Outputs (11)

Understanding Training Load as Exposure and Dose (2023)
Journal Article
Impellizzeri, F. M., Shrier, I., McLaren, S. J., Coutts, A. J., McCall, A., Slattery, K., …Kalkhoven, J. T. (2023). Understanding Training Load as Exposure and Dose. Sports Medicine, 53, 1667–1679 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01833-0

Various terms used in sport and exercise science, and medicine, are derived from other fields such as epidemiology, pharmacology and causal inference. Conceptual and nomological frameworks have described training load as a multidimensional construct... Read More about Understanding Training Load as Exposure and Dose.

Submaximal Fitness Tests in Team Sports: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Physiological State (2022)
Journal Article
Shushan, T., McLaren, S. J., Buchheit, M., Scott, T. J., Barrett, S., & Lovell, R. (2022). Submaximal Fitness Tests in Team Sports: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Physiological State. Sports Medicine, 52(11), 2605-2626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01712-0

Team-sports staff often administer non-exhaustive exercise assessments with a view to evaluating physiological state, to inform decision making on athlete management (e.g., future training or recovery). Submaximal fitness tests have become prominent... Read More about Submaximal Fitness Tests in Team Sports: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Physiological State.

Fast reconstruction of centre of mass and foot kinematics during a single-legged horizontal jump: A point-cloud processing approach (2022)
Journal Article
McLaren, S., Evans, W., Galna, B., Portas, M., Weston, M., & Spears, I. (2022). Fast reconstruction of centre of mass and foot kinematics during a single-legged horizontal jump: A point-cloud processing approach. Journal of Biomechanics, 135, Article 111015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111015

Horizontal jumps are discrete, fast, over-ground movements requiring coordination of the centre of mass (CoM) and base of support and are routinely assessed in sports settings. There is currently no biomechanics-based system to aid in their quick and... Read More about Fast reconstruction of centre of mass and foot kinematics during a single-legged horizontal jump: A point-cloud processing approach.

The reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test in elite rugby league athletes (2022)
Journal Article
Scott, T. J., McLaren, S. J., Lovell, R., Scott, M. T., & Barrett, S. (2022). The reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test in elite rugby league athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(8), 840-852. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.2021047

We aimed to examine the reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test (SMFTIFT60). Nineteen elite rugby league players performed a one-week test-retest of SMFTIFT60. Typical Errors and ICCs were: small (0.90) for... Read More about The reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test in elite rugby league athletes.

Between-week reliability of motion tracking screening: A preliminary study with youth male football players (2021)
Journal Article
Laas, M., Wright, M., McLaren, S., Portas, M., Parkin, G., & Eaves, D. (2021). Between-week reliability of motion tracking screening: A preliminary study with youth male football players. European Journal of Human Movement, 46, 59-65. https://doi.org/10.21134/eurjhm.2021.46.618

We investigated the reliability of fundamental movements in thirteen youth football players (mean age = 16.8 ± 0.6 y). Following a habituation warm-up, players performed three trials of stride-for-distance and bodyweight squats between two weeks. A m... Read More about Between-week reliability of motion tracking screening: A preliminary study with youth male football players.

The Self-Paced Submaximal Run Test: Associations With the Graded Exercise Test and Reliability (2021)
Journal Article
Sangan, H. F., Hopker, J. G., Davison, G., & McLaren, S. J. (2021). The Self-Paced Submaximal Run Test: Associations With the Graded Exercise Test and Reliability. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 16(12), 1865-1873. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2020-0904

Purpose: To assess the reliability and construct validity of a self-paced, submaximal run test (SRTRPE) for monitoring aerobic fitness. The SRTRPE monitors running velocity (v), heart rate (HRex), and blood lactate concentration (B[La]), during three... Read More about The Self-Paced Submaximal Run Test: Associations With the Graded Exercise Test and Reliability.

Re-thinking athlete training loads: would you rather have one big rock or lots of little rocks dropped on your foot? (2021)
Journal Article
Renfree, A., Casado, A., & McLaren, S. (2022). Re-thinking athlete training loads: would you rather have one big rock or lots of little rocks dropped on your foot?. Research in Sports Medicine, 30(5), 573-576. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2021.1906672

Determination of athlete training loads is of great interest to sport practitioners and is widely used in the prescription and monitoring of physical conditioning programmes. Although a number of methods of load quantification are used, a common feat... Read More about Re-thinking athlete training loads: would you rather have one big rock or lots of little rocks dropped on your foot?.

Perception of Effort and Subjective Monitoring (2021)
Book Chapter
McLaren, S., Coutts, A., & Impellizzeri, F. (2021). Perception of Effort and Subjective Monitoring. In D. French, & L. Torres-Ronda (Eds.), NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science. Human Kinetics

Monitoring training and recovery responses with heart rate measures during standardized warm-up in elite badminton players (2020)
Journal Article
Schneider, C., Wiewelhove, T., McLaren, S. J., Röleke, L., Käsbauer, H., Hecksteden, A., …Ferrauti, A. (2020). Monitoring training and recovery responses with heart rate measures during standardized warm-up in elite badminton players. PLoS ONE, 15(12), Article e0244412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244412

Purpose To investigate short-term training and recovery-related effects on heart rate during a standardized submaximal running test. Methods Ten elite badminton players (7 females and 3 males) were monitored during a 12-week training period in prepar... Read More about Monitoring training and recovery responses with heart rate measures during standardized warm-up in elite badminton players.

A league-wide investigation into variability of rugby league match running from 322 Super League games (2020)
Journal Article
Dalton-Barron, N., Palczewska, A., McLaren, S. J., Rennie, G., Beggs, C., Roe, G., & Jones, B. (2021). A league-wide investigation into variability of rugby league match running from 322 Super League games. Science and Medicine in Football, 5(3), 225-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2020.1844907

Purpose:This study investigated sources of variability in the overall and phase-specific running match characteristics in elite rugby league. Methods:Microtechnology data were collected from 11 Super League (SL) teams, across 322 competitive matches... Read More about A league-wide investigation into variability of rugby league match running from 322 Super League games.