league researchers. Researchers place importance on high-speed running due to its inclusion in assessing the demands of training and match-play to help prescribe accura... Read More about Quantifying high-speed running in rugby league: An insight into practitioner applications and perceptions.

Soccer academy practitioners’ perceptions and application of bio-banding (2022)
Data
McLaren-Towlson, C., Jo-Watson, D., Cumming, S., Salter, J., & Toner, J. Soccer academy practitioners’ perceptions and application of bio-banding. [Data]

The primary aims of this study were to examine the application of maturity status bio-banding within professional soccer academy programmes and understand the methods employed, the intended objectives, and the potential barriers to bio-banding. Using... Read More about Soccer academy practitioners’ perceptions and application of bio-banding.

Supervised and Non-Supervised Exercise Programs for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue in Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Reverte-Pagola, G., Sánchez-Trigo, H., Saxton, J., & Sañudo, B. (2022). Supervised and Non-Supervised Exercise Programs for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue in Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers, 14(14), Article 3428. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14143428

Physical exercise is considered to be a non-pharmacological strategy for reducing symptoms of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in women with breast cancer (BC). This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to assess the effects of non-supervised exercis... Read More about Supervised and Non-Supervised Exercise Programs for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue in Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Examination of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) during bio-banded small-sided games (2022)
Journal Article
Barrett, S., Short, K., Lowthorpe, A., Swinton, P., Maughan, P., Hamilton, A., Hunter, F., & Towlson, C. (2022). Examination of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) during bio-banded small-sided games. PLoS ONE, 17(7), Article e0270259. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270259

The aims of the current study were to investigate the use of dRPE with academy soccer players to: 1) examine the effect of bio-banded and non-bio-banded maturity groups within SSG on players dRPE; 2) describe the multivariate relationships between dR... Read More about Examination of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) during bio-banded small-sided games.

Effects of exercise prescribed at different levels of claudication pain on walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
Birkett, S., Sinclair, J., Seed, S., Pymer, S., Caldow, E., Ingle, L., Harwood, A., & Egun, A. (2022). Effects of exercise prescribed at different levels of claudication pain on walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, 16, https://doi.org/10.1177/17539447221108817

Background: Peripheral artery disease affects over 236 million people globally and the classic symptom is intermittent claudication (IC) which is associated with reduction in physical activity. The evidence that supervised exercise programmes (SEPs)... Read More about Effects of exercise prescribed at different levels of claudication pain on walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of an exercise and behaviour change intervention in socioeconomically deprived patients with peripheral arterial disease: The textpad study protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Cucato, G., Snowden, C., McCone, E., Nesbitt, C., Nandhra, S., Fong, M., Kane, E., Rowland, M., Bhattarai, N., Court, P., Bell, O., Saxton, J. M., & Prentis, J. (2022). Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of an exercise and behaviour change intervention in socioeconomically deprived patients with peripheral arterial disease: The textpad study protocol. PLoS ONE, 17(6), Article e0269999. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269999

This pilot randomised controlled trial aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week home-based telehealth exercise and behavioural intervention delivered in socioeconomically deprived patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Th... Read More about Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of an exercise and behaviour change intervention in socioeconomically deprived patients with peripheral arterial disease: The textpad study protocol.

Substituting bouts of sedentary behavior with physical activity: adopting positive lifestyle choices in people with a history of cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Ingle, L., Ruilova, S., Cui, Y., DeClercq, V., Sweeney, E., Yu, Z. M., & Forbes, C. C. (2022). Substituting bouts of sedentary behavior with physical activity: adopting positive lifestyle choices in people with a history of cancer. Cancer Causes and Control, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-022-01592-9

Purpose: To determine in people with a history of cancer, whether substituting sitting time with other daily activities (i.e., sleeping, walking, moderate and vigorous physical activity) was associated with changes in waist circumference (WC), an imp... Read More about Substituting bouts of sedentary behavior with physical activity: adopting positive lifestyle choices in people with a history of cancer.

Metabolic risk is associated with sociodemographic characteristics in adolescents from both rural and urban regions from southern Brazil (2022)
Journal Article
de Souza, S., Francisco de Castro Silveira, J., Marques, K. C., Gaya, A. R., Franke, S. I. R., Renner, J. D. P., Hobkirk, J. P., Carroll, S., & Reuter, C. P. (2022). Metabolic risk is associated with sociodemographic characteristics in adolescents from both rural and urban regions from southern Brazil. BMC Pediatrics, 22(1), Article 324. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03386-z

Background: The prevalence of several cardiovascular metabolic disorders are increasingly cause for concern in adolescents worldwide. Given the complex interrelations between metabolic risk (MR) and sociodemographic variables, the present study aims... Read More about Metabolic risk is associated with sociodemographic characteristics in adolescents from both rural and urban regions from southern Brazil.

Validity and reliability of the movement assessment battery second edition test in children with and without motor impairment: A prospective cohort study (2022)
Journal Article
Ghayour Najafabadi, M., Saghaei, B., Shariat, A., Ingle, L., Babazadeh-Zavieh, S. S., Shojaei, M., & Daneshfar, A. (2022). Validity and reliability of the movement assessment battery second edition test in children with and without motor impairment: A prospective cohort study. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 77, Article 103672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103672

Background: Examining the reliability and validity of the second edition movement assessment battery test (MABC-2) in children with and without motor impairment. Materials and methods: In this prospective cohort study, the MABC-2 test and development... Read More about Validity and reliability of the movement assessment battery second edition test in children with and without motor impairment: A prospective cohort study.

