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| Alan J PearceSummaryAffiliation: Victoria University Country: Australia Publications
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Corticomotor excitability during precision motor tasksAlan J Pearce
School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, Victoria University, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 12:280-3. 2009..The results from this preliminary study suggest that cortical excitability increases reflect the demand required to perform tasks requiring greater precision with suggestions for further research discussed...- Neural conduction and excitability following a simple warm upAlan J Pearce
Motor Control TMS Laboratory, School of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 15:164-8. 2012..This study examined the effect of a generic, active warm up on neural and muscular conduction time... - Wearing a sports compression garment on the performance of visuomotor tracking following eccentric exercise: a pilot studyAlan J Pearce
Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport, Victoria University, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 12:500-2. 2009..Further research is necessary to elucidate these preliminary findings, however, the results suggest that the wearing of sports compression garments post-eccentric exercise has a positive effect on functional motor control... - Effects of secondary warm up following stretchingAlan J Pearce
Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport, Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia
Eur J Appl Physiol 105:175-83. 2009..The novel finding from this study demonstrates a second exercise bout does not reverse the effects of static stretching and is still detrimental to VJ... - The Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test (Level 1) to discriminate elite junior Australian football playersJames P Veale
Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport CARES, Victoria University, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 13:329-31. 2010..This study demonstrates the ability of the Yo-Yo IR1 to discriminate endurance performance between elite and sub-elite AF players, whilst further distinguishing AF players from a non-athletic healthy control group... - Comparison of corticomotor excitability during visuomotor dynamic and static tasksAlan J Pearce
School of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 13:167-71. 2010..3+/-13.7%; p=0.001) and fast speeds (31.9+/-12.3%; p=0.001). The findings may provide information on the underlying physiology during the early stages of motor skill acquisition... - Reliability and validity of a reactive agility test for Australian footballJames P Veale
Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport CARES, Victoria University, and the School of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Footscray, Vic, Australia
Int J Sports Physiol Perform 5:239-48. 2010..The aim of this study was to test the reliability and construct validity of a reactive agility test (RAT), designed for Australian Football (AF)... - The relationship between corticospinal excitability during motor imagery and motor imagery abilityJacqueline Williams
Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, Vic, 8001, Australia
Behav Brain Res 226:369-75. 2012.... - What has transcranial magnetic stimulation taught us about neural adaptations to strength training? A brief reviewDawson J Kidgell
Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
J Strength Cond Res 25:3208-17. 2011.... - Anthropometric profiling of elite junior and senior Australian football playersJames P Veale
Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Int J Sports Physiol Perform 5:509-20. 2010..The aim of this preliminary study was to measure the extent of the assumption that final year junior Australian Football (AF) athletes are at a physical mismatch to their senior counterparts... - Corticospinal properties following short-term strength training of an intrinsic hand muscleDawson J Kidgell
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 29:631-41. 2010..03). These results demonstrate a task dependent adaptation in corticospinal inhibition via a reduction in cortical SP duration that may in part underpin the strength increases observed following strength training... - Performance and anthropometric characteristics of prospective elite junior Australian footballers: a case study in one junior teamJames P Veale
School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, Victoria University, Victoria, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 11:227-30. 2008.... - Neurophysiological responses after short-term strength training of the biceps brachii muscleDawson J Kidgell
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
J Strength Cond Res 24:3123-32. 2010..These results demonstrate that heavy-load isotonic strength training alters neural transmission via the corticospinal pathway projecting to the motoneurons controlling BB and in part underpin the strength changes observed in this study... - No difference in 1RM strength and muscle activation during the barbell chest press on a stable and unstable surfaceCraig A Goodman
Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport, School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
J Strength Cond Res 22:88-94. 2008..Moreover, these results do not support the notion that resistance exercises performed on an exercise ball are more efficacious than traditional stable exercises... - Hip adductor muscle strength is reduced preceding and during the onset of groin pain in elite junior Australian football playersJustin F Crow
School of Sport and Exercise Science, Victoria University, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 13:202-4. 2010..16% in the week preceding the onset of pain (F=14.03 (1,10), p=0.004). These results confirm that hip adductor muscle strength is decreased both preceding and during the onset of groin injury in elite under-age Australian footballers...