Ross Tucker

Summary

Affiliation: University of Cape Town
Country: South Africa

Publications

  1. ncbi Hyperoxia improves 20 km cycling time trial performance by increasing muscle activation levels while perceived exertion stays the same
    Ross Tucker
    MRC UCT Research Unit for Excercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, P O Box 115, Newlands 7725, South Africa
    Eur J Appl Physiol 101:771-81. 2007
  2. ncbi Impaired exercise performance in the heat is associated with an anticipatory reduction in skeletal muscle recruitment
    Ross Tucker
    MRC UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, PO Box 115, 7725, Newlands, South Africa
    Pflugers Arch 448:422-30. 2004
  3. ncbi The rate of heat storage mediates an anticipatory reduction in exercise intensity during cycling at a fixed rating of perceived exertion
    Ross Tucker
    University of Cape Town Medical Research Council UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    J Physiol 574:905-15. 2006
  4. ncbi Effect of distance feedback on pacing strategy and perceived exertion during cycling
    Yumna Albertus
    MRC UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, the University of Cape Town and the Sports Science Institute of SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, South Africa
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:461-8. 2005
  5. ncbi The role of information processing between the brain and peripheral physiological systems in pacing and perception of effort
    Alan St Clair Gibson
    Brain Sciences Research Group, MRC UCT Research Unit of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    Sports Med 36:705-22. 2006
  6. ncbi Heatstroke during endurance exercise: is there evidence for excessive endothermy?
    Dale E Rae
    1UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:1193-204. 2008
  7. ncbi The rate of increase in rating of perceived exertion predicts the duration of exercise to fatigue at a fixed power output in different environmental conditions
    Helen Crewe
    Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa
    Eur J Appl Physiol 103:569-77. 2008
  8. ncbi Alternative methods of normalising EMG during running
    Yumna Albertus-Kajee
    UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    J Electromyogr Kinesiol 21:579-86. 2011
  9. ncbi Thermoregulation, fatigue and exercise modality
    Ross Tucker
    MRC UCT Research Unit of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    Med Sport Sci 53:26-38. 2008
  10. ncbi The Effect of a Second Runner on Pacing Strategy and RPE During a Running Time Trial
    Deryn Bath
    UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    Int J Sports Physiol Perform 7:26-32. 2012

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Hyperoxia improves 20 km cycling time trial performance by increasing muscle activation levels while perceived exertion stays the same
    Ross Tucker
    MRC UCT Research Unit for Excercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, P O Box 115, Newlands 7725, South Africa
    Eur J Appl Physiol 101:771-81. 2007
    ..We suggest that a complex, intelligent system regulates exercise performance through the control of muscle activation levels in an integrative manner under conditions of normoxia and hyperoxia...
  2. ncbi Impaired exercise performance in the heat is associated with an anticipatory reduction in skeletal muscle recruitment
    Ross Tucker
    MRC UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, PO Box 115, 7725, Newlands, South Africa
    Pflugers Arch 448:422-30. 2004
    ..This adaptation appears to form part of an anticipatory response which adjusts muscle recruitment and power output to reduce heat production, thereby ensuring that thermal homeostasis is maintained during exercise in the heat...
  3. ncbi The rate of heat storage mediates an anticipatory reduction in exercise intensity during cycling at a fixed rating of perceived exertion
    Ross Tucker
    University of Cape Town Medical Research Council UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    J Physiol 574:905-15. 2006
    ..This regulation maintains thermal homeostasis by reducing the exercise work rate and utilizing the subjective RPE specifically to ensure that excessive heat accumulation does not occur and cellular catastrophe is avoided...
  4. ncbi Effect of distance feedback on pacing strategy and perceived exertion during cycling
    Yumna Albertus
    MRC UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, the University of Cape Town and the Sports Science Institute of SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, South Africa
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:461-8. 2005
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate whether providing incorrect distance feedback would alter pacing strategies, perceived exertion, and heart rate during 20-km cycling time trials (TT)...
  5. ncbi The role of information processing between the brain and peripheral physiological systems in pacing and perception of effort
    Alan St Clair Gibson
    Brain Sciences Research Group, MRC UCT Research Unit of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    Sports Med 36:705-22. 2006
    ....
  6. ncbi Heatstroke during endurance exercise: is there evidence for excessive endothermy?
    Dale E Rae
    1UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:1193-204. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi The rate of increase in rating of perceived exertion predicts the duration of exercise to fatigue at a fixed power output in different environmental conditions
    Helen Crewe
    Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa
    Eur J Appl Physiol 103:569-77. 2008
    ..92). This study shows that the rate of increase in RPE predicts the duration of exercise to exhaustion at a constant power output in different environmental conditions...
  8. ncbi Alternative methods of normalising EMG during running
    Yumna Albertus-Kajee
    UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    J Electromyogr Kinesiol 21:579-86. 2011
    ..The dynamic methods were the most appropriate for EMG normalisation showing repeatability, better intra-subject reliability and better sensitivity during running over different days and for once-off measurements...
  9. ncbi Thermoregulation, fatigue and exercise modality
    Ross Tucker
    MRC UCT Research Unit of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    Med Sport Sci 53:26-38. 2008
    ..The findings from studies utilising different exercise modalities (fixed intensity vs. self-paced) have produced an alternative hypothesis explaining exercise regulation...
  10. ncbi The Effect of a Second Runner on Pacing Strategy and RPE During a Running Time Trial
    Deryn Bath
    UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    Int J Sports Physiol Perform 7:26-32. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to examine performance, pacing strategy and perception of effort during a 5 km time trial while running with or without the presence of another athlete...
  11. ncbi The science of sex verification and athletic performance
    Ross Tucker
    UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine of the Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
    Int J Sports Physiol Perform 5:127-39. 2010
    ..This review will therefore provide the historical context of the debate and aim to discuss relevant physiological and performance aspects of the sex verification process...
  12. ncbi Alternative methods of normalising EMG during cycling
    Yumna Albertus-Kajee
    UCT MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, the University of Cape Town and the Sports Science Institute of SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, South Africa
    J Electromyogr Kinesiol 20:1036-43. 2010
    ..The data suggests that normalising EMG to dynamic methods is the most appropriate for examining muscle activity during cycling over different days and for once-off measurements...
  13. ncbi Dysnatremia predicts a delayed recovery in collapsed ultramarathon runners
    Tamara Hew-Butler
    Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Clin J Sport Med 17:289-96. 2007
    ....
  14. ncbi Distribution of power output during cycling: impact and mechanisms
    Greg Atkinson
    School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England
    Sports Med 37:647-67. 2007
    ..How all this information is assimilated by the different regions of the brain is not known at present...
  15. ncbi Inverse relationship between VO2max and economy in world-class cyclists
    Timothy D Noakes
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1083-4; author reply 1085-6. 2004
  16. ncbi Activation time course of activator protein-1 and effect of proline dithiocarbamate during ischemia-reperfusion in rat skeletal muscle
    Scott R Lefler
    Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
    Ann Plast Surg 49:654-9. 2002
    ..05) after intravenous administration of Pro-DTC (n = 7 animals in each group). Further elucidation of the role of AP-1 is warranted in hopes of developing strategies to reduce the deleterious effects of ischemia-reperfusion injury...