Functional limitations before and after cancer diagnosis and contributing factors: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study (2022)
Journal Article
Yang, R., Liu, Y., Jiang, Y., Fleming, D. J., & Fauth, E. B. (2022). Functional limitations before and after cancer diagnosis and contributing factors: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), Article 415. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03060-0

Background: Although there is a general trend of functional decline with age, there lacks an understanding of how cancer diagnosis and other factors may contribute to this trend. This study aimed to examine functional limitation trajectories among ad... Read More about Functional limitations before and after cancer diagnosis and contributing factors: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.

Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on intermittent sprint performance in the heat with moderately trained males. (2022)
Journal Article
Garrett, A. T., Birkett, M., Gleadall-Siddall, D. O., Burke, R., Bray, J., & Nation, F. (2022). Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on intermittent sprint performance in the heat with moderately trained males. Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 17(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.7771/2327-2937.1139

Introduction: Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation (STHA), over 5-days (permissive dehydration), on intermittent heat stress test (HST) with males.

Methods: Ten, moderately-trained, males (mean [SD]; age 25.6 [8.9] y; stature 180.7 [5.6]... Read More about Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on intermittent sprint performance in the heat with moderately trained males..

Errors of measurement for blood parameters, physiological and performance measures after the decay of short-term heat acclimation (2022)
Journal Article
Garrett, A. T., Rehrer, N. J., Patterson, M. J., Simpson, A. J., & Cotter, J. D. (2022). Errors of measurement for blood parameters, physiological and performance measures after the decay of short-term heat acclimation. Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 17(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.7771/2327-2937.1140

Introduction: It is important to determine the accuracy of measurements relative to potential treatment effects, with time intervals between tests. Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the error of measurement for blood parameters, physiologi... Read More about Errors of measurement for blood parameters, physiological and performance measures after the decay of short-term heat acclimation.

Tele-rehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with Covid-19: a mixed-methods feasibility trial protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Hyde, L., Simpson, A. J., Nettleton, M., Shepherdson, J., Killingback, C., Marshall, P., Crooks, M. G., & Green, A. (2022). Tele-rehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with Covid-19: a mixed-methods feasibility trial protocol. Physical Therapy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1080/10833196.2022.2028963

Background: Tele-rehabilitation has been proposed as a post-hospitalisation rehabilitation pathway for Covid-19 survivors, however patients’ willingness and ability to engage with this online intervention remains unknown. Objectives: The aim of this... Read More about Tele-rehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with Covid-19: a mixed-methods feasibility trial protocol.

A pilot study examining the safety and effectiveness of 8-weeks of early cardiac rehabilitation on physical function and psychological well-being in patients following aortic root replacement (2022)
Journal Article
Najafabadi, M., Niazi, S., Mortazavian, S., Khah, A., & Ingle, L. (2022). A pilot study examining the safety and effectiveness of 8-weeks of early cardiac rehabilitation on physical function and psychological well-being in patients following aortic root replacement. Physiotherapy Practice and Research, 43(1), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.3233/PPR-210541

AIM: To determine the effects of a structured, moderate-intensity, early cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program on physical function and psychological wellbeing in patients following aortic root replacement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients were randomly... Read More about A pilot study examining the safety and effectiveness of 8-weeks of early cardiac rehabilitation on physical function and psychological well-being in patients following aortic root replacement.

Leveling the Playing Field: A New Proposed Method to Address Relative Age- and Maturity-Related Bias in UK Male Academy Soccer Players (2022)
Journal Article
Bolckmans, S., Starkes, J. L., Towlson, C., Barnes, C., Parkin, G., & Helsen, W. F. (2022). Leveling the Playing Field: A New Proposed Method to Address Relative Age- and Maturity-Related Bias in UK Male Academy Soccer Players. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4, Article 847438. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.847438

Relative age selection bias persists within all major soccer leagues and youth soccer academies across the globe, with the relative age effect (RAE) being typically characterized as the over selection of relatively older players (who have sometimes a... Read More about Leveling the Playing Field: A New Proposed Method to Address Relative Age- and Maturity-Related Bias in UK Male Academy Soccer Players.

Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage (2022)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Jordan, A. R., Odell, A., Kavanagh, O., Hicks, K. M., Eaglen, T., Todryk, S., & Saxton, J. M. (2022). Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer, 151(2), 265-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33982

Epidemiological evidence shows that regular physical activity is associated with reduced risk of primary and recurrent colon cancer. However, the underlying mechanisms of action are poorly understood. We evaluated the effects of stimulating a human c... Read More about Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage.

Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units (2022)
Journal Article
Lewis, G., McLaren-Towlson, C., Roversi, P., Domogalla, C., Herrington, L., & Barrett, S. (2022). Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units. PLoS ONE, 17(2), Article e0263518. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263518

Aims The aims of the study were two-fold: I) examine the validity and reliability of high-speed kicking actions using foot-mounted inertial measurement unit's (IMU), ii) quantify soccer players within-microcycle and inter-positional differences in bo... Read More about Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units.

A survey on the English FA heading guidelines for youth soccer: evidence of compliance, but with limited knowledge of safety (2022)
Journal Article
Roberts, J., McLaren-Towlson, C., & Malone, J. (2022). A survey on the English FA heading guidelines for youth soccer: evidence of compliance, but with limited knowledge of safety. International journal of sports science & coaching, 18(1), 176-182. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221075213

Soccer heading may be problematic for neurocognitive function. The English Football Association (FA) recently introduced guidelines in order to limit the number of headers within training for youth soccer. However, it remains to be seen what the infl... Read More about A survey on the English FA heading guidelines for youth soccer: evidence of compliance, but with limited knowledge of safety.