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Pedometers and Text Messaging to Increase Physical Activity: Randomized controlled trial of adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Kirsty H Newton
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether pedometers and text messaging increase physical activity in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A 12-week randomized controlled trial was... read more
“Bite – Size Exercise” – Effectiveness of reducing exercise bout duration
Stephen Brown
The aim of this investigation is to see if shorter Bite-Size bouts of exercise, throughout the day, can offer comparable benefits to those ascribed to a single longer duration bout. The exercise... read more
Gene Expression, Muscle Damage, and Anabolic Signalling during Recovery from Prolonged High-Intensity Cycling: Effect of Protein-Enriched Recovery Formulation
David Rowlands
The ingestion of high protein-carbohydrate feedings following hard endurance exercise was previously seen to enhance subsequent cycling performance. However, the expression of selected mRNA species... read more
The Effect of Intermittent Hypoxic Training on Performance
Wendy Osmond
This study aimed to verify whether the “live low, train high” approach is beneficial for endurance and/or anaerobic cycling performance. Sixteen well-trained athletes completed 90 min of... read more
Increased blood pH but not performance with sodium bicarbonate supplementation in elite rugby union players
Sonya Cameron
Purpose: This study investigated the effect of ingesting 0.3 g/kg body weight (BW) of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) on physiological responses, gastrointestinal (GI) tolerability, and sprint... read more
Effects of acute nutritional interventions on athletic performance
Tom Vandenbogaerde
There have been few studies of the effects of nutritional strategies in training and competition settings in elite athletes. This thesis represents four studies that were performed to investigate the... read more
Effects of lowering body temperature via hyperhydration, with and without glycerol ingestion and practical precooling on cycling time trial performance in hot and humid conditions
Megan L R Ross
Background Hypohydration and hyperthermia are factors that may contribute to fatigue and impairment of endurance performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of... read more
Visual Search Strategies of Cricket Batsmen
James Croft
In the course of an innings, cricket batsmen may have to intercept a ball bowled to them at a range of different speeds. We sought to investigate: 1. Whether the eye movement strategy was determined... read more
The effects of sleep deprivation on muscle recovery and performance in athletes
Johann Edge
Many sports require athletes to perform high-intensity exercise with short recovery periods between events and/or training. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of sleep deprivation... read more
Optimising the quality of interval training in distance runners: Comparison of perceptual inter-repetition recovery techniques with standardised temporal and heart rate methods
Andrew Edwards
The aims of the study were to examine the validity of the new 7-point Perceptual Recovery (PR) scale for well-trained male runners during interval training, examine the test-retest reliability of... read